Seeing is Believing!

Math-ish Chapter 5

Making Math a Visual Experience

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the importance of visual representations in math learning.
• Explore grade-appropriate strategies for making math visual in K-5.
• Experience hands-on activities that can be immediately applied in your classrooms.
• Make a plan to integrate visual math into an upcoming lesson.

Believe in YOURSELF!

MATH-ish CHAPTER 5

Why Visual Math?

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(Turn & Talk):

• Think of a time when a visual helped you (or a student) understand a math concept better.
• What math topics do your students struggle to “see” clearly?

Visual math is for ALL learners—it deepens understanding, not just for “visual learners.”

Mathematics is inherently visual—from number lines to area models to graphs.

Brain research: Using visuals strengthens memory, pattern recognition, and problem-solving.

MATH-ish CHAPTER 5

Turn and Talk…

Think of a time when a visual helped you (or a student) understand a math concept better.

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What math topics do your students struggle to “see” clearly?

NCTM Effective Teaching Practices

Making Math Visual

"Mathematics is not just numbers and symbols; it is a visual and creative subject that engages multiple brain pathways."

Finger Perception

"If you can identify all your fingers, you have developed finger perception. Researchers have shown that finger perception is a better predictor of mathematics achievement in second grade than test scores.”

Finger Activities

Making Math Visual

"When students see math visually, they make connections that would not be possible through numbers alone."

Number Talks/Visual Resources

Math Visuals

MathisVisual.com

Math Talks

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(Turn & Talk):

• Think of a time when a visual helped you (or a student) understand a math concept better.
• What math topics do your students struggle to “see” clearly?

#1 Addition Task

#2 Multiplication Task

#3 Division Task

Rotations: 7 minutes each

Animal Foot Parade

James is setting up chairs for an assembly. He needs 5 rows of 18 chairs. How many chairs does he need altogether?

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Shanae loves to collect stickers! She has 208 stickers. She wants to put the same number of stickers on 8 pages in her sticker book. How many stickers will she put on each page?

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Animal Foot Parade

#1 Reflect and Learn:

#2 Reflect and Learn:

James is setting up chairs for an assembly. He needs 5 rows of 18 chairs. How many chairs does he need altogether?

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Activity #2

#3 Reflect and Learn:

Shanae loves to collect stickers! She has 208 stickers. She wants to put the same number of stickers on 8 pages in her sticker book. How many stickers will she put on each page?

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Activity #3

Algorithms

"We should never introduce an algorithm before students have developed their own number sense methods. When we do, we rob them of the opportunity to think mathematically." – Math-ish, Ch. 5

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"When students only learn standard algorithms, they miss the beauty of numbers and their relationships." – Math-ish, Ch. 5

Make a Plan!

• Look at an iReady lesson for this week.

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• How can you turn it into a visual lesson

using today’s strategies?

• Share ideas in pairs or groups.

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• Reach out to a COACH for support!

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