What is Number Sense? 

• a person's ability to understand, relate, and connect numbers 

  • Students who are strong in Number Sense can:

    • Counting both forward and backward 

    • Name each number they count and realize that there are sets of numbers inside (ie. 7 is made up of 1 and 6, 2 and 5, & 3 and 4)

    • Solve problems in their head

    • Relate numbers to real-world problems (ie, One student has 4 apples and another student picked 2 more. How many apples all together?)

Selective Tier II Interventions

• Great Number Line Race

• Cover, Copy, Compare

• Incremental Rehearsal

• Reading Number Symbols Bingo

• Symbol-Quantity Match-Show How Many (Abstract to Concrete) 

• Quantity Comparison Feed the Monster 

• Let's Skip Count

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Intensive Tier III Interventions

• AVMR

• Number Worlds

• Focus Math 

What is Problem Solving? 

• the ability to define a mathematical problem; determine the cause of the problem; identify, prioritize, and select alternatives for a solution

  • Students who are strong in problem-solving can: 

    • Read the problem

    • Paraphrase the problem

    • Draw the problem

    • Create a plan to solve the problem 

    • Predict/estimate the answer

    • Compute the answer 

    • Check the answer

Selective Tier II Interventions

• FASTDRAW

• Part-Part-Total

• CUBES (Circle, Underline, Box, Evaluate/Eliminate, Solve/Check)

• Content Area Problems

• Combining Cognitive & Metacognitive Strategies

• Applied Math Problems Using Question-Answer Relationships QAR's

Intensive Tier III Interventions

• AVMR

• Number Worlds

• Focus Math