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Curricular Competency:
Reasoning and Analyzing
● Use reasoning to explore and make connections
● Develop mental math strategies and abilities to make sense of quantities
Understanding and solving
● Develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and problem solving
● Develop and use multiple strategies to engage in problem solving
Communicating and representing
● Communicate mathematical thinking in many ways
● Explain and justify mathematical ideas and decisions
Connecting and reflecting
● Reflect on mathematical thinking
Content:
➢ Addition and subtraction facts to 20 (developing computational fluency)
➢ Number concepts
Core Competency:
Communication:
➢ Connect and engage with others to develop and share ideas.
Critical Thinking:
➢ Develop and Design.
Numbers Talk:
➢ Instead of shouting out answers, which will limit student participation. Students will be encouraged to raise a
finger everything they find a new solution.
Brain Break!
Circulate around the class, then get into groups,
Introduce the game Mingle.
corresponding to the number that the teacher yells
Serves as a good warm up, allowing students the out. Together, you will need to form an everyday
opportunity to move around. item. 5mins
➢ Could play music as students mingle. i.e. “4, bicycle”
➢ Students may be apprehensive about forming Students must get into groups of 4, and using their
objects, could start with simply forming bodies form a bicycle.
groups.
➢ As an extension, equations could be used.
i.e. Form a group of 7-4.
Reflections: (over)