by Sherry McElhannon | May 18, 2018 | *Addition, *Assessment, *Math Manipulatives, *Math Mights, *Number Talks, Audience - K-5, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2)
Picture a number talk in your classroom. All of your students are gathered and listening attentively. You ask a question and students indicate that they have an answer by putting their thumb on their hearts. Excellent! Some kids will put two or more fingers up...
by Sherry McElhannon | May 11, 2018 | *Addition, *Math Manipulatives, *Math Mights, *Parent Connection, *Place Value, Audience - K-5, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2)
The last star of our Math Mights gang featured in the Math Mights 8-in-1 Flip Chart: Addition Strategies was definitely created with humor in mind. Meet, T-Pops the Traditional. As teachers of 21st century math, one of the most common things we hear from parents or...
by Sherry McElhannon | Apr 27, 2018 | *Addition, *Math Mights, *Subtraction, Audience - K-5, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2)
This week, allow me to introduce Abracus! The second of our Math Mights featured in the Math Mights 8-in-1 Flip Chart: Addition Strategies, Abracus holds a magic wand and uses the strategy of compensation. Many times people confuse the strategies of...
by Sherry McElhannon | Oct 5, 2016 | *Addition, *Math Practices
How did you learn addition? It was probably pretty straightforward, something like “start in the 1s column and add those first,” then “carry” if necessary, and move on to add the numbers in the 10s column. Many children today use the...