Transcript Math Menus 3-5
Math Menus: A Recipe for Developing Number Sense (Grades 3-5)
Elizabeth Ward, PhD Elisabeth Johnston, PhD Wendi Earnheart Jessica Walls Amanda Wright
Math Menus
What 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 trees 2. Students stay engaged in mathematics 3. Lowers affective filter 4. Lots of fun-for the students and you
Activities for Addition/Subtraction/Estimation Menu 1. Shopping with $10 2. Krypto
• Illuminations website http://illuminations.nctm.org/ • Flip 5 cards, 6 th is the target number • Basic and advanced version
Possible Solutions • 3 + 7 – 10 + 5 – 4 = 1 • 10 + 5 – 7 – 4 – 3 = 1 • (7 * 5) – (10 * 3) – 4 = 1
Activities for Multiplication Menu 1. Array Game 2. Product Game
Activities for Measurement Menu
1. Cups and Gallons 2. Area and Perimeter Tic-Tac-Toe
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
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Contact Information
Elizabeth Ward, PhD Elisabeth Johnston, PhD [email protected]