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Number Talk – 4th grade 

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Number Talk – 4th grade 

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The Coherence Map shows the connections between Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.

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Providing instructional and assessment tasks, lesson plans, and other resources for teachers, assessment writers, and curriculum developers since 2011.

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The NSTA Next Generation Science Standards Hub offers information, resources, news, professional learning opportunities, and expert advice in understanding and implementing the Next Generation Science Standards - NGSS

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Slides with Number Talk Dots and Five & Ten
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Math / Kindergarten Number Talk Resources

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New to Number Talks? Read the following article to find a summary of the Number Talks idea!(Content for slides below come from Number Talks by Sherry Parrish)Five and Ten FramesNumber 3(The slides above were compiled by Mary Elizabeth Mendenhall from Griffin RESA.)

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Math / First Grade Number Talk Resources

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Rocky Creek Elementary Facebook Link Rocky Creek Elementary Twitter Link

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Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science.

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Mystery Science offers open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science. The hook, visuals, and activity have all been prepared for you. Less prep, more learning.

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VIDEO: Claims, Evidence, & Reasoning: Planning
Teachers can use this strategy for their professional learning as well! In the following image, some teachers began using a KLEWS chart to document their own learning.

Learn: What Is Your Objective?

For every lesson we teach, we want our students to be able to tell us what it is that they're expected to learn and, following the lesson, what they've learned from the evidence observed. Students will use the data they collect through investigation, discussion, and research, and summarize their learning by making a claim. In fact, you might choose to guide your students with questions, who will then answer each question with an individual claim.
VIDEO: Claims, Evidence, & Reasoning: Lesson
In this lesson video, Kimber asks her students questions to help them clarify their thinking. This way they can summarize their learning by making a claim and connecting it to the evidence.

Evidence: What Do You Observe?

Our students are asked for evidence now in all they do, whether it's math, reading, social studies, or science. Maria and Kimber asked students many times what was the evidence that substantiated the claim that seeds do not need sunlight for germination and their students were able to meet the challenge.

As students collect data in your classroom, they'll be able to answer your questions by substantiating their claims with evidence as well. Returning to our Fuzzy Face example, What evidence do we have that magnets do not have to be in contact with a material to move it?

We know that magnets don't have to touch the materials to move them because we were able to move the iron filings by dragging the wand over the plastic.

- How might students document their evidence?

- What about a photograph of Fuzzy Face?

- What are some other ways students might document this evidence?

Wonder: What Are Your Questions?

Regardless of the disciplinary core idea you're teaching, you can implement the science and engineering practice of asking questions. Wondering provides your students with the chance to ask scientific questions. And it doesn't matter where students are in their learning - questions have value at every stage of a unit.

A follow-up activity to simply asking questions might be sorting and classifying those questions into lists of the scientific (investigable) and non-scientific (non-investigable).

And don't forget - the teacher's questions matter too! Kimber helped Maria consider the effectiveness of her essential question when she asked her, " What investigation are you planning on doing with your students?" Maria was able to refine her question to make it manageable and more understandable for third graders. After talking with Kimber, Maria revised the original question, " What do seeds need to germinate and thrive?" to " What do seeds need to germinate? "

Science: What Terms, Principles, or Research Help You To Explain?

I really loved the way the word germination was defined in this video series. Gone is the time when students are handed a vocabulary list and asked to find and write down their definitions. Students need "just in time" words to use after they've had multiple experiences with the concept, so the word now makes sense to students and they can use it as part of their scientific explanations. Have your students come up with their own definition based on the evidence from their investigation and then give them time to talk with one another, argue with evidence, and eventually come to a consensus as a group. Finally, have one of your students add their class definition to the master KLEWS chart.

How Might Teachers In Other Disciplines Use the KLEWS to Learning in Their Classrooms?

It's easy to see the KLEWS strategy as transferable to other disciplines. In most subjects, we ask our students to support their thinking with evidence. If you look at the practices of mathematics, science, and English language arts, there is clear overlap as seen below:
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Similar connections can be made across all the domains of social studies. And I've even witnessed a kindergarten teacher using the KLEWS strategy as a tool for community building.

