yBuilding Math Fluency: Early Spring: Part 5: Importance of Visuals

Part 5: Importance of Visuals

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Video Link: Part 5: Importance of Visuals in Math
Log in to Brainingcamp and create a task or four 😉 that could help students build their number sense and/or fluency through visuals.

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What tasks did you create using Brainingcamp? Describe them or, better yet, give us the sharecode!
Aside from Brainingcamp, what other ways do you incorporate visuals in math?
What caused you to pause and think during this video?

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After watching the video and exploring Brainingcamp, please post your response to one {or more} of the prompts above.

Interact:
Read your colleagues' reflections. Feel free to respond to someone by sharing a comment, insight, or interesting possibility.

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Renae Hanson 59p · 157 weeks ago

Just a reminder...
Here is a short Brainingcamp General Overview Video that is pretty helpful: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1INSeJP-oH3j0--Ey...
Here is a slide deck that you can use to help your students log in and explore Brainingcamp: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n4j2D0ZhU...

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Jessica Hanna · 153 weeks ago

Rainbow to 10 and partners of 10 are my favorite beginning visual math lessons. Our kids get some exposure to 10 frames in kinder and a little in 1st but many often lose the visual concepts of making a 10 pulling apart a ten to make a teen and then into 20's. I really try to work in pulling part 10 sticks as often kids forget a ten stick is just a ten frame and in a different way. The more pictures for these kids we create the deeper the understanding becomes and the more " math brained" they become. i created partners of 10 in showing/ reminding kids that we pull the ten sticks apart and we create new ones when un group and re group as a refresher for 2nd grade, when they start to no longer want to use fingers counting as a backup, if we haven't created enough math pictures in their minds they often will make simple mistakes.
https://app.brainingcamp.com/s/TT17ZS82

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Nani · 153 weeks ago

Making math visual for children is such an important idea. I appreciated the reading visual that Christiana gave to show how we want to help our students think about math. When I used to teach kindergarten years ago we used a program called “Math Their Way” that provided the children lots of ways to create a number. The children would use many different kinds of manipulatives to create one number. I have gone away from using these ideas with second graders, but I am seeing the benefits of using some of these ideas again.
I created a math box for my students this year because of COVID. I wanted them to have access to unifix cubes and other items to use for math without having to share the manipulatives. This has worked well and maybe something I keep in the future.
I have been using Brainingcamp with my students for the past few months. They have enjoyed using the manipulatives to make amazing things with numbers. I did not know I could make and share lessons. This is a new idea for me that I will be exploring over the next month.

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Shawn Henderson · 153 weeks ago

I agree with Math Their way and other supports for math visuals is always a good idea. I have taught primarily in elementary school and now that I work for secondary education, I still see a need for visuals. I am hoping to try to include them as much as possible. It seems like everything is about moving forward but if these fundamental skills aren't addressed in a visual way, the student will continue to face learning obstacles.

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Shawn Henderson · 153 weeks ago

I enjoyed looking at the visuals on Braining...During the video I was reflecting on the fact pace of secondary education and how frustrated kids are because they don't understand the basic fundamentals of math nor do they understand how to find the answers. As an elementary school teacher I had the luxury of manipulatives. I don't have that in secondary education. It's too bad but never to late to start using them.

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Renae Hanson 59p · 153 weeks ago

Shawn - I would encourage you to give Brainingcamp a try with your students as a way to incorporate manipulatives. I know that they are digital, but I think your students would really benefit from "playing" with the math to make it make sense! :)

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Carissa Loreth · 153 weeks ago

I used BrainingCamp to show the relationship between an improper fraction and a mixed number. I also use Bridges in Mathematics to build models and they have ready-to-go tutorials for students and educators to jump right in with modeling mathematics in scaffolded complexity. Math by Heart is a great resource for building fact fluency alongside visual representations for multiplication. It was helpful to understand that similarly to reading, students need to have a picture in their minds of what is taking place in the problem. The use of ten frames help to model problems concretely for students. It also helps students learn to organize numbers into easy to manage proportions, building fluency by helping students to solve problems more efficiently.

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Pam · 153 weeks ago

I use a lot of manipulatives in math. Besides being a visual representation for kids, they give kids the opportunity to explore, manipulate, and play with numbers. After exploring the Brainingcamp site, I found a few tasks that I would like to try with the kids. I will start with the 10 frames for "making a 10" when adding. That concept is quite difficult for most kids without the hands-on approach, so am hoping the kids will make new connections for learning the strategy thru the Brainingcamp work. In addition, I plan on pulling out my ten frames and chips for offscreen practice.

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Cacie P (RCES) · 151 weeks ago

In first grade we use a lot of manipulatives, especially in the beginning of the year. During the video it really struck me when she said the type of visual truly matters and looking back now I can really see how I have tripped up some of my kids by just saying ' go grab some cubes and they will help you count!' or 'Just draw a picture!' I liked her reminder to use the math tools in visuals like a ten frame to help organize the visual for kiddos to up their strategies into some higher level thinking. Going through brainingcamp, it has kind of opened up the world of a rekenrek for me! I never thought to use them to help organize some number sense thinking but I really love the possibilities of having the red and white colors breaking up the sets of 5 and that you can have multiple rows on brainingcamp. I am really excited to use brainingcamp and the rekenrek to help with the end of our unit 6 which was really tripping up some of my kiddos before spring break!

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Sara Emerson · 151 weeks ago

When she discussed visualizing 9, I instantly pictured the number 9. I had to think about what 9 looks like. I was taught math facts through memorization and instantly go back to the symbols only. To teach my students I have had to relearn how to think about math and numbers so it isn’t all just one big confusing symbol for all of us.
I use 10 frames quite often for number strings and to support fluency within 20. I often wonder about supporting students when organizing their ones when using base 10. As I think about my students that are still using base to add two- and three-digit numbers they are the ones that draw disorganized ones. How do I support with their organization on their paper while still support their own construction of meaning? I often suggest rows of five. Maybe if they use a 10 frame and them organize it in a similar way on their paper.
I want to try giving some of my students the problem of 6+7 presented in the same two ways she presented it using both a 10 from and a number rack. I think it would be fascinating to see how they solve it each way since I use both tools to support fluency within 20.
I haven’t explored Braining Camp to much, I tend to gravitate towards hands on manipulatives and visuals. I plan to explore digital tools as visuals more.

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Chelsea Cameron · 150 weeks ago

In 5th Grade we use so many manipulatives in math because Fractions are such a huge focus. The visuals make an incredible difference for the kids when we are solving word problems and basic equations. Comparing these visuals to real-world scenarios is crucial. It seems so silly but even comparing cutting an apple or a pizza and how you would share it with friends. Putting these real-world visuals and manipulatives in front of kids as they work through a problem makes the material more relevant for them. I also liked the video and how a variety of materials were discussed. This allows kids to pick visuals and manipulatives that they connect best with. Some manipulatives or Brain camp visuals may work better for some than others.

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