Visit four websites that contain math lesson plans that concentrate on the NCTM Standard for Number Sense and Operations.
View these websites and, in an essay of 1,500-1,750 words, respond to the following:
1. Describe the lesson plans from the four websites that support the standard.
2. How is the methodology of number sense used in each of the lesson plans?
3. What mathematical operations are used in these activities?
4. For what grade level(s) are these websites appropriate?
5. What part of the lesson plans contain differentiated instruction? If there is none, how would you differentiate the instruction to a targeted diverse group of your choice?
6. Why are these lesson plans important to student understanding of mathematics?
7. How could the activities within the lesson plans improve student achievement?
8. Were manipulatives used? If not, how would you integrate manipulatives within each lesson?