No matter the discipline - since the KLEWS chart is a tool for sensemaking - it makes the thinking of children visible. Students must feel so valued when they see their words on the wall as part of their instruction.

As I've been working with Teaching Channel on NGSS videos, I felt it was important to capture the process of what it's been like for one teacher in our UA elementary program learning about KLEWS for the first time.

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KLEWS: Supporting Claims, Evidence & Reasoning

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VIDEO: Claims, Evidence, & Reasoning: Planning Teachers can use this strategy for their professional learning as well! In the following image, some teachers began using a KLEWS chart to document their own learning. For every lesson we teach, we want our students to be able to tell us what it is that they're expected to learn and, following the lesson, what they've learned from the evidence observed.

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Phenomenal Science is a regional collaboration between the Science, Mathematics, Technology center at CMU and the Great Lakes Bay ISDs to develop K-5 Science Units through professional learning.

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Include a complete curriculum for K-5 three-dimensional science instruction

Meet the Michigan Science Standards

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Check out the guidance for the steps to designing a coherent NGSS aligned storyline. Explore unpacking, identifying phenomena, and sequencing investigations to help students build science ideas, step by step.

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This first-grade unit on light starts out with students exploring how many shapes they can see on different pieces of paper at various locations around their classroom when the lights are turned off.  They are surprised to find that some of the shapes are not visible in these conditions    This leads students to start wondering about other phenomena related to seeing in the dark, which in turn leads to new questions and design problems related to how they can make their room completely dark.   (PS4, ETS1)

[Under development] This second-grade unit on plant reproduction and habitats starts out with students exploring the kind of plants they find growing in different places around their school and neighborhood. Their explorations reveal some surprising places where plants are sprouting. This raises a series of questions and ideas for investigations to pursue related to why there are different plants growing in different places. (LS1, LS2, LS4, ETS1)

This fourth-grade unit on wave properties and ocean floor structures starts out with students exploring a perplexing phenomenon where hundreds of unopened bags of snack chips were found on a beach. This sparks a series of questions about where these came from and how they got to where they were found. It also leads students to generate ideas for investigations to pursue about the role of wind, currents, and waves as possible suspects that could have moved these bags from where they were lost in the ocean to where they were found on the shore. (PS4, ESS2)

In this fifth-grade unit on earth systems and on the structure and properties of matter, students investigate where the dirty water that drains out of their homes and schools goes and where the clean water they use comes from. (ESS2, ESS3, PS1, ETS1)

In this fifth-grade unit on interrelationships in ecosystems, students investigate the apparent disappearance of the body of a dead raccoon over time. Their findings lead them to uncover the role of decomposers in this process, as well as the role of decomposers in the disappearance of plant debris over time. Students ultimately track down where the materials come from that all living things need for repair and growth and where the energy comes from that they use to move and stay warm. (LS1, LS2, PS1, PS3)

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Elementary - Next Generation Science Storylines

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In this fifth-grade unit on interrelationships in ecosystems, students investigate the apparent disappearance of the body of a dead raccoon over time. Their findings lead them to uncover the role of decomposers in this process, as well as the role of decomposers in the disappearance of plant debris over time.

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Math Interventions & Assessments - Response to Intervention Rx Home

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This site contains resources and support for implementing Response to Intervention.

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Access Google Sites with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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This first-grade unit on light starts out with students exploring how many shapes they can see on different pieces of paper at various locations around their classroom when the lights are turned off.  They are surprised to find that some of the shapes are not visible in these conditions    This leads students to start wondering about other phenomena related to seeing in the dark, which in turn leads to new questions and design problems related to how they can make their room completely dark.   (PS4, ETS1)

[Under development] This second-grade unit on plant reproduction and habitats starts out with students exploring the kind of plants they find growing in different places around their school and neighborhood. Their explorations reveal some surprising places where plants are sprouting. This raises a series of questions and ideas for investigations to pursue related to why there are different plants growing in different places. (LS1, LS2, LS4, ETS1)

