Math Number Talk Essay

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I did my number talk during math workstations. I pull out 5 students for a small group number talk. During my number talk, I gave each student unifix cubes, a paper, and a pencil. Students had many options to solve an addition or subtraction problem. I did not tell students what strategy or what they had to do to solve the problem, I asked students to solve the problem using the materials provided or use any method they know to solve the problem.
While I was waiting for students to solve the problem I notice that almost half of the group used the unifix cubes in order to figure out the answer. The unifix cubes were necessary for the students because they were able to see the problem by having a hands-on material. Students were able to group blocks, deduct blocks, and count all the blocks that they had in their stack in order to …show more content…

Most of my students were having a hard time solving a number in the middle of the equation. The problem my students solve was seven plus something equals 12, my students saw the problem differently they taught they had to add both of the numbers in order to find the missing number. I asked the student that was able to answer the math question what strategy she used to solve the math problem and she explain to her peers and I the method she used to solve the problem. Students were able to see how she solved the problem and they were able to use her strategy in order for them to solve the next equation. In the next problem, students were able to answer because they used the strategy that their partner showed them. If I focused one day on finding the missing number at the end of the equation and then on the next day in another location of the equation students will have time to think what strategy can be useful to solve the

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