Ep 60: Number Bonds and Tape Diagrams

Let's keep talking about modeling! A lot of you may be familiar with Number Bonds and Tape Diagrams and may be wondering about how they fit in with our modeling framework. In this episode Pam and Kim discuss these models and some of the confusion and misunderstanding surrounding them. They offer suggestions to help teachers advance students from "modeling of the situation" to "modeling to make their thinking visible".Talking Points: What are Number Bonds and Tape Diagrams?CGI and direct modeling confusionExample of using Number Bonds and Tape Diagrams vs an Open Number LineModels that can be tools for thinking for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division