Number Play and Proficiency: Maximizing Resources

When I took the PARCC practice test this week, I noticed how important it is for children to have computation fluency and precision.

How will I gain that with this diverse class without taking too much time away from the knowledge/concept portion of the math curriculum.

I decided to have a computation boot camp or better named, a series of Number Play sessions. As the more we play with numbers, the better we become at mathematical thinking and computation.

Here are the initial plans:

Lesson One 12/5-12/8: A class review of addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Many children have mastered the operations, so we'll do a one-class period review to refresh everyone's memory.

Lesson Two 12/8: All students will take an assessments. I'll review and determine who has mastery over the operations of addition, subtraction, and multiplication.

Lesson Three, Four 12/9-12/10: I'll give children a chance to learn with the following stations:

• Video/Practice station: Watch videos, take notes, practice and learn.
• Paper Practice Station: Offline practice sheets and programs.
• Test Station: A place to show your competence and test out of that study.
• Coaching Station: A chance to help others master the operations.
• Problem Solving/Number Puzzles
• Coding

Lesson Five 12/11: I'll review the traditional division algorithm using numbers, words, and models, Students will take the division test.

Lesson Six and Seven 12/12-12/15: I'll give children a chance to learn with the following stations:

• Video/Practice station: Watch videos, take notes, practice and learn.
• Paper Practice Station: Offline practice sheets and programs.
• Test Station: A place to show your competence and test out of that study.
• Coaching Station: A chance to help others master the operations.
• Problem Solving/Number Puzzles
• Coding

Lesson Eight 12/16: Problem Solving Review

Lesson Nine 12/17: Problem Solving and Operations Practice

Lesson Ten 12/18: Unit Assessment

Homework: Related Online Quick-Feedback Related Exercises using Khan Academy, That Quiz, and other resources. 

Once the unit is complete we'll continue to practice these skills during RTI, home study, and in-class skill times.

I want to set this up in a way that children are leading their own learning and helping one another towards this collective goal of everyone mastering the four operations with fluency and precision.  

I'll let you know how it goes.

Resource
Computation Review Practice Sheets
Large Number Computation Test Practice
Exercises, Assessment, and Roll-Out Share