NUMBERS

Grade Level:

K–8

Welcome to NUMBERS

NUMBERS is an interactive, hands-on mathematics professional development offering for elementary and middle school math teachers. Research-validated findings have been integrated into the program along with numerous strategies and best practices to meet the expectations of rigorous state standards.

NUMBERS provides professional development and support related to the instructional planning, assessment, and differentiation specific to state and national math standards for elementary and middle school students.

Why NUMBERS?

Helps students develop and apply conceptual knowledge
Fosters meaningful classroom discussions
Incorporates more problem solving, including high-level tasks
Helps educators become better consumers of classroom instructional materials and to use them more effectively

NUMBERS features
Delivering professional development to meet today’s rigorous math standards, NUMBERS is:

Hands-on, interactive professional development for teachers of mathematics in elementary and middle school
A series of five modules that address the key mathematical strands or domains of state standards in grades K–8
Curriculum independent and provides participants with the big ideas that build, progress, and deepen across grade levels

NUMBERS Number Sense Training Manual

ISBN / UPC: 978-1-4916-2754-9
Item #: 349835
Grade Level: K-5

Description:

A sense of numbers begins shortly after birth. This module begins with a review of important preschool developmental milestones learning about numbers and concludes with division and the concept of remainders. The major strands are:

Number meaning— focus on counting strategies
Number relationships— spatial patterns, number combinations, place value
Operations on numbers—fact fluency, estimation, traditional and alternative algorithms
Problem solving— type and structure of problems

NUMBERS Fractions and Decimals Training Manual

ISBN / UPC: 978-1-4916-2755-6
Item #: 349843
Grade Level: 3-6

Description:

Developing competence in fractions and decimals involves a number of concepts that precede operations on these numbers. The major strands are:

Fraction meaning— naming and representing fractions, equal shares, fractions as division, equivalence, magnitude
Number relationships— spatial patterns, number combinations, place value
Operations on fractions— conceptual foundations for each operation
Decimal meaning— link to fractions, base ten, magnitude
Operations on decimals— conceptual foundation for each operation, number sense

NUMBERS Ratios and Proportions Training Manual

ISBN / UPC: 978-1-4916-2756-3
Item #: 349851
Grade Level: 6-8

Description:

Ratios are a significant shift for students because of the relationship between quantities. They can be part-to-part or partto- whole relationships. This module tackles misconceptions that students exhibit as they move into ratios and proportional thinking. The major strands are:

Complexity of proportional thinking —the importance of multiplicative thinking, definitions of ratios and proportion
Problem solving and visual representations— models (tables, double number lines, tape diagrams), researchbased problem-solving strategies
Connections to other middle school domains— geometry, statistics, algebra

NUMBERS Algebraic Thinking Training Manual

ISBN / UPC: 978-1-4916-2757-0
Item #: 349860
Grade Level: 6-8

Description:

Traditional instruction focuses almost exclusively on teaching students procedures. This module presents a rich picture of algebraic thinking, connecting algebra to math in earlier grades. The major strands are:

Making generalizations —finding the algebra in arithmetic, making inductions from patterns, determining the truth value math statements
Rules, properties, and procedures—a conceptual understanding of integers and operations on integers, visual representations of expressions and equations
Problem solving— making sense of functions, researchbased approaches for algebraic problem solving

NUMBERS Geometry and Measurement Training Manual

ISBN / UPC: 978-1-4916-2758-7
Item #: 349878
Grade Level: K-5

Description:

At times, measurement and geometry clearly overlap. At others, they call for separate skills such as proportionality when converting inches to feet and visualizing congruent parts. The major strands are:

Visualizing and reasoning about shapes—classifying and sorting shapes, partitioning shapes into equal shares, composition and decomposition of shapes, recognizing symmetry, classifying two-dimensional figure
Measuring dimensions and angles—ordering objects by length, using appropriate tools, unit conversion, a dynamic understanding of area and perimeter, volume, angle measurement