Syllabus

**Course Title:** Number Bonds: Understanding Part, Part, Whole **Credits:** 12 hours

**Teacher Information:** Mrs. Leandra Lewis Email – Leandra.lewis@waldenu.edu Phone - (215) 284-2905

**Course Description:** Students will explore the relationship between number stories, number bonds and number sentences. Pictures are utilized to demonstrate scenarios of adding (putting things together) and subtracting (taking things apart). These scenarios will allow students to create addition and subtraction stories. The stories are used to reinforce the part-whole concept of the number bond. When students become comfortable with developing number stories and writing the related number bond, they will be introduced the writing the corresponding number sentence that represents either addition or subtraction. For students to understand that numbers are a symbol and not specifically tied with any particular thing, math facts will be presented in different contexts. At this stage, “+”, “-“, and “=” will be introduced. Eventually students should be able to write two addition and two subtraction facts for a given number bond without any pictorial representation. Practices involving writing number bonds for numbers from 1 to 10 and the corresponding math facts for each number bond will help students to solve equations and ultimately remember their math facts within 10 by recalling related number bonds.

**Learning Objectives:** Upon completion of the course, students will:
 * Identify the components of a number bond.
 * Construct a number bond for a given set of numbers.
 * Create the addition and subtraction sentences for a number bond.
 * Explain the relationship between addition and subtraction.

**Course Resources:** Text: Primary Mathematics Textbook: Standard Edition (1A)

**Assignment Information:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Individual Assignment** – Write addition sentences for a given number bonds. Name the missing part of a given number bond. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Collaborative Assignment** – In groups, create 2 story problems for addition and 2 story problems for subtraction. Use key vocabulary words that signify addition and subtraction. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Online Discussions**– There is 2 discussion boards for the course. Use the discussion boards to share with the class community your mathematical thinking. Learning the part-part-whole method is new to most people and requires a lot of discussion to understand this strategy. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your first discussion posting is due by Day 5 and your response to other classmates is due by Day 7 for both weeks.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Grading and Total Points:**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Grading Scale** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Individual Assignment || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10 points ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Group Assignment || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">20 points ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discussion (5 points each) || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10 points ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Total Points** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**40 points** ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Grade** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**A = 90%** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">36 – 40 points ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**B = 80%** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">32 – 35 points ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**C = 70%** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">28 – 31 points ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**F = 69% or less** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">27 points or less ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Student roles and expectations:** As a learner is the course it is expected that you participate in all course activities. You should log-in to the wiki on a regular basis to help establish the classroom community. Also this will help to keep you current on your course work. All assignments should be submitted by the due date. It is understood that there are instances that may interfere with meeting the course expectations. If this happens, please email the instructor and let her know.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Instructor roles and expectations:** My role is to help make this learning experience as enjoyable as possible. All activity in this course will be closely monitored. I will be monitoring all discussion boards and provide feedback to help enhance the learning experience. I’m more interested in the thought process behind solving the equations rather than getting the correct answer. This is what my comments will be based on. Any emails or questions directed specifically to me, I will respond within 2 days.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Academic Honesty:** Online learning requires the sharing knowledge and ideas. At times this may include building on the work of other people. Any work that you submit that includes the work of other people must cite as a reference for where you got the information. This also includes work that I have developed for this course. The videos created are for developing the knowledge and understanding of the concepts within this two week course. If you use any portion of the video whether it be for a reference or to build upon, you must properly cite where you retrieved the information from. Not including the reference is called plagiarism which means using someone else’s idea without their knowledge. If you are caught plagiarizing that will result in an immediate failure for the course. By enrolling in the course, you are stating that you will follow the academic honesty policy at all time.