Number Sense Routines
Allen Co. Scottsville Professional Learning Module
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Overview
This module provides three separate professional learning opportunities about number sense routines:
Working through each page under the Home Page (What & Why, Routines, Teacher Videos, Reflection) - 3 hrs. PD credit
Extended Learning Opportunity: Watching Sherry Parrish Number Talks Video (Edpuzzle, Reflection)- 2.5 hrs. PD credit
Extended Learning Opportunity: Putting It Into Practice (selecting, planning, and implementing one of the Number Sense routines in your classroom for one week, submitting Teacher Reflection and Student Reflection) - 4 hr. PD credit
PD hours will be based on successful completion and submission of reflection forms associated with each task listed above. Submit documents to either kim.estes@allen.kyschools.us or jennifer.tatum@allen.kyschools.us
What is Number Sense?
Number sense is the ability to be flexible with numbers.
Children with good number sense generally :
enjoy exploring numbers and number relationships
compose and decompose numbers
make connections among concepts
assess reasonableness of an answer
look for connections and readily spot patterns in numbers
have several approaches to calculating and problem solving
can often find the most efficient solution to a problem
have a good sense of quantity
Children with poor number sense generally:
don't enjoy math
won't spend time being creative with and exploring numbers
tend to focus on procedures
apply inefficient strategies to calculations
fail to recognize connections that could get them to the answer more quickly
prefer to use pen and paper rather than working things out in their heads
accept whatever answer they get without considering reasonableness
Number sense develops over time through opportunities to explore and play with numbers. Visualizing numbers in different contexts, spotting relationships between numbers and predicting the patterns all contribute to good number sense.
"The interesting thing about number sense is that you cannot teach students to have it. You have to provide opportunities for students to develop it." Sherry Parrish, author of Number Talks: Helping Children Build Mental Math and Computation Strategies
TASK: Watch this 3 minute illustration of the concept of number sense
by Professor Jo Boaler.
what_is_number_sense.mp4Page updated
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