The Importance of Math-ish Responses (K-5)

Number sense…what does it mean? Do your students have it? How do you work on developing it? Let’s take a deep dive at the importance of having students develop “ish” responses to questions before solving for an actual answer. You’ll be surprised at how quickly your students’ number sense skills skyrocket after using this simple yet powerful approach.

Additional support resources include:

• Jo Boaler's YouCubed website with resources for Math-ish--https://www.youcubed.org/math-ish/
• Steve Wyborney's Subitizing Slides develops subitizing skills and number sense, geared for grades K-2--https://stevewyborney.com/2018/09/100-subitizing-slides-10-challenge-patterns/
• Steve Wyborney's Splat develops number sense, subitzing skills, and mental math strategies for all grade levels--https://stevewyborney.com/2017/02/splat/
• Math Talk Pictures gathered from Kristin & Emily to use to develop math discourse, great for all grade levels (be sure to check back frequently for updates!)--Math Talk Pictures
• National Geographic is a great resource for pictures to use during math talk, great for all grade levels--https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography
• Which One Doesn't Belong develops justification and reasoning skills, great for all grade levels--https://wodb.ca/
• Would You Rather asks students to choose a path and justify it with math, great for all grade levels--https://www.wouldyourathermath.com/
• Open Middle Resources provides activities and resources for students to justify their thinking, great for math enrichment because it generally requires a higher depth of knowledge--https://www.openmiddle.com/

This session includes the following documents:

• Effective_Questioning.pdf
• EstiClipboard-WorkMat.pdf
• EstiMystery-Thinking-Board.pdf
• Number-Bond-Workmats.pdf
• PartPartWhole-Workmats.pdf
• Student_Sentence_Stems_Option_1.pdf
• Student_Sentence_Stems_Option_2.pdf
• Ten-Frame-Workmats.pdf
• WODB-Workmat.pdf