Number Sense Routines

Number Sense Routines
Author: Jessica F. Shumway
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2011
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1571107908

Just as athletes stretch their muscles before every game and musicians play scales to keep their technique in tune, mathematical thinkers and problem solvers can benefit from daily warm-up exercises. Jessica Shumway has developed a series of routines designed to help young students internalize and deepen their facility with numbers. The daily use of these quick five-, ten-, or fifteen-minute experiences at the beginning of math class will help build students' number sense. Students with strong number sense understand numbers, ways to represent numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems. They make reasonable estimates, compute fluently, use reasoning strategies (e.g., relate operations, such as addition and subtraction, to each other), and use visual models based on their number sense to solve problems. Students who never develop strong number sense will struggle with nearly all mathematical strands, from measurement and geometry to data and equations. In Number Sense Routines, Jessica shows that number sense can be taught to all students. Dozens of classroom examples -- including conversations among students engaging in number sense routines -- illustrate how the routines work, how children's number sense develops, and how to implement responsive routines. Additionally, teachers will gain a deeper understanding of the underlying math -- the big ideas, skills, and strategies children learn as they develop numerical literacy.

Helping Children Learn Mathematics

Helping Children Learn Mathematics
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2002-07-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0309131987

Results from national and international assessments indicate that school children in the United States are not learning mathematics well enough. Many students cannot correctly apply computational algorithms to solve problems. Their understanding and use of decimals and fractions are especially weak. Indeed, helping all children succeed in mathematics is an imperative national goal. However, for our youth to succeed, we need to change how we're teaching this discipline. Helping Children Learn Mathematics provides comprehensive and reliable information that will guide efforts to improve school mathematics from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The authors explain the five strands of mathematical proficiency and discuss the major changes that need to be made in mathematics instruction, instructional materials, assessments, teacher education, and the broader educational system and answers some of the frequently asked questions when it comes to mathematics instruction. The book concludes by providing recommended actions for parents and caregivers, teachers, administrators, and policy makers, stressing the importance that everyone work together to ensure a mathematically literate society.

A Place for Zero

A Place for Zero
Author: Angeline Sparagna LoPresti
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1570916020

As Zero searches to find his place, he learns of his additive and multiplicative identities, and then he establishes place value.

The Greedy Triangle

The Greedy Triangle
Author: Marilyn Burns
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780590489911

In this introduction to polygons, a triangle convinces a shapeshifter to make him a quadrilateral and later a pentagon, but discovers that where angles and sides are concerned, more isn't always better.

Number Talks

Number Talks
Author: Sherry Parrish
Publisher: Math Solutions
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1935099116

"A multimedia professional learning resource"--Cover.

Math Skills: Grade 2 (Flash Kids Harcourt Family Learning)

Math Skills: Grade 2 (Flash Kids Harcourt Family Learning)
Author: Flash Kids
Publisher: Spark Publishing Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781411401075

This Math Skills workbook is designed to strengthen a young learner's ability to understand numbers in a variety of ways. Featuring perforated pages, full-color illustration, clear examples, and lots of practice problems, this book will help your second-grader develop the skills that he or she needs to become a confident problem-solver. Harcourt Family Learning Workbooks are a comprehensive line of workbook developed through a partnership with Harcourt, a leading educational publisher. Based on national teaching standards, these workbooks provide complete practice in math, reading, and other key subject areas.

Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood

Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2009-11-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0309147433

Early childhood mathematics is vitally important for young children's present and future educational success. Research demonstrates that virtually all young children have the capability to learn and become competent in mathematics. Furthermore, young children enjoy their early informal experiences with mathematics. Unfortunately, many children's potential in mathematics is not fully realized, especially those children who are economically disadvantaged. This is due, in part, to a lack of opportunities to learn mathematics in early childhood settings or through everyday experiences in the home and in their communities. Improvements in early childhood mathematics education can provide young children with the foundation for school success. Relying on a comprehensive review of the research, Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood lays out the critical areas that should be the focus of young children's early mathematics education, explores the extent to which they are currently being incorporated in early childhood settings, and identifies the changes needed to improve the quality of mathematics experiences for young children. This book serves as a call to action to improve the state of early childhood mathematics. It will be especially useful for policy makers and practitioners-those who work directly with children and their families in shaping the policies that affect the education of young children.