Week 10 Planning

Marvellous Mathematicians Planning Week Ten        Term 3 2014               S Dunkley
		Learning Intentions and Activities			Teacher Reflection
M	Memory Activity/Game	Warm up games – Ø  Ordering numbers Ø  Matching to 100. Ø  Memory games on activboard Ø  Doubles to 20. Ø  Subtraction memory
O	Ordering and Patterns	WALHT count forward and backwards in 10’s and 100’s to 1000. (1, 10 or 100 more or less) Focus more on counting backward. Ø  Use money to count (use tens and ones a small set each to go around in a group adding on to total) Ø  Use a number line displayed on activboard to support this so that it can be visualised more easily. Revisit - WALHT explain the meaning of a three digit number. Ø  Roll three dice and make the number with place value blocks or money.			Find giant 100’s board. Find 1000’s book.
V	Values and Facts	WALHT practise addition and subtraction facts.   Ø  Quick fire facts. Addition and Subtraction. 1 minute to go as fast as you can. Each day. Ø  Fly Swats to practise subtraction with a buddy. Ø  Addition Flash Cards (NZ Maths material master) WALHT know 100 more 100 less than in a number up to 1000. . Ø  Use 1000’s chart
E RRRAW productive talk – Revoice Repeat Reason Add on Wait time	Expand and revise strategy   Use developing thinking in Mathematics with effective questioning.	Use “math talk” prompts for children on the wall. WALHT to subtract through 10’s. Smart Splits   Ø  15-8= as 15-5-3= Ø  32-8= as 32-2-6= Ø  Use number line as support. WALHT to subtract tens and ones. Chainsaw   Ø  62-37= as 62-30-2-5= Ø  First number intact.
Game and Reflection	Reflection wall questions. Today I learnt… It was tricky when… I am pleased about… I enjoyed… I still need to practise…			Assessment Collection this week   Ø  Subtraction Ø  Ration / Proportion Ø  Feedback data to classroom teachers
Identified problems for moving from Stage 4 to 5 are: Addressed in this week’s planning (highlighted)
Ø  Trouble estimating (visualising on a number line) Ø  Limited recall of addition and subtraction basic facts Ø  Limited knowledge of groupings within ten and decades			Ø  Poor estimating skills Ø  Limited part whole thinking Ø  Difficulty visualising place value groupings Ø  Limited understanding of place value

Jumping through tens

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Week 9 Planning

Marvellous Mathematicians Planning Week Nine        Term 3 2014               S Dunkley
		Learning Intentions and Activities			Teacher Reflection
M	Memory Activity/Game	Warm up games – Ø  Ordering numbers Ø  Matching to 100. Ø  Memory games on activboard Ø  Doubles to 20. Ø  Subtraction memory
O	Ordering and Patterns	WALHT count forward and backwards in 10’s and 100’s to 1000. (1, 10 or 100 more or less) Focus more on counting backward. Ø  Use money to count (use tens and ones a small set each to go around in a group adding on to total) Ø  Use a number line displayed on activboard to support this so that it can be visualised more easily. Revisit - WALHT explain the meaning of a three digit number. Ø  Roll three dice and make the number with place value blocks or money.			Find giant 100’s board. Find 1000’s book.
V	Values and Facts	WALHT practise addition and subtraction facts.   Ø  Quick fire facts. Addition and Subtraction. 1 minute to go as fast as you can. Each day. Ø  Fly Swats to practise subtraction with a buddy. Ø  Addition Flash Cards (NZ Maths material master) WALHT know 100 more 100 less than in a number up to 1000. . Ø  Use 1000’s chart
E RRRAW productive talk – Revoice Repeat Reason Add on Wait time	Expand and revise strategy   Use developing thinking in Mathematics with effective questioning.	Use “math talk” prompts for children on the wall. WALHT to subtract through 10’s. Smart Splits   Ø  15-8= as 15-5-3= Ø  32-8= as 32-2-6= Ø  Use number line as support. WALHT to subtract tens and ones. Chainsaw   Ø  62-37= as 62-30-2-5= Ø  First number intact.  WALHT to solve problems by using place value.  Ø  In modelling book. 23+15=  Ø  Number as 23+10=33+5= 38 Ø  Build with money and PV blocks
Game and Reflection	Reflection wall questions. Today I learnt… It was tricky when… I am pleased about… I enjoyed… I still need to practise…			Game Ten Pin Bowling (write in books so ALL are participating)
Identified problems for moving from Stage 4 to 5 are: Addressed in this week’s planning (highlighted)
Ø  Trouble estimating (visualising on a number line) Ø  Limited recall of addition and subtraction basic facts Ø  Limited knowledge of groupings within ten and decades			Ø  Poor estimating skills Ø  Limited part whole thinking Ø  Difficulty visualising place value groupings Ø  Limited understanding of place value

Observing in the classroom

Observations

 

Children were identified within the middle syndicate as needing intervention based on the schools strategic plan. The children who were chosen had not had intervention and at the mid-point in the year there was a distinct group of Year 4’s who were still counting and that were without part whole thinking. On observation of these children within a classroom situation there appeared to be a number of common  behaviours:

Ø  Task avoidance – pencil sharping, getting tissues, wandering, not following teacher instruction and therefore needing to double check, disengaging from the task

Ø  Non Participation (one watching and listening but no participation) in a hands on activity

Ø  Copying and agreeing with others answers

Ø  Fiddling, wriggling, silly noises and off task talking.

 

When observing in class work it was evident that many of the withdrawal group were unable to verbalise their thinking in mathematics and I wondered how regularly they had been called upon or challenged to explain their thinking. (This point will be discussed further when discussing my work with the withdrawal group)

Two girls were focused and listened carefully however on explanation of the work with their teacher their answers made no sense and they were only able to describe their thinking as far as “my head thinks it”.

 

Marvellous Mathematicians Family Day

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