| This module is included
for those classes which could benefit from a stronger background
in number sense basics. |
| Lesson |
Lesson
Summary |
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| Pre
0.0 Number Sense Pretest
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A
basic number sense assessment base
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Pre
0.1 Basic Skills Recommendations
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What
to do if students are lacking basic skills |
Pre
0.1 Skunk Game
PDF
|
Students
practice multiplication skills in the context of a fun game. |
Pre
0.2 Benchmarks, Reasonable Values
PDF |
Students
investigate the use of approximate, exact, reasonable numbers
in newspaper articles. They Estimate and research numbers
for real contexts.
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Pre
0.3 Add, Subtract Sense
PDF |
Students
switch, replace and find missing numbers within addition and
subtraction problems. They think about adding and subtracting
in challenging ways. |
Pre
0.4 Multiplication Sense
PDF |
Students
find missing numbers, do puzzles, estimate products, examine
the size of factors. They think about multiplying in challenging
ways. |
Pre
0.5 Division Sense
PDF |
Students
write
and solve division problems, examine remainders, share candy,
and examine challenging questions about division.
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| Pre
0.6 Fraction Sense 1
PDF
*Chart
*PDF
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In
this series of activities, students experience fractions in
the context of games, create fractions using data about name
lengths, divide grids in different ways to produce various
fractional parts, share cookies and brownies in different
ways.
*Access chart at left. |
Pre
0.7 Fraction Sense 2
PDF |
In
these activities, students gain a sense for the size of fractions,
arrive at estimates and explain why the estimates are reasonable.
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Pre
0.8 Decimal Sense
PDF |
In
these activities, students gain a sense for the size of decimals,
arrive at estimates and explain why the estimates are reasonable.
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Pre
0.9 Percentage Sense
PDF |
In
these activities, students gain a sense for the size of percentages,
arrive at estimates and explain why the estimates are reasonable.
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