DescriptionThis session was recorded on the first of two days during which a group of students explored the concepts of surface area and volume while using Cuisenaire rods as manipulative and context for a...
DescriptionIn the last of three clips in a first grade classroom, Jeff, Milin and Jamie begin by reading problem 4. Jeff, without referring to the stones or cubes, immediately states that Grandpa would have six...
DescriptionIn the first of three clips in a first grade classroom, teacher Angela Marinaro introduces the day's activity and distributes a packet of problems to each child. She first asks the students to...
DescriptionIn the fourth of nine clips in a first grade classroom, four children: Stephanie, Gerardo, Sean and Aaron, are working first on Problem 5 and then on Problem 6 of a set of six word problems involving...
DescriptionIn the fifth of nine clips in a first grade classroom, four children: Stephanie, Gerardo, Sean and Aaron, revisit their solutions to the first four problems of a set of six word problems involving...
DescriptionIn the first of nine clips in a first grade classroom, Teacher Angela Marinaro introduces the day's activity and distributes a packet of problems to each child. She asks the students to identify the...
DescriptionIn the third of nine clips in a first grade classroom, four children: Stephanie, Gerardo, Sean and Aaron, are working first on Problem 3 and then on Problem 4 of a set of 6 word problems involving...
DescriptionIn the second of three clips in a first grade classroom, Jeff, Milin and Jamie begin by reading problem 2. Jeff and Milin use Unifix cubes and Jamie counts out stones to model the problem. The two...
DescriptionIn the seventh of nine clips in a first grade classroom, four children: Stephanie, Gerardo, Sean and Aaron, revisit and reconsider their solution to the final problem of a set of six word problems...
DescriptionIn the sixth of nine clips in a first grade classroom, four children: Stephanie, Gerardo, Sean and Aaron, revisit and reconsider their solution to Problem 5 of a set of 6 word problems involving...