Top Ten List of Math Routines and Related Resources
Make sure to listen to Episode 30 in which Dr. Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record collaborate (and disagree at times) to create this top ten list of math routines. It’s a hoot!
Top Ten Math Routines (with links):
#10: How Many More To…
#8: Math Flips
#7: Splat!
#5: I was walking down the street…
#4: Choral Counting
#3: Number Talks (so many resources/see links below)
#2: What Doesn’t Belong (aka Which One Doesn’t Belong)
#1: Over, Under, and the Same (see Dr. Nicki’s steps below)
Give the kids a target number.
Tell them they will raise their hands over their head if the number or expression you give results in a number over the target number.
They will lower their hands down to their sides if the number or expression you give results in a number lower than the target number.
They will raise their hands out to their sides like an airplane if the number or expression you give results in a number that is the same as the target number.
You can play this game with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and integers.
Happy Mathing,
Dr. Nicki
*Check out Daily Math Thinking Routines in Action by Dr. Nicki Newton, as well as her Day By Day Math Thinking Routines books by grade level.
Number Talks (not an exhaustive list):
Number Talks: Whole Number Computation by Sherry Parrish
Making Number Talks Matter by Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker
Meaningful Math Moments (Various resources, excellent)
Inside Mathematics (Number talks by grade level)
You Cubed (Jo Boaler video/ excerpt from course)
Why Number Talks: Another Jo Boaler resource
Contact information for Dr. Nicki Newton and Ann Elise Record
Dr. Nicki Newton:
Dr. Nicki’s Website
Math Running Records Website
Email: drnicki7@gmail.com
Twitter: @drnickimath
Instagram: @guidedmathinaction
Ann Elise Record:
Ann Elise’s Consulting Website
Twitter: @AnnEliseRecord
Instagram: @ann.e.record