Students are expected to communicate their mathematical understandings in a variety of ways. The more flexible students are in using a variety of representations to explain and work with the mathematics being learned the deeper student’s understanding becomes. Communication is one of the seven processes inherit in the teaching, learning and doing math.
At the kindergarten and first grade level the activities should be quick and developed so that students have a high degree of success. The write and wrong is not the emphasis. The focus should be on reasoning and communication. The child may have the wrong answer but can explain their reasoning to you that is what is important. This will help them when they get to multi step problems.
This will be done prior to Mike’s Problem Solving Activity.
After Mike has introduced the chickens and hens activity read this slide and introduce next journal entry.
During the day I will take photos and place them on your table. You can attach and journal at any time of the day.
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