MAT 3420 – Teaching Mathematics in Grades PreK-6

 

 

Topic

Reading Assignment

Journal Writing

Assignment for Evaluation

 

 

 

 

Data Analysis & Chance

 

 

 

Geometric Thinking

 

 

 

Measurement Concepts

 

 

 

Fraction Computation

 

 

 

Fraction Concepts

CH 16:  pp. 303 - 313

CH 16:  pp. 293 – 303

W2L:  7, 8, 9

W2L:  1, 2, 5

Article Review

Algebraic Thinking

CH15:  pp. 268 – 275

CH15:  pp. 259 – 262

W2L:  8, 9, 10

W2L:  1, 3, 4

Algebraic Thinking

Invented Strategies & Traditional Algorithms

CH13:  pp. 222 – 241

CH13:  pp. 216 – 222

W2L:  5, 6, 7, 15

W2L:  1, 2

Whole Number Computation (Due 3/6)

Place Value

CH12:  pp. 187 – 201

W2L:  1, 4

 

Multiplicative Structures

CH10:  pp. 152 – 158

CH11:  pp. 177 – 183

W2L:  8, 12, 14

W2L:  10, 11

Classification of Problem Types

Additive Structures

CH10:  pp. 143 – 150;

CH11:  pp. 165 – 177

WRL:  1, 3

WRL:  1, 5

 

Early Number Concepts

CH9:  120 – 135

W2L:  2, 6, 8

 

Planning Mathematics Lessons

CH5:  pp. 61 – 71

W2L:  1, 5, 6

Curriculum Analysis

Problem Solving & Tasks

CH4:  pp. 41 – 59

W2L:  1, 4, 5, 9

 

Understanding & Knowing Mathematics

CH3:  pp. 30 – 34

W2L:  10, 12

 

Approaches to Teaching Mathematics

CH3:  pp. 22 – 30

W2L:  1, 5, 6

Approaches to Teaching

“Doing” Mathematics

CH2:  pp. 14 – 19

Choose 2 problems

 

Principles & Standards for School Mathematics

CH2:  pp. 12 – 14

W2L:  2, 3, 4

 

Teaching Mathematics in the 21st Century

CH 1:  pp. 1-9

W2L:  1, 2, 3, 4

Mathematics Autobiography