Today's Number

Routine: Students generate a variety of representations of the number or function, including drawings, equations, and examples. Generating and sharing these representations allows students to grow in the ways they think about numbers and operations. Students may first create a list individually or in small groups. Working in small groups creates a level of confidence that will encourage students to more willingly share their representations.

Today's Number is one of the seven high-yield routines discussed in the book by Ann McCoy, Joann Barnett & Emily Combs and published by NCTM. High-Yield Routines promote critical thinking, make connections and/or create discussion with the goal of getting all your students talking about math from the minute they walk into the classroom. The goal of the high-yield routines is to provide all of your students with an entry point to the discussion, problem & solution.