Successful teachers understand how to integrate personal, family, and community experiences and cultural norms of young children into their lessons to develop young children’s mathematical thinking. These are also incorporated into collaborative and supportive interaction in the early childhood classroom.

For this assignment, use the grade level of your field experience class and select 1-3 math standards based on content that is currently being taught. You will be implementing one of these activities in a future field experience. Develop three cooperative group activities for groups of 3-4 students. One group activity should be technology -based, one should focus on problem solving, and one should focus on active inquiry.

Describe each activity in 250-500 words, including the following:

Standards-based objective

Content related, age appropriate vocabulary
Strategies that integrate personal, family, community experiences, and cultural norms of students

Cooperative learning strategies to support collaboration and supportive interaction (Each student should be an active part of the activity.)