Week 2 - Cuisneaire, Logs, Slopes
2 Feb 2010
SPRING 2009
Current Trends and Research in the Teaching of Mathematics Week 2 - February 2nd, 2010 - Groundhog Day
路 Robert Parrilla, adjunct professor (robmchs@gmail.com) 路 Class Time - 6:00 pm, Tuesdays, Room 219 or 410 (as needed) 路 Class Website at Ning.com - http://bit.ly/edu7137 路 Contact Phone: 347 644 0505
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Week 2 - Cuisneaire, Logs, Slopes
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2 Feb 2010
Week 2 - Cuisneaire, Logs, Slopes
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2 Feb 2010
Week 2 - Cuisneaire, Logs, Slopes
2 Feb 2010
But First...
How many squares are there on a checkerboard/chess board?
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Week 2 - Cuisneaire, Logs, Slopes
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Week 2 - Cuisneaire, Logs, Slopes
How would YOU try to explain this to a child?
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SPRING 2009
Current Trends and Research in the Teaching of Mathematics Session 2: Using Cuisenaire Rods http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/silha/Lesson s/cuisen2.html
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Week 2 - Cuisneaire, Logs, Slopes
Integer Rods aka Cuisenaire Rods
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Cuisenaire Rods represent unit values up to 10
10
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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10
10
5
5
9 8 7
2
2
1 1
1 1
6 5
2 1
2 1
1 1
5
4 3
4
9
2
2
1
3
3
3
6
3 4
5
7 4
1 10
2 4
3 2
2
8
2
1
1 3
1 1
8 4 4 1 3
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2 1 1
2 3
1 1 1 1
1 1
4
Week 2 - Cuisneaire, Logs, Slopes
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Integer Rods aka Cuisenaire Rods
6 5 4 3 2 1
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7 8 9 10
Week 2 - Cuisneaire, Logs, Slopes
2 Feb 2010
Pull
What number does this represent?
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