UWSSLEC LibGuides: Emerson Elementary School Math Resource Guide: Number Sense

Web Links

NCTM Illuminations
A collection of resources including standards-based lessons, activities, and web links from the U.S. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Nrich
A joint project of the mathematics and education departments of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. This is an excellent site for parents, teachers, and students with lessons, activities, challenges, and more. Although it is aligned with the UK standards, U.S. educators will find this a valuable resource.
Aunty Math
Aunty Math is the nom de plume of Angela Giglio Andrews, a math educator from Naperville, Illinois. She works with the Dupage Children's Museum to present these math challenges for children and their parents. Angela Andrews also worked with MMSD to develop our primary and intermediate math resource binders.
Math Cats
Math Cats features online math games and activities, as well as galleries of math-related crafts. The graphics are pretty rudimentary, but the challenges will be fun for middle grade students.
The Math Forum
A compendium of field-tested lessons and activities for teachers, students, and parentspresented by Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.
Figure This!
A site specifically for families, sponsored by the NCTM. In addition to games and activities, it features a Power Point presentation that teachers can show parents to encourage their involvement in their children's math learning.
PBS Early Math
At this site you will find links to parent information, activities, and enegaging online games about number sense, geometry, and measurement.
Marilyn Burns' Math Solutions
Articles and lessons covering a wide variety of math topics from math educator Marilyn Burns and her associates. Very good free lessons in pdf. format can be found under the "Educator Tools" heading.
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
A comprehensive site, which features lessons for the Rekenrek teaching tool as well as lessons on communicating math thinking.
Bitesize Math from the BBC
Links to games and other math resources through the BBC.

Documents from the Emerson Shared Drive

Bead String Work for Crossing Ten
Suggestions for using the 20-Bead String
Fluency and Maintenance Ideas
Skyscrapers Dice Game
Developmental Guidelines, 2011
First 20 Days of Balanced Math
Counting Songs and Poems
Race Cars card game
A card game for practicing ordering numbers

What IS Number Sense?

Number sense refers to a person's general understanding of number and operations along with the ability to use this understanding in flexible ways to make mathematical judgments and to develop useful strategies for solving complex problems (Burton, 1993; Reys, 1991). (from the NCTM Illumniations website, http://illuminations.nctm.org/Reflections_preK-2.html)

(photo by Suzy Grindrod)

Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)

This article, which appeared in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research's publication WCER Research Highlights, offers a succinct introduction to Cognitively Guided Instruction, a constructivist approach to math problem solving that was developed by Thomas Carpenter and Linda Fenema at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI)

Ten Frame Flash

Ten Frame Flash is an example of SUBITIZING. Subi-WHAT?? Read more on subitizing here.

MMSD Resources

These math resources can also be found on the MMSD website. They are the property of the Madison Metropolitan School District and password protected.

Primary Math Activities
Links to Primary Math Activities that build number sense.
Primary Problem Solving and 20 Bead String Resources
Links to Math Story Theater, CGI Problems (in English and Spanish), and using bead strings to build number sense.
Intermediate Problem Solving
Background information on using Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) in grades 3 - 5. Links to CGI problems based on intermediate trade books, as well as a guide for writing your own CGI problems.