math menus: a recipe for developing number sense (grades 3-5) elizabeth ward, phd elisabeth...
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Math Menus: A Recipe for Developing Number
Sense(Grades 3-5)
Elizabeth Ward, PhD
Elisabeth Johnston, PhD
Wendi Earnheart
Jessica Walls
Amanda Wright
Math MenusWhat is a math menu? • A way “to provide learning activities that can include problems, games, and
investigations that students work on independently” • Required and optional tasks are given • Within a menu students are able to make choices of the optional tasks
What is the purpose of math menus? • A way to give ownership of learning to the student • New concepts can be explored • Review older concepts
Marilyn Burns, About Teaching Mathematics A K-8 Resource (Sausalito, CA: Math Solutions, 2007) p. 60.
Why Math Menus?1. Can’t see the forest for the trees2. Students stay engaged in mathematics3. Lowers affective filter4. Lots of fun-for the students and you
Activities for Addition/Subtraction/Estimation Menu
1. Shopping with $102. Krypto
•Illuminations websitehttp://illuminations.nctm.org/
•Flip 5 cards, 6th is the target number•Basic and advanced version
Possible Solutions
• 3 + 7 – 10 + 5 – 4 = 1
• 10 + 5 – 7 – 4 – 3 = 1
• (7 * 5) – (10 * 3) – 4 = 1
Activities for Multiplication Menu
1. Array Game2. Product Game
Activities for Measurement Menu1. Cups and Gallons2. Area and Perimeter Tic-Tac-Toe
Three-Shape Menu(Westphal, 2011)
• Complete one activity for each shape
• Easy to understand
Tic-Tac-Toe Menu(Westphal, 2011)
• Three in a row• Might include free
choice• Easy to use• Students might complete
a product out of comfort zone
Meal Menu(Westphal, 2011)
• Select one item for each meal.
• Dessert is extra• Real-world application
Give Me Five Menu(Westphal, 2011)
• Must earn five points• 2-5-8 version (10 points)• More points higher level
thinking skill• More control over learning• Flexibility for different
ability levels
Differentiating Instruction with Menus(Westphal, 2011)
• K-2, 3-5 books• Overview of different types of
menus• How to grade items• Examples-
– Numbers/Number Sense– Operations – Geometry– Measurement
Contact Information• Elizabeth Ward, PhD [email protected]• Elisabeth Johnston, PhD [email protected]