Read the Instructional Routines summary and think specifically about the Warm Up Routines (we'll take a closer look at the Math Language Routines in Part 5).
Then read the first few pages of your grade level's Number Talk packet. Where can you fit a Number String into your math time this week? The slide decks are ready to use!
- Instructional Routines
- Number Talk Packets:
Grade K Grade 1 Grade 2 Grades 3-5 - Number String Slide Decks:
GK Dot Flash GK-1 Addition Strings G2 Addition Strings G2 Subtraction Strings
G3-5 Addition Strings G3-5 Subtraction Strings G3-5 Multiplication Strings G3-5 Division Strings
Consider
- What are your thoughts about incorporating warm up routines into your math time?
- What number string did you try with your class? How did it go and what did you learn?
- What math experiences from your own classroom came to mind as you were thinking about warm up routines?
Respond and Interact
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Please post your response to one {or more} of the prompts above. Read our colleagues' reflections. Feel free to respond to someone by sharing a comment, insight or interesting possibility.
Math warm-up exercises motivate students to invest more time in their math assignments. The warm-ups challenge them to think "beyond the box" and take into account one another's perspectives on a mathematical issue. The ideal strategy for analytical thinking.
ReplyDeleteIt is important to build positive classroom culture where kids are eager to participate in new learning. Kids can easily feel anxious or lack of confidence and that will be header for them to learn new materials. Math warm up can get kids to participating and give students a chance to practice the skills they are learning or review what they had learned.
ReplyDeleteI see this with my groups, the struggle I have is keeping kids from shouting out. We use the thumbs up method, where we give think time. Then I use a stick with names for who gets to answer.
DeleteI agree with the classroom warm-up exercises, help the students learn mathematics knowledge in a relaxed and happy classroom, establish a positive learning cultural atmosphere in the classroom, and learn with joyful . Self-confidence must also be very helpful, and the learning effect must be very good. A win-win for teachers and students.
ReplyDeleteThe number string activities are very similar to the warm up routines that we as a class have been working on from the beginning. My students find it fun to try to solve these types of problems mentally. We tried the beginning number strings stage one for addition and quickly moved through the first few slides. Students loved sharing how they modified each of the numbers differently.
ReplyDeleteI have loved to see the high engagement among students when participating in warm up routines. One thing that I especially appreciate about the Illustrative Math Routines is that they are intentionally placed --> they help frame thinking and set the stage for the lesson that is to follow. Another thing that is worthy of mentioning is that they are accessible to all. Our students who typically struggle in math can find an entry point and our high kids are not bored. It's pretty magical...
ReplyDeleteWe have a warm up routine established in our classroom. The kids like having it as a known routine and gives them a chance to brush up on a skill we have previously worked on.
ReplyDeleteIn MAP we were given a guideline for what our 30 minute time with our students should look like. We have been using warm-up routines for awhile. My favorite have been the Notice and Wonder, but they are all good. Sometimes we go so wrapped up in one of these we don't get much time for the lesson for the day, but we are talking and thinking. :)
ReplyDeleteUsing warm-up routines with my kindergarten students was one of my favorite ways to elicit thinking about and talking about math. Flashing dot pictures and asking how many do you see was a favorite routine that did become second nature to students. I love the idea of having it be part of a number string, as that was not something I focused on during my time in the classroom. When reading about the Lesson Activity Routines, I found it helpful to have watched the You Tube videos of a teacher showing them in action, something I believe I got from Renae. It made it clear what the purpose was and how that would play out in the classroom!
ReplyDeleteWe already incorporate some sort of warm-up routine into our daily MAP lessons. I have used some Number Strings and Math Talks already and my students did seem to really enjoy "which one doesn't belong?" particularly in grades 4-5 where I heard many different responses. I have a new first grade group now and I'd love to do more number strings to encourage the 2 students to come to their own understanding of how to think about and add numbers more easily.
ReplyDeleteI haven't yet been in a classroom that does a warm up routine :( I would love to see it in our classrooms. I believe that if you a create a positive learning environment you will see an increase in student participation and excitement.
ReplyDeleteI haven't used these number talks this year, as I've stuck to Illustrative warm ups, but I think these are a very similar idea and get kids excited about sharing their different ways of thinking. I think these could be fun to use in a small group as well, to practice math sharing discussions with students who might feel comfortable talking in a smaller setting.
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