Which Holds More?
This video from our Focus on the Lesson series demonstrates an activity for teaching capacity in kindergarten and preschool. Students look at two containers and try to determine which one would hold more liquid.
- Series: Focus on the Lesson
- Topics: Measurement Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K Kindergarten
- English Language Learner, Gesture, Capacity
Collaborative Emphasizes the Early Years at National Math Conferences
At the 2015 NCTM Research Conference, Mary Hynes-Berry and Rebeca Itzkowich described the importance of relating math to real-life problems, and Jeanine Brownell, Bilge Cerezci, and Erin Reid explained the Collaborative’s HIS-EM teacher assessment tool.
- Series: About the Collaborative
6 Tips When Discussing Math with the English Language Learner
Math, with its own set of unique vocabulary, can sometimes be a difficult subject for non-native speakers of English.
- Series: Ideas at Work
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade
- English Language Learner, Gesture
Attitudes, Behaviors, and Confidence in Early Mathematics (ABC-EM)
Teacher attitudes and beliefs influence the acquisition of pedagogical and content knowledge and can enhance or impede the translation of More →
Working “Through” Math with English Language Learners
It is tough learning two new languages at once. In the case of ELLs, the two “languages” are often English and math.
- Series: Ideas at Work
- Topics: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K Kindergarten
- English Language Learner
Using Direction Words to Describe Movement of Objects with Child 12
In this video, a preschool-age English Language Learner uses direction words to tell a story about finding a lost teddy bear.
- Series: Focus on the Child
- Topics: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K Kindergarten
- Animals, English Language Learner, Gesture, Child 12
Three Bears Sort in a Dual Language Classroom
Wanda Ocasio of Inter-American School saw the opportunity to use a Three Bears sorting lesson to investigate her preschoolers’ understanding of sorting, as well as explore this Big Idea in the context of a multilingual environment.
- Series: Ideas at Work
- Topics: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
- Animals, English Language Learner, Goldilocks and the Three Bears