Organizing and Collecting: Taking Inventory

Our first investigation into inquiry based teaching: Taking Inventory of classroom materials using ten-frames.

Students labels of items and number of items counted

Classroom chart highlighting ten-packs and loose ones.

Authentic assessment examples of students strategies

Equivalency and Compensation: Bunk Beds and Apple Boxes

Using 5 and 10 structures, specifically math racks, to explore these concepts.

Student recording sheet using one arithmetic rack.

Student recording sheet using two arithmetic racks.

Student recording sheet for apple boxes investigations using 5 and 10 structures.

Student recording sheet for apple boxes investigation using bigger numbers.

Student work graphing apples boxes with bigger numbers.

Adding Bigger Numbers:  Measuring for the art show

Using the open number line to mentally add bigger numbers.

Chart of measurements for art paper investigation

Student recording sheet for the strips of ten investigations.

Student recording sheet for two pieces of art paper investigation.

Additional class created charts for the investigation.