Series: Focus on the Child
Focus on the Child videos are taken from one-on-one interviews with individual children. The interviews are designed to elicit evidence of children’s mathematical thinking. They are not teaching episodes or formal assessments.
Series: Focus on the Child
Solving a Number Story with Child 14
June 15, 2015
In this one-on-one conversation, an English Language Learner in kindergarten explains his thinking while working through a number story about people getting on and off of the bus.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Correction, Child 14
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Sorting Rocks with Child 31
A student organizes rocks into different groups based on their unique characteristics.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 31, Nature
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Sorting Rocks with Child 14
A kindergarten student organizes a collection of rocks into unique sets. Simple questions can result in explorations in core math concepts such as grouping. In this case, some very unusual groups are created.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Child 14, Nature
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Sorting Commercial Manipulatives with Child 33
A child makes different groups out of a collection of keys.
- Topic: Sets
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 33
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Comparing Quantity with Child 4
A child compares two small sets of wooden cubes.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Comparing, Gesture, Child 4
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Recognizing Quantity with Child 1
A child selects a card with a given number of dots.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Subitizing, Child 1
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Matching Quantity with Child 3
A child produces a small set of counters to match a shown quantity.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
- Tags Subitizing, Child 3
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Estimating Quantity with Child 3
A student approximates the number of cubes in collections of increasing quantity.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Estimation, Unifix Cubes, Comparing, Child 3
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Estimating Quantity with Child 8
A child estimates the number of cubes in a collection.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Child 8, Comparing, Unifix Cubes, Estimation
Series: Focus on the Child June 11, 2015
Changing Quantity with Child 13
A student computes how many objects are in a collection that is hidden from view.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Animals, Child 13
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