Successful teachers recognize the connections between conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and real-world application when teaching children to make sense of numbers. They embed opportunities for children to concurrently develop numeracy skills in all math areas, including the contexts of counting, cardinality, and base ten concepts.
For this assignment, select three state math standards for kindergarten related to number sense (counting and cardinality) for the selected grade level.
Using the “Number Sense Standards Table,” create one math activity for each standard that is developmentally appropriate for the selected grade level and that uses manipulatives.
Each activity should provide:
Real-world application for the math skill taught
Manipulatives and other resources
Differentiation strategies to meet the individual needs of all students
Formal and informal assessment strategies to ensure mastery of the standards
Write a rationale for the hands-on learning activities you created and how each supports learning of the selected standards. Discuss how each activity, manipulative, and assessment is developmentally appropriate for the selected grade level.