This fourth-grade unit on wave properties and ocean floor structures starts out with students exploring a perplexing phenomenon where hundreds of unopened bags of snack chips were found on a beach. This sparks a series of questions about where these came from and how they got to where they were found. It also leads students to generate ideas for investigations to pursue about the role of wind, currents, and waves as possible suspects that could have moved these bags from where they were lost in the ocean to where they were found on the shore. (PS4, ESS2)

In this fifth-grade unit on earth systems and on the structure and properties of matter, students investigate where the dirty water that drains out of their homes and schools goes and where the clean water they use comes from. (ESS2, ESS3, PS1, ETS1)

In this fifth-grade unit on interrelationships in ecosystems, students investigate the apparent disappearance of the body of a dead raccoon over time. Their findings lead them to uncover the role of decomposers in this process, as well as the role of decomposers in the disappearance of plant debris over time. Students ultimately track down where the materials come from that all living things need for repair and growth and where the energy comes from that they use to move and stay warm. (LS1, LS2, PS1, PS3)

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Elementary - Next Generation Science Storylines

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In this fifth-grade unit on interrelationships in ecosystems, students investigate the apparent disappearance of the body of a dead raccoon over time. Their findings lead them to uncover the role of decomposers in this process, as well as the role of decomposers in the disappearance of plant debris over time.

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Visits to the beach, ball games, and outdoor picnics are sure to happen this summer for you and your family. What also has been known to happen over summer is a slight or moderate slide in math skills your child has been taught through the previous school year. While it's important that your child gets a break from the day to day stresses of school, you also need to make sure that the summer does not bring about a loss of retention of math skills. The sites below are perfect for a busy family to incorporate daily into a child's summer routine to remediate, secure, or even surpass current grade level mathematical skills.

These math websites for kdis are perfect for parents to identify your own children's weaknesses and strengths. The more your child plays on these programs, the more accurate the data, which can be easily passed on to next year's teacher! Several of the programs below adapt to your child's specific needs and track progress with every question answered!

As a parent, you can create a free login for your child! This program is game-based and can be played with friends that are on at the same time. Children truly love Sumdog for its quick pace, motivating games and coin rewards. Children advance as they master skills in a math strand. Weekly updates are emailed to parents.

As a parent, you can sign up your child under homeschooling for free. MobyMax has three sections to practice math; Fact Mastery, Numbers (which uses an abacus to teach adding and subtracting of large numbers), and Math. MobyMax is a complete K-8 curriculum based on the common core. You have the ability to monitor your child's growth and have real data on a grade level equivalent. If a child is struggling, a video or lesson is displayed to give hints on how your child can answer the problems independently.

Frontrow is an adaptive program that takes your child through the common core standards to ensure mastery is achieved. Frontrow has 1000's of videos attached to problems to assist children in being independent and confident. This program is free for teachers, so ask your child's teacher to create a free account before the year is over to take advantage of this highly effective program.

Hoodamath is all games and practice for kids needing to secure foundational skills. Create a free login and have your child practice the skills you have selected for them. The skills and games can be grade specific and include a ddition, subtraction, multiplication, addition, geometry, basic physics, fractions, integers, and algebra.

Khan Academy: Khan Academy is a brilliant online site, which truly helps children understand math concepts and learn at their own pace. Creating a login for your child helps keep them accountable and motivated to work through the lessons. Visual learners will love this site because videos are the core instructional method.

Youtube is a trademark online to find just about anything, which includes math videos. If your child is having difficulty with certain skills, all it takes is a quick search to find a video to provide guidance. A few favorite channels are Math Antics, The Video Math Tutor, LearnZillion and Mathademics.

MathPlayground: Math Playground is a safe site for math games, logic puzzles, step-by-step instructional videos, math practice, and a variety of problem solving activities. Use the Thinking Block Section for your child to practice story problems by using drag and drop model drawing tools.

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Summer Learning Series: 7 Free Math Websites for Kids

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7 Free Math Websites for Kids to learn during the summer months.

