Number and Operations Literature:

1. Emeka’s Gift
2. Five Little Monkeys
3. The M&M’s Counting Book
4. Each Orange Had 8 Slices
5. It’s Hard to Be Five
6. Ten Apples Up On Top!
7. Ten Black Dots
8. Wee Sing and Learn 123

1. Discussion of Burns, Chapters 4 and 5

• A Capful of Fractions
• Math Under Pressure: with a partner, come up with two stressful “mathematical situations” you can recall experiencing as an adult.

2. Numbers and Operations Strand (NCTM Standards)

• Counting, comparing, place value, ordinal and cardinal numbers, connecting number words, numerals, quantities, rational numbers, addition and subtraction, computation tools
• Samples of Numbers and Operations manipulatives and visual aids (one to one correspondence manipulatives, numeral/quantity/word visuals, games, counting boxes/trays, books, subitizing ideas)

3. Numbers and Operations Activity Centers

• Fraction Cards – investigate fractional formulas
• Stringing Place Value – demonstrate understanding of place value from thousands to thousandths
• Dominoes – develop a list of number sense concepts you can address by using dominoes
• Vocabulary test – what do you remember??
• Playing cards – various number sense concepts

4. Y.C. – Chapters 2 and 4

• Principles in Teaching Math…
• Numbers and Operations

To do:

• Journal (Collaborize)
• Watch lectures
• Take notes on Google Docs
• Research summary due week 4. Place in Dropbox.