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Number words are difficult for the young child

27 August, 2012

 The number words can be difficult for young children, especially the "teen numbers."  A Teen number is defined as "ten and some more."  So what is eleven and twelve?  In some countries the words actually match the quantity.  China has students saying er for two, shi for ten and shi er for twelve and er shi er for twenty-two.  Compare that with our language and no wonder the United States is a year behind in math at a very early age.  Have your children or students count daily.  

The words of math are important and children need to have what is called "a stable order."  That means that the child can say the numbers in the correct sequence and does it each time. Listen for numbers that are left out and stop and help your child/student so that the error pattern does not continue.

Quote from District Math Coach

08 August, 2012

How do you feel about the DMA assessments and interventions?

I am so pleased to have this wonderful tool as a resource in my district.  As a Math Coach and the leader of the Math RtI Committee for our district, I am looking for tools to help identify students who struggle with Mathematics and require Intervention.  Not only does this tool give us the ability to identify these students, but the Intervention Handbook then helps us to know how to remediate these students.  The price is very reasonable, and the materials are all there for me.  I don't have to pull from here and dig around to find what I need!  I have also been told by several of the Intervention Specialists that the DMA is a huge asset in the writing of IEP goals for their Special Education students since it pinpoints areas of improvement for these students.                                                                                                                                                       ~  District Math Coach

 

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Workshops

17 May, 2012

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Workshops

Grade level workshops have been designed for grades K-3.

The workshops begin with an introduction to the eight practices that are to be integrated into the teaching of the grade level content.  The practices are introduced using teacher friendly language and using appropriate grade level examples and activities.  The practices are mentioned and used throughout the workshops. 

All the standards are introduced with examples or activities. 

DMG suggests having a workshop for each grade level since there are new standards at each grade level and not the repetition found in previous standards. We have combined grade one with grade two in the past.  This works but is not as effective as having them alone. There are new things at each grade level and it is difficult to get it all covered.

 At the end of a grade level CCSSM workshop, teachers will know exactly what they are required to teach and they will have activities and resources to use.

Kindergarten

The standards are organized into the framework of word, quantity, symbol, and relationships. The practices are integrated into the content. Four types of situations for addition and subtraction are introduced.

The foundation for place and value is set with learning about the value of teen numbers as ten ones and some more.  First grade is the first time students begin to think of ten ones as one ten.  

Number is the most important topic in kindergarten but there are standards for measurement, data and geometry, these are covered in the workshop. 

First Grade

The workshop covers developing understanding of addition and subtraction, place value, linear measurement and reasoning about attributes of, and composing and decomposing geometric shapes.  Time is spent on developing strategies for learning the basic facts using ten and double ten frames and solving word problems involving situations using mats. Strategies for adding within a hundred will be presented using algorithms based on place value and the empty number line. An eight step method for developing place value concepts will be presented. Resources used are the 99/100 board, grouping materials, small ten frames, place value mats and games.

Second grade

The focus is on extending understanding of place value using an eight step method and hands on resources: 99/100 board, grouping materials, small ten frames, base ten blocks and place and value mats. Another focus is building fluency with addition and subtraction within a hundred and solving problems within 1000 using models such as number lines and pre-grouped materials.

Using standard units of measure and describing and analyzing shapes will be covered.

Third Grade

Focus is on developing understanding of multiplication and division, fractions, and the structure of rectangular arrays and of area, and describing and analyzing two- dimensional figures.

Strategies for learning basic facts for multiplication and division will be introduced along with an algorithm based on place and value.  

The place value steps will be reviewed.  Resources used are base ten models, 99/100 Board, number lines, fraction models, and array models.

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Quote from District Math Coach

24 February, 2012

How do you feel about the DMA assessments and interventions?

I am so pleased to have this wonderful tool as a resource in my district.  As a Math Coach and the leader of the Math RtI Committee for our district, I am looking for tools to help identify students who struggle with Mathematics and require Intervention.  Not only does this tool give us the ability to identify these students, but the Intervention Handbook then helps us to know how to remediate these students.  The price is very reasonable, and the materials are all there for me.  I don't have to pull from here and dig around to find what I need!  I have also been told by several of the Intervention Specialists that the DMA is a huge asset in the writing of IEP goals for their Special Education students since it pinpoints areas of improvement for these students.                                                                                                                                 ~ District Math Coach