Today we tried problem solving on whiteboards. I don't want to tell the kids what drawing strategy to use.....but when you do a problem about cookies and they all draw beautiful cookies....the work becomes about art instead of math...so today was AWESOME! You can see Ava below. She used tally marks to do her thinking and got the answer really quickly! Then Ike showed us how he used circles and did the same quick work :)
Sure enough....you can see that a TON of kiddos saw this strategy and tried it as well. I want them to always get ideas from each other and come up with it on their own.
Sure enough....you can see that a TON of kiddos saw this strategy and tried it as well. I want them to always get ideas from each other and come up with it on their own.
Today we were learning about how readers visualize or make mental images as they read.
We've already been learning about schema and making connections to books we read.
I would give them ideas like "A time you got hurt." The kids sat with a partner and visualized and then shared their thinking with each other.
We've already been learning about schema and making connections to books we read.
I would give them ideas like "A time you got hurt." The kids sat with a partner and visualized and then shared their thinking with each other.
Next week I'll be modeling how readers do this as they read!
