Module 5 - Application to Your Classroom

Before you move to Module 6, apply the concepts we have practiced in Module 5 in your classroom.

  Plan a number talk

Plan at least one number talk to use in your classroom: either a number talk using open number lines to record student thinking or a Rekenrek talk.

• Write a number talk appropriate for your students (consider subtraction or addition with regrouping). We strongly encourage you to plan with a partner and do the same number talk.
• Identify your goal for the talk
• Predict the different strategies that children might use to find the answer. Consider strategies that lead to a right answer and also strategies that lead to a wrong answer.
• Practice how you will record these different strategies.

  Lead the number talk with your students

• Begin your talk by asking “What’s the solution?” or “How many dots do you see?”
• After students respond, then “How did you figure that out?” or “How do you see it?”
• Record student ideas and connect the different strategies

  Reflect on the experience of leading the number talk

If you planned a number talk with a partner then discuss these questions together.

• What went well?
• What surprised you?
• What will you do differently next time as a result of this reflection? What do you hope will happen as a result of the shifts in your instruction?
• What did you learn about listening to and recording student ideas?