We are learning to use peers’ ideas to try new ways of thinking. We are learning to respectfully agree and disagree. We are learning to listen to, make connections to, and build on peers’ ideas. We are learning to prove our reasoning using the words: parts, wholes, missing parts, empty spaces, groups, sets, values, and total. We are learning to describe combinations, how many more and less, groups, and values. We are learning to see the largest group. We are learning to see the quantity fast. We are learning to see _ more and _ less. We are learning to see combinations of _. Here are our learning intentions for a year of Number Talks in PreK and Kindergarten: Content Learning Intentions We ask ourselves, “Why is it valuable for all of our students to work, think, and talk together as a math community in a Number Talk?” Again, we examine the social skills for collaboration and communication that learners need to transfer from Number Talks to other learning tasks. To create our Social Learning Intentions, we consider why we value this significant, yet brief, whole group instruction so much. We ask ourselves, “What words are important for talking and thinking about the mathematical content?” To create our Language Learning Intentions, we examine the mathematical vocabulary learners need to transfer from Number Talks to other mathematical problem solving tasks.
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