Sunday, October 17, 2010

Math Buddies - Bridging the Gap


A Harrison 4th grader coaches a 2nd grade student in using digital base 10 blocks to represent a number.



A Harrison fourth grader uses linking blocks to help a second grader learn counting-on.


Deb McClintock closes the 2nd/4th grade Math Buddies lesson with a 
picture book story illustrating odd and even numbers.


A Reading Buddies program is being effectively used at Harrison, so Deb McClintock and Rick Glass came up with the idea of starting Math Buddies.   They are combining their 2nd and 4th grade classes for weekly joint lessons.  The students are using their time together to share what they are studying in Math. They are solving Math problems as they work one to one and in small groups.  The students also use maniplulatives and the interactive white board to demonstrate what they are learning.  The teachers believe that this time together is well-spent.  The second graders are learning from their peers as well as their teacher and the fourth graders are reinforcing their skills by teaching them to others.


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