On the first day of class with my preservice elementary teachers I like to pose the problem 4th graders work on in part of the Surprises in Mind video that we later watch. The problem is this: How many different towers of linking cubes can you build, 5 cubes high, using at most 2 colors of cubes?… Continue reading Convince Me
I was introduced to “Starter Problems” from Investigations by an inservice 5th grade teacher. In a pilot study for my dissertation she helped me to co-plan lessons for my methods course. We were working on a unit that focused on multiplication and division as the content area for discussing Math Talk Moves (Chapin, O’Connor, & Anderson, 2009).… Continue reading Starter Problems
The Number Jock 