math menus: a recipe for developing number sense (grades pk -2)
DESCRIPTION
Math Menus: A Recipe for Developing Number Sense (Grades PK -2). Elisabeth Johnston, PhD Elizabeth Ward, PhD Wendi Earnheart Jessica Walls Amanda Wright. Math Menus. What is a math menu? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Math Menus: A Recipe for Developing Number
Sense(Grades PK-2)
Elisabeth Johnston, PhDElizabeth Ward, PhD
Wendi EarnheartJessica Walls
Amanda Wright
Math MenusWhat is a math menu? • A way “to provide learning activities that can include problems, games, and investigations
that students work on independently” • Required and optional tasks are given • Within a menu students are able to make choices of the optional tasks
What is the purpose of math menus? • A way to give ownership of learning to the student • New concepts can be explored • Review older concepts
Marilyn Burns, About Teaching Mathematics A K-8 Resource (Sausalito, CA: Math Solutions, 2007) p. 60.
Why Math Menus?1. Can’t see the forest for the trees2. Students stay engaged in mathematics3. Lowers affective filter4. Lots of fun-for the students and you
Make 10 Memory
• Start with 2 players• Starter set- A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 • Add more cards and players once children
understand the game• Use pictures on cards for help• The player with the most matches is the winner
Go Fish for 10
• 2-4 players• Use cards A-9• Each player starts with five cards• Rest of deck in center of playing area• Player with the most matches is the winner
Addition War• Basic Addition War• Opposite Addition War• Three Addend Addition War• Three Player War
– Addition of L, M, G cube
Subtraction War• Basic Subtraction War• Opposite Subtraction War
Close to 100• Play with cards A-9• Each player draws 6 cards• Select 4 cards to play• Make 2 two-digit numbers• Score is how far away sum is from 100
5 2
4 7
Create a House Number
Three-Shape Menu(Westphal, 2011)
• Complete one activity for each shape
• Easy to understand
Tic-Tac-Toe Menu(Westphal, 2011)
• Three in a row• Might include free choice• Easy to use• Students might complete
a product out of comfort zone
Meal Menu(Westphal, 2011)
• Select one item for each meal.
• Dessert is extra• Real-world application
Give Me Five Menu(Westphal, 2011)
• Must earn five points• 2-5-8 version (10 points)• More points higher level
thinking skill• More control over learning• Flexibility for different
ability levels
Differentiating Instruction with Menus(Westphal, 2011)
• K-2, 3-5 books• Overview of different types of
menus• How to grade items• Examples-
– Numbers/Number Sense– Operations – Geometry– Measurement
Contact Information• Elizabeth Ward, PhD [email protected]• Elisabeth Johnston, PhD [email protected]