My Two-Digit Equation In The Classroom

The second grade classroom I am in began this year the students in the classroom practicing their addition and subtraction in a one-digit numbers through various strategies, word problems, and diverse lessons. However, as the year went on my cooperating teacher had the students begin solving two-digit addition and subtraction problems. My classroom is set up for their numeracy portion of the class that they usually start with whole group lesson, then move into small groups to practice the lesson using different strategies. Before starting with two-digit equations she wanted to be certain that her students felt confident in their one digit equations because if not, they would fall apart during two digit problems. The first aspect of two-digit …show more content…
My cooperating teacher has always allowed her students to use any addition strategy that allows them to understand the process of addition. For example, during the math portion of her class she has a manipulative sorted bin that the children are welcome to use at any time. The bins have whiteboards, base ten blocks, connect cubes, plastic money, and various other tools that can be used to help understand and solve mathematical problems. This is similar to our numeracy class because every class period you supplied us with similar manipulative, but also encouraged us to use them. “When children have more choice in determining which strategies to use, as in the first classroom, they can learn more content and make more connections.” (p.9) The book discussed numerous times about giving students multiple strategies to solve addition problems with number lines, charts, and representations because it is giving students mathematical proficiency and further understanding in addition. The lesson with the dice gave each student a chance to choose their own method of solving, then when they turned to their partners it allowed for them to openly discuss about their strategy, possibly learn a strategy that may further their understanding in mathematics. One of the last activity’s we did in college numeracy played the card game with decimals. Although it was an interactive fun game it was still furthering my understanding about place value and decimals. I felt like my teacher did a very similar lesson with the dice game because the children are having fun through competition by rolling an die, it was still a game that was challenging their mathematical understanding in addition and place