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Lindausesthecharttogivethestudentsa mathproblem.Shemodelsthefirstequation Themodelanddiscussionwerehelpfulfor (5327)withthestudentsandgoesoverthe students.Theyseemedengagedinthe stepsthestudentsneedtodo,explainingas beginningactivityandveryeagertoparticipate. shegoesalong.Thestudentsgouptosolve partsoftheproblem.Theytalkabout borrowingfromthetensplaceand borrowingone. Thiswasanicewaytoencourageastudentto LindatellsthestudentsLethimthinkitout thinkitthroughindependently whenastudentishavingtrouble. Thenextequationis137 LindaasksWhatdoesborrowingtheone actuallymean? Showsexampleoffractiononepart,one fractionofthewholenumber Yourenotborrowingaone,youre borrowingaten Askedstudents,doyouagree? Importantforstudentstounderstand!Itwas goodthatLindatriestoassessstudentshere andfigureoutwhattheyknow. Agreatquestiontohelpstudentsthinkabout theproblem

Theactingoutthesubtractionwasagoodidea Wearegoingtoactoutthesubtractionwith butitseemedlikethestudentsweremore focusedontherolestheywereplaying.Also blockswillactitoutforMs.Williamsand werenotasfocusedonthetaskbecausethey theclass wereconcernedaboutwhattheotherpeople weredoingfortheirpart.Itfeltalittleconfusing Establishingthenormswiththestudents forthestudentsattimes. Whyisitcalledplacevaluecharts? Discussedthebase10placevalue studentstalkedabouthowthisdoesntmake sense.Hesays,ifitsabase10,then everythingwillbe10.Lindaaskedifother studentsdisagreedoragreed Lindausesmodelingtoshowhowtentens blocksequalsonehundredblocks. Showedhowtherowsandcolumnsareall

Thoughtthiswasagreatpointinthe discussionandmorecouldhavebeendoneto drawoutthestudentsresponses,perhaps revoicinghereandkeepthisdiscussiongoinga little? Gooduseofmodeling

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Hastoreestablishnormstellsstudent,you cantcontrolotherpeoplesbehavior,but youcancontrolyours Likedtheuseofwordproblemsmaybeuse moreinthefuture? Givesanotherproblem(453275).Usesa wordproblemtorestatewhatquantitiesare representedintheproblem.Asksstudents, whatdoyoustartwith? Procedureswillhelpyouwithharderword problembutknowingwhatyouredoingwill alsohelpyou Borrowingaccordingtoplacevalue Canyoudoaselfcheck?Usetheblocks Givesstudentsworksheet.Theywork independently Askswhichonesdoyouwanttogoover? Youcanttakeawaymorefromless.Linda hasstudentsrepeatthis Other: Referredtotheassessmentchecklist Yesusedmodelstofigurethisout Studentswerealittledistractedattheendand somedidnotseemliketheywerelistening

Thoughtthiswasgreat! Likedhowstudentsweretoldtodoaselfcheck

Studentsunderstandthebasetenplace Yesstudentscouldarticulatewhenasked,but valuesystembyrealizingtenonesmakeup notallstudentsgottoshare,thinkofother tentensandtentensmakeuponehundre waystomakesureallstudentsarticulatethis Studentsarticulatewhatborrowingaone means Studentscandostandardalgorithm subtractionandexplainwhyitworks Studentscanapplybase10conceptsof higherplacevalue(i.e.thousands) Yesbutagainfindwaystomakesureall studentsdothis.Seemedlikeafewstudents weremoredominantintheconversation Yes Yestookalittlebittofocusthem.Needtowork onestablishingnormsforbehaviorbecause

studentswerealittledistractedsometimes Studentscanactoutsubtractionwithout muchguidancefromtheteacher Studentscanindependentlyworkon subtractionproblems Yesworkedontheworksheet