Week 28: Clothesline Math pt. 1

Welcome to Table Talk Math. This week, we're talking about clotheslines. View this email in your browser Table Talk Newsletter #28 Great news! For the Spanish version of this week's newsletter, click here. Ed Campos has joined the team to provide a Spanish-translated version of our newsletters for parents who would appreciate it. Check it out and send Ed some love! Also, feel free to share the link (bit.ly/TTM27spanish) with your Spanish-speaking friends. All you need for this week is: string or clothesline sheets of paper a marker two chairs "Hey kids, I need your help putting these numbers in order. Do you think you could do it for me?" On the table next to me is a stack of sheets of paper folded in half with a number on it, ready to be put onto the clothesline that is strung up between two dining room chairs.  Yes, this is a twist on the traditional number line activity and can be accessed by young children.  Yes, this is an elementary lesson. Yes, this can be a quick conversation. However, over at clotheslinemath.com, there are ideas aplenty for children of all ages, including high school students.Chris Shore has built a variety of clothesline ideas for middle and upper grade levels, so please take a look! My boys spent around 5 minutes noticing, wondering, and exploring the number line by sliding sheets of paper across a string, spacing them out accordingly as more information became available. Because it was happening so fast, I wanted to throw a minor wrench in the system and did so with the 4 1/2. Even though he hadn't been introduced to fractions, it didn't take long to figure out that the 4 1/2 fell neatly between the 4 and the 5. Next up, we are going to do sums: 1+5 3+6 2+4 ...and so on When they get older, we will head over to the clothesline math website and find more ideas and information to support both boys, but a clothesline will certainly be a part of our discussion for years to come. If you want to see my boys go through the progression,it's here. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me on Twitter (@TableTalkMath) or comment below. Be sure to have your friends sign up for the newsletter at tabletalkmath.com for weekly updates. Thank you for taking the time to improve math fluency for children, one table talk conversation at a time. *|TWITTER:TWEET|* Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*