When early number and operation concepts are taught well, children move from understanding “10” as ten ones to understanding “10” as one unit of ten. This knowledge can be applied in many mathematical operations, including addition and subtraction.

Select at least three number and operations in base ten standards for the grade level of your field experience classroom. Design three learning centers for a small group of students that will be run by volunteers. In developing your learning centers, consider students’ personal, family, community experiences, and cultural norms, and how those can be integrated into the math centers. Create one learning center that promotes active inquiry, one that includes problem solving, and one that incorporates technology .

For each learning center, write a 150-250 word handout for the volunteer who will be facilitating each center’s activity.

Include the following in each handout:

• Purpose and learning objective aligned to the state standard
• List of materials/manipulatives to be used and the purpose of each (including technology resources)
• List of age-appropriate content-related vocabulary to be taught and used throughout the activity
• Directions for how to run the activity
• How the activity can be differentiated for students above and below grade level

In a 250-500 word rationale, discuss how your centers are designed to:

• Integrate the personal, family, community experiences, and cultural norms of students .
• Provide opportunities for collaboration and supportive interaction in the early childhood classroom.

Support your rationale with 1-2 scholarly resources.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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The first step of integrating all these elements in the centers is to ensure that the teachers show interest in the students’ backgrounds. Therefore, instead of showing a blind eye to the various diverse cultures and norms experienced by the students, the teachers will embrace the diversity and inspire others to do the same. Additionally, the role of the teacher will switch from that of an instructor to one of the facilitators. This effect will allow students to be more comfortable with the teacher, who will give the culturally diverse class the initiative to be more participative in the lessons (Farinde-Wu et al., 2017). Furthermore, dividing students into groups that are insensitive of culture or gender will ensure that students become more responsive to the curriculum. It will also encourage teachers to be more understanding of individual student’s cultures.

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