Student Work-Montague

This week for math, students are practicing more with addition and subtraction. For math, we started with a number line activity. I had the numbers 0-10 written on big pieces of paper on the floor and had students come up to solve problems (as stated in the everyday math program for  unit 4 lesson 1). Next, I modeled the worksheet that my MT asked me to do with the students (on addition) and had the students do a problem with me. For the worksheet, the number sentences were already written and students were asked to draw dots to match each number and add up the total number of dots and right that number next to the equal sign.

            The worksheet that I analyzed reveals that this student has a concrete understanding of addition when using circles to match each number as in this worksheet. The worksheets were done individually and therefore, this helps me see that this student understands the concept of adding in the form of number sentences. This artifact does not reveal much about the gaps in the students’ current mathematical understanding that I can see however, it would be interesting to see if the student can do addition problems that are written vertically too (instead of all horizontal number sentences). One way that I would advance this student’s mathematical understanding would be to give him larger numbers, or to ask him what happens to the numbers when you add. Another thing that I would do would be to give him some subtraction problems so that I can see if he has a good understanding of subtraction as well.