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Strategies, ideas, and resources to help you elevate your math instruction.
Putting the C back in CPA with the Math Salad Bar
Math involves a lot of preparation, especially when you’re using manipulatives. We want to put...
Understanding Combinations and Missing Parts vs Memorizing Facts
I love listening to kids and their math reasoning when you give them an opportunity to tell you...
Social Stories: Your (Not-So-)Secret Weapon for Classroom Sanity
It's mid-September...the honeymoon is over. The excitement of the school year has worn off and...
Understanding Number Quantity vs Memorizing Digits
Kids can look at a digit and recognize it as an 8, but they often don’t understand what’s behind...
Master Multiplication in Nine Weeks!
Today, schools seem to place so much pressure on students to be able to do “fast facts.” Schools...
A Case for Developing Fraction Sense (and a Resource to Help!)
Fractions are hard. There are few kids (or even teachers!) who would say they love fractions. I...
Do you Desmos?
If you thought Desmos was just for middle/high school students (like me!), you would be wrong! I...
More Ideas for Math Vocabulary!
We know accurate vocabulary is important, but how can I focus on integrating vocabulary into my...
Introducing…The Math Mights!
Ever get confused by all the strategies out there for addition, subtraction, multiplication and...
Motor Development Matters!
Did you know that a child's ability to skip is correlated with his or her math skills? Did you...
Math Workshop Series: Math with Tools/Tech/Problem Solving
The focus of this station in the Math Workshop is higher-order thinking and concrete application...
Math Workshop Series: Math with Someone
After kids understand how to do Math with a Teacher and Math by Myself, Math with Someone is the...
Math Workshop Series: Math by Myself
After spending time with you in Math with a Teacher, students need time to practice what they’ve...
Math Workshop Series: Math with a Teacher
Our first stop in the Math Workshop rotation is Math with a Teacher! Math with a Teacher is a time...
Math Workshop Series: Overview and Organization
You’ve prepared, copied, pulled manipulatives and packed the dish-tubs for your math centers, and...
Fraction Game: Uncover/Cover
One set of materials - three games - happy students and happy teacher!A few weeks ago, we featured...
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