Whole-Class Activities that Promote Numeracy
Clothesline Math - this practice structure works for anything where students can ORDER expressions. Students work together to place cards on a physical number line (clothesline) and then discuss why certain numbers are less than/greater than others. Cards with equivalent values can be stacked. All you need is a piece of string and some index cards to get started!
Click the link on the left to view a GMD Conference Presentation on using Clothesline Math.
High School Content Ideas:
- Square Roots (mixed with whole numbers and unsimplified roots)
- Equations of lines (least steep to most steep)
- Evaluating numbers with rational exponents
- Radian Measures
More resources for Clothesline Math are at: https://clotheslinemath.com/
My Favorite NO
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/class-warm-up-routine
Use student mistakes to clarify misconceptions in a non-threatening way for students. Click the link above or to the right to view this activity in action.
Talking Points Activity
This activity promotes student discussion using a rules and a specific structure for all conversations. Students read through statements as a group, and agree/disagree. Then they proceed back around the circle with agree/disagree/unsure and WHY but no comments from others. Then a final round of agree/disagree only with a recorded "vote" total. Then they move onto the next statement in the list.
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