The basic errors that happen can all be pretty much pinpointed to place value unit changes. As you do more and more counting circles you will see common errors and will be able to anticipate errors so you have an idea of what you want to ask in the stop and guess part.
I keep counting, I keep on moving along. I wait to see if any students will speak up or if there are lots of whispers happening after a couple other people have said their numbers. After you count around the circle, see some common errors, now is the time to stop at someone. This is where my paying attention part allows me to decide where I should stop.
I normally stop on a number that students made errors on or in the past I have seen students make errors on or if I want to see IF they are going to make a common error. Now we be patient and wait. We give kids as much time as possible. I have done this in a class of 30 fifth graders and I will wait and expect them to also wait patiently while everyone is able to come up with an answer. I have students share ALL their answers. EVEN the ridiculous ones!
The number you were thinking about in your head is on the board? This piece I am not going to describe because it is basically a number talk and you can find lost of info on the internet about number talks but I have also added my video of jotting down one of my students strategies. We are asking kids to be verbally specific about math and I want them to learn that their words are not specific enough or maybe they are but I write exactly what they say.
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After they have shared sometimes I have to verify the answer so I will start where we stopped and continue to the person we were guessing and confirm what is the correct answer. After the number talk is over the counting circle is over. Once this routine gets used regularly and gets built into your classroom it should take no longer than 10 mins. I normally only do one circle a day, everyday for mins.
That is basically it. I have added one more video for an example and I still working on more videos to show the various ways counting circles change based on classroom and students. There is no one set way to really do it. I am kind of outlined a good start here but there have been lots of days that I ask different questions: I am in the process of starting a website that will have a post a day for a counting circle progression. I am hoping to get that started by next school year. Sorry for the delay and thank you for being patient. For now I have compiled a album of pictures that I have taken for some important reason of my counting circles throughout the 3 years I have been doing them.
Feel free to ask me on twitter wahedahbug or via email hhs. Here is a good overall video of how counting circles works in my classroom. Our fall break has started, technically tomorrow, but I wanted to write a blog post that reflects on my new job out of the classroom. I miss their attitudes, I miss the daily quirks and sayings that they bring to your classroom. I miss having the opportunities to interact with these amazing future adults of our world. I love that I get to work with a variety of teachers: I love that I am getting to see so many different school structures: I did just that!
I get to share my counting circles with grades K-5 for now, but I will share K soon enough. I get to work with teachers who are totally as passionate about teaching their students as I am. I am dumbfounded at how many elementary teachers feel very inadequate when it comes to teaching mathematics but they feel too scared to let that be known. I am learning a lot about how the DOE works! I am starting the creation of my little networks with people all over the state. And sharing lots of resources from my lovely realm of amazing twitter teachers!
I mean there are so many different things happening and you have to figure out how to get them all done even though they are somewhat disconnected but connected at the same time. Do I see myself doing this for a long time? I am generalizing this for MOST public schools. I KNOW students will not be at grade level.
I personally have worked in elementary school level classrooms and know how hard it is to get students to be at grade level and I have personal relationships with most of my elementary teachers at my school well, old school. So I decided instead of being part of the problem and continue to feed this fire of negativity and unsuccessfulness I would be a solution to the problem.
I changed and implemented something in my classroom that allows students to work on these skills. I have made it a daily routine only mins a day that helps build kids strategies and the it also gives them a feeling of success with mathematics. Sorry, there was a problem subscribing.
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More Circles near you Find a Circle near you. There are similarities between the different groups, of course, but it's the differences that keeps them apart. Can you see the message you send them through how you dress, how you behave, how you talk - and what you talk of, how you act, your attitude and your posture? And can you see the message they send through their traits? If you've managed to identify yourself, your group and other groups you've come far. Before I continue I need to say this:. But I'll still answer the question for you.
Now, as you've identified yourself and your social surroundings you'll have to decide what kind of person you want to be and in what social cultural groups and circles you want to get into. You don't need to leave your old group in order to expand on your social breadth. Think about how you should dress, how you should behave, how you should talk - and what you should talk of, how you should act, your attitude and your posture to fit into the group of your choice. This is not about changing yourself, it's about broading yourself - making you more socially versatile. You should, also only aim to become anormal part of a group if you could do it and still be completely honest with yourself and towards others.
This is not a game of charades, you should have an actual will to learn how to adapt to differebt groups.
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In the end it must come as natural as daylight and not be a fake facade. You should not aim to become part of a group just because they are the popular ones or any other superficial reasons like that. You must be able to identify yourself with it, or else it will never be athe natural adaption for you. So try out new things, find new hobbies, meet new people, practice to evolve your expressions and charisma, buy new sets of clothes, try out a new hair cut, go half wild if you'd like.
You only need to get out of your social comfort zome and try new things with new people. Just don't think that you have to get rid of your old friends - you don't -, you can still be on the inside of the nerd-circle even if you try new things. And if you can't keep your old friends because of your new ones, they who think you can't are the ones you should get rid of, if any. There could be a genetic component.
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It took a while, but the rest of their nerdy friends also have lives as well. Be patient, be friendly, be kind, take baths, change your underwear regularly, and get out during the daylight occasionally. Your prince or princess charming will show up eventually. I taught at a design school for twenty years, and my students were always finding each other.
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