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I've received so many great comments regarding my post from last year, 10 Must-See Website for Reading Intervention, and one of the most common ones has been whether I know of any sites to build math skills and support math intervention.

As you know, I firmly believe it is important to target specific gaps when planning interventions. So today I am going to share 10 great websites to support your math intervention efforts related to these gaps.

There are a ton of free (or low-cost) resources here including targeted lessons for specific math skills, assessment/progress monitoring tools, and both online and printable intervention supports.

A quick and easy intervention for math fact fluency. The site includes great data and offers supports for struggling learners.

Students work to quickly answer basic computation and build fluency and accuracy. If it takes a student too long to answer, the program gives them a visual cue with the answer, but they still have to enter it. Over time the program rotates through the problems the student has yet to master, working them toward fluency.

Over time the program rotates through the problems the student has yet to master, working them toward fluency.

This site offers a free teacher account and is great for those students who need a Tier 1 reteach and extra guided practice and support. With

With built-in assessment and differentiation, the program monitors how students progress. It also gives modeling and visuals for problem-solving. This is great for those students who are struggling with a specific concept or just-below grade level standard. Plus it works on tablets!

Need to dig in and identify those gaps? This free tool from math guru Marilyn Burns is just the thing you need. With a free teacher

With a free teacher account, you can have up to 160 kids in the system. The focus of this assessment is an interview style format that lets you observe to identify misconceptions and thinking strategies.

Looking for intervention strategies to use when working one-on-one or in a small group on a specific skill gap? Look no further. These research-based interventions are all clearly outlined to make intervention easier!

This site is free for Texans, but it might have a cost if you are from another state. However, it is well worth it in my mind. The students work on their personalized pathway and can test out of lessons that they have already mastered.

There are great, tangible rewards that kids can work together to achieve (like a free pizza party) and cool things to purchase to personalize their avatar. Live teachers are available to support students in walking through challenging problems and help ensure learning is progressing.

While this site isn't perfect for everyone, like TenMarks, it is definitely a great fit for those students who are struggling with on or just-below grade level standards.

Focused on providing teachers the strategies that are research-based for intervention, Intervention Central is an amazing resource.

Unlike some of the other sites I am listing, this one will take you a bit more time to read and process, but it outlines all the steps for some strong, research-based intervention strategies, along with citations so you can read the original study (if that is your thing).

This site by intervention guru Jim Wright is perfect for helping guide systemic math interventions at Tier 1. Each intervention is set up as a quick read and can be implemented at Tier 1 with little extra stress.

This site has a great assortment of CBM probes for progress monitoring in both reading and math. There is a lite version that is free (which is definitely the way to go). It has probes for specific content areas or for general skill gaps, and sign up takes less than 5 minutes. Perfect for the busy classroom teacher to collect data for SST.

There is a lite version that is free (which is definitely the way to go). It has probes for specific content areas or for general skill gaps, and sign up takes less than 5 minutes. Perfect for the busy classroom teacher to collect data for SST.

Students struggling to move from concrete to abstract? This is not all that uncommon for struggling mathematicians. These digital manipulative teacher tools can be the perfect fit for small groups requiring additional practice and modeling.

These digital manipulative teacher tools can be the perfect fit for small groups requiring additional practice and modeling.

Want a downloadable step-by-step guide to interventions that will help your struggling math students fill the gaps in their mathematical knowledge? This is just the place. Easy-to-use, ready-to-implement strategies that are perfect for documenting in your intervention plan. Just add a data collection plan for progress monitoring, and you've got everything you need to set up your intervention system for success.

Easy-to-use, ready-to-implement strategies that are perfect for documenting in your intervention plan. Just add a data collection plan for progress monitoring, and you've got everything you need to set up your intervention system for success.

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10 Must-See Websites to Support Math Intervention - The Third Wheel Teacher

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I've received so many great comments regarding my post from last year, 10 Must-See Website for Reading Intervention, and one of the most common ones has been whether I know of any sites to build math skills and support math intervention. As you know, I firmly believe it is important to target specific gaps when planning interventions.

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