Deepening Conceptual Understanding With Bar Models
My students need problems solving activities that stimulate their visual learning style and allow them to develop more abstract problem solving skills.
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My Students
These highly energetic 5th graders are more visually inclined and learn math best when physical objects are accessible to help them make sense of problem-solving. I will surely share the resources across the grade-level so that 110+ 5th graders would have the opportunity to engage in such a powerful learning structure.
There may come a time when our students struggle with a certain activity, therefore we must find out to change the environment where they are equipped with the resources that match the real-world tasks at hand.
These students really enjoy highly engaging activities where they can utilize hands-on learning and accommodate their tactile learning strengths.
However, when we are engaged in solving real-world problems, we must be equipped with real world resources that we may be able to make relevant connections and improve retention of the concept.
My Project
Before introducing my student to the rigor of 5th grade abstract problem solving, I desire to build upon the semi-concrete strategy of creating bar models that they previously learned. They need resources that reinforce their conceptual understanding while guiding them to a more defining reasoning behind the concept.
The "Step-By-Step Bar Model Activity Cards" will provide opportunities for them to transfer concrete strategies to solving word problem abstractly.
Whereas, the "Problem Solving Card Bank" will be used to enrich students' mathematical reasoning and provide them the opportunity to reinforce higher order thinking problem-solving skills, and the "Bar Models Hands-on Learning" will be used to remediate EC and ESL learners that they may develop a strong understanding of addition and subtraction with with hands-on visual models. In addition, it will help them to better visualize the part to whole relationship and gain a better defined understanding of sums, differences, doubles and equivalences.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
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