Module 4 - Activity 3: Creating Opportunities to See Doubles and Tens during a Number Talk Using Ten-Frames
Watch the videos below and record your observations. After watching the videos, discuss your observations.
In these videos, Shannon and Alissa are conducting number talks using ten-frames with their first grade students. Both of these first-grade teachers planned together and did these number talks on the same day. As you watch, notice how they use different styles when conducting the same number talks.
Video 1: Seeing Double
Predict what strategies students might use to determine the number of dots.
Now watch a video with a model number talk Shannon and Alissa with two different first-grade classrooms and record your observations using this worksheet Links to an external site. (Microsoft Word Version Download Microsoft Word Version). As you watch, keep track of:
- How they record student thinking.
- The naming of strategies by teachers and students.
- The routine that the teachers use to engage the students.
Video 2: Seeing Fours
Predict what strategies students might use to determine the number of dots.
Now watch a video with a model number talk Shannon and Alissa with two different first-grade classrooms and record your observations using this worksheet Links to an external site.. As you watch, keep track of:
- How the students share their thinking.
- The number of students who are participating.
- How the way the dots are arranged influenced the way the students saw the sum.
Video 3: Moving Dots
Predict what strategies students might use to determine the number of dots.
Now watch a video with a model number talk Shannon and Alissa with two different first-grade classrooms and record your observations using this worksheet Links to an external site.. As you watch, keep track of:
- The different strategies and how they rank on sophistication.
- How the arrangement of dots influenced the making of ten by some students.
- How Alissa connected the three number talks on her board.
Video 4: Debrief
The following video shows Shannon and Alissa describe several features of the math talks that you just watched. Pay attention to:
- How they determine goals for their number talk of the day.
- How they plan the number talk.
- What they learned about their students as a result of the number talk.
Discussion
After watching the videos, discuss the following questions with your PLC:
- What did you observe during the number talks?
- What went well?
- What surprised you?
- What did you learn about listening to and recording student ideas?
- How did the teachers record student thinking?
- If they do record student thinking, how does this help?
- If they do not record student thinking, why might this be okay?
- What are the features of the ten-frame that children used when discussing their strategies?