Number Sense Routines: Building Numerical Literacy Every Day in Grades K-3

by Jessica F. Shumway

Just as athletes stretch their muscles before every game and musicians play scales to keep their technique in tune, mathematical thinkers and problem solvers can benefit from daily warm-up exercises. Jessica Shumway has developed a series of routines designed to help young students internalize and deepen their facility with numbers. The daily use of these quick five-, ten-, or fifteen-minute experiences at the beginning of math class will help build students' number sense.Students with strong number sense understand numbers, ways to represent numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems. They make reasonable estimates, compute fluently, use reasoning strategies (e.g., relate operations, such as addition and subtraction, to each other), and use visual models based on their number sense to solve problems. Students who never develop strong number sense will struggle with nearly all mathematical strands, from measurement and geometry to data and equations.In Number Sense Routines, Jessica shows that number sense can be taught to all students. Dozens of classroom examples -- including conversations among students engaging in number sense routines -- illustrate how the routines work, how children's number sense develops, and how to implement responsive routines.Additionally, teachers will gain a deeper understanding of the underlying math -- the big ideas, skills, and strategies children learn as they develop numerical literacy.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Mathematics, Professional Development

297 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 10, 2011

Reviews

[Amanda Waldschmidt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!

Wow! What a useful book for anyone who works with younger children in math. This books tells you how their brain works and the best way to get it moving!

[Teri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are you a teacher looking for a quick, but meaningful way to build number fluency in your students? Shumway has a winner here in Number Sense Routines. The book is broken up in to three parts. The first part is the basics of the routines. You get a glimpse in to the basics of the concepts and the why behind the book. The bulk of the book is the second part and that's the routines themselves. The third part is the conversation and questioning that goes with the routine. In the second part, I especially like how she makes calendar time more meaningful. She also shows how doing 10 frames in Kindergarten builds to regrouping in 2nd grade. Everything is connected!

The audience would be math teachers of K-3, 4 grade. It's worth your while to read this book!

[Kay Heilman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a great book for those teachers looking to go back to developmentally appropriate instruction. It gives practical examples and routines to help build a daily math routine with a strong understanding of numbers, the foundation of strong mathematical thinking.