Final Reflection

Final thoughts: (must be completed to receive credit)

This post will be your opportunity to comment about what you have gained from this workshop. Please be sure to look back at the original post and review the objectives to see if you gained new knowledge based on the objectives. It would also be nice if you could comment on others posts as well before finishing the course. (You have until Saturday 11/07)

If you wouldn't mind breaking your final post into two parts: What have you learned and final reflection, you can do them within the same comment.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS BELOW, Pick the ones that you feel best to answer.

Here are some questions to guide you in your final post on WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED:
- What conceptual understanding of  base ten does a student need in order to solve operational problems?
- What instructional strategies would you use to reach students at various levels of mathematical ability?
- What opportunities should students be given to assist with building their conceptual understanding of numbers and operations?
- What model do you find most beneficial in building understanding?

Questions based on the objectives of this workshop for your FINAL REFLECTION:
- What type of FOCUS do you need in your grade level to help a student be successful with numbers and operations?
- How can you work together within AND across grade levels to ensure COHERENCE?
- How do you maintain proper RIGOR in your instruction; including conceptual understanding, fluency and application?

A final survey will be sent from the Teacher Center in order to receive your completion certficates

Sum it Up!

We have worked through the progression of Base Ten Numbers and Operations in grades k-5.

It is important we continue to engage in conversation around the coherence of math standards throughout the elementary common core standards.

For this comment I would like you to share one resource you have come across in relation to Math and Common Core that helps us with coherence. It can be a website, video, story or anything you feel is worth sharing with the group.

There is a video that I came across that I think helps teachers better explain to parents and the public why we are teaching common core. I understand there is a lot of controversy on this topic, I think this video does a good job discussing this :-)
CLICK HERE

Also, please comment on either my video or another participants resource that they have shared.

Fifth Grade

5th Grade: 5.NBT

1. Begin by reading pages 18-20 of the Math Progression Document and look for new understanding and/or important aspects of Numbers and Operations in Base-Ten in 5th grade

2. Watch the following video on standard 5NBT from EngageNY Studio Talks located here: Click Here


3. Post One Comment about something new you learned, an important aspect of 5th grade that other grade levels need to know or an instructional strategy/model that you would use to help solidify the work in the 5th grade. Try and relate your new learning of 5th grade numbers and operations to what you learned previously in grades K-4, and offer an idea about addressing Fluency in 5th grade. 

4. Post one comment responding to another participant in order to add to their thinking, suggest additional ideas or engage in a meaningful educational conversation about COHERENCE thus far.