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InsidethisIssue:
http://goo.gl/zxD7Ne
FAQ:
WhatdoDOKlevel2and3
questionslooklike?
MathBenchmarks:Next
Steps
ErinChases
studentstackletheProblemoftheMonth
RESOURCES:FrequentlyAskedMathQuestions
UsinganOpenNumber
Line
FAQ
ProblemoftheMonth
Challenge:
FriendsYouCanCountOn
OpenMiddleWebsite
WherecanIfind
rigoroustasks
connectedtothestandards?
AchievetheCoreWebsite
WherecanIfindmore
MARS
Tasks
forformative
assessment?
WherecanIfind
DOKLevel2
andLevel3
problemsthat
addressthemathstandards?
HowcanI
assessfluency
withoutusingtimedtests?
Winafreehotbeverageandmathlessonwith
CathNam
RESOURCE
AssessingFactFluency
ArticlebyKlingandWilliams
Lookinyour
MATHRESOURCE
BINDER
Thereisataskfor
everyunit!
MATHBENCHMARKS
NEXTSTEPS:
1) Provide
feedbacktoyoursiteMathLeadershipTeammemberbeforeDecember7th.
S/hewillshare
thiswiththeteamatourmeetingonDecember7th.Whatworked?Didntwork?HowcantheTrimester1
benchmarkberevised?IfyouwouldliketojoinusonDecember7th,wearemeetingatRanchoinRoom2
from3:154:45
2) Takesometimewithyourgradelevelteamatyoursiteto
analyzethestudentdata
and
determinenext
stepsforreengagementactivities.
ThisMARSTaskAnalysisSheetcanhelpguideyourdiscussions.
ClickonthelinktodownloadtheAnalysisSheet
BenchmarkAnalysisSheet
3) Continuetoaddressthemisconceptionsthroughreengagementlessonsandspiralreview.Continueto
offerrigoroustasks,POMs,andMARStasksthroughouttheyear.
Sampleofwhatthesheetlookslike...
USINGANOPENNUMBERLINE
Doyouhavestudentswhostrugglewithaddition?Subtraction?Elapsedtime?CountingMoney?
Haveyouexposed
studentstotheopennumberline?Thismethodhelpsstudentsdecomposeandrecomposenumbers.
An
opennumberline
canbeusetosupportmanystandardsincluding:
1.OA.6Addandsubtractwithin20.Usestrategiessuchascountingonandtherelationshipbetween
additionandsubtraction
2.OA.2Skipcountby10sand100s
2.MD.6Representwholenumbersumsanddifferenceswithin100onanumberlinediagram
2.MD.8Solveproblemswithquarters,dimes,nickels,penniesie:Ifyouhave2dimesand3pennies,how
manycentsdoyouhave?
3.NBT.2Fluentlyaddandsubtractwithin1000usingstrategiesbasedonplacevalue,and/orthe
relationshipbetweenadditionandsubtraction.
3.MD.1Solveproblemsinvolvingadditionandsubtractionoftimeintervalsinminutes
4.NF.3cAddandsubtractmixednumbers
5.NBT.7Addandsubtractdecimalsusingmodelsandstrategiesbasedonplacevalue
Touseanopennumberlinewith
additionandsubtraction
1) Startwithnumbertalksthatshowtherelationshipbetweenadditionandsubtraction.
a) 107=___
b) 3+___=10
c) 524=___
d) 48+___=52
2) Getstudentstotheconjecturethatyoucanuseadditiontosolveasubtractionproblem.(Foruppergrades,
introduceinverseoperations.)
3) Demonstrateonanopennumberlinewhenastudentstartsatthesubtrahendandcountsuptotheminuendto
findthedifference.Atfirststudentsmightjusttakesmallhopsorjumps,butastheirfluencyincreases,they
willbeabletouseplacevaluepropertiestotakelargerhops,ortheywillbeabletotogettofriendlynumbers.
Whencomparingthedifferentwaysstudentscountedon,youcanemphasizewhichversionwouldbemore
efficient.
LowerElementaryExample
UpperElementaryExample
MichelleDrakes4thGraders
Examplesofstudentsusingtheopennumberlinestrategytosolveproblemsinvolving
elapsedtime.
ElapsedTimeandOpenNumberLine
StudentsUsingtheOpenNumberLineStrategy
PROBLEMOFTHEMONTHCHALLENGE
CONGRATULATIONSto
TRACYMARSHALL
forwinningtheNovemberraffleofafreemathlesson.You
willbetreatedtoahotbeverageofyourchoicewhileyousitbackandwatchyourstudentsengageinmath,
ThankstoLindsaySadler,ErinChase,andDarrellCoxwhoallsubmittedphotosoftheirstudents
perseveringwithNovembersProblemoftheMonth.(TherewillbeanotherdrawingattheendofDecember
fortheFriendsYouCanCountOnPOM.
1
Challengestudentsto
startatthefirstlevel
problem.Havethem
build
it,drawit,writeit
.
2
Letstudentswork
throughthedifferentlevel
problemsin
partnersor
teams
.
3
Havestudentscreate
proofdrawingsorposters
thatshowtheirsolutionfor
theproblemtheyare
workingon.
4
Hangthepostersand
takea
gallerywalk
where
studentscantakenoteson
themathematicsthey
learnedfromlookingatthe
posters.Theycanalsonote
criteriaofwhatmakesa
goodposterorproof
drawing.
5
Finishwitha
class
discussion
ofthesolutions.
***
TakephotosofyourstudentsworkingontheDecemberPOM
andsendthemto
cnam@nusd.org
Teachers
whosendphotosinwillbeenteredintoaraffletowinafreemathlesson.CatherineNamwillbringyouahot
beverage,planandteachyourmathlessonforthedaywhileyoucansitbackandobserveyourclassengagingin
math.***
EditorsNote:
Thankyoutoalltheteacherswhocontinuallychallengetheirstudentstoattackcomplexproblemsand
engageindiscourse.PleasecontactAllison(
aschulist@nusd.org
)orCatherine(
cnam@nusd.org
)ifyoudlike
supportinimplementingthedistrictmathagreementsproblemsolving,discourse,spiralreview,orassessment.
CatherineNam(
cnam@nusd.org
)
Formoremathresources:
www.nusdteach.org