1. Singapore Math Innovation Showcase Dec. 11, 2013

2. What is Singapore Math? VIDEOS- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnICFjDn 97o&safe=active http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJu8jBHU JJs

3. Challenges Students Experience with Math Translate word problems into mathematical symbols Describe, paraphrase, or explain Link the concrete to a representation to the abstract Remember vocabulary and processes Show fluency with basic number operations Maintain focus Show written work

4. Cognitive Processes in Problem Solving- Richard E. Mayer Translate- Internalizing the language of mathematics and understanding the problem Integrate- Converting a sentence into a mental representation Plan- Devising a plan for how to solve the problem Execute- Carrying out the plan

5. Things to think about… Model drawings work for 80-85% of word problems Show your mathematic thinking- Don’t call it “scratch paper” but rather “evidence paper” or “proof paper” (more value!) Mathematicians are slow and precise

6. Number Bonds 8 + 5 38 + 7 45 min + 35 min 2/3 + 2/3 5/7 + 4/7

7. Bar Modeling Handout- practice problems

8. Resources Step-by-Step Model Drawing- Solving Word Problems the Singapore Way by Char Forsten Intro to Singapore Math part 1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L- QMZ_f9PUg&safe=active http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L- QMZ_f9PUg&safe=active Intro to Singapore Math part 2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2bPwW4wc 2E&safe=active http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2bPwW4wc 2E&safe=active