by Shannon McCartney | Aug 21, 2020 | *Number Talks, *Numeracy, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Audience - PreK, Numeracy Screening, Series - Math4Littles
Numeracy development is key at the beginning of the year! Within the first three weeks of starting school, whether you are a PreK or Kindergarten teachers, we want to find out where students are within their early math levels so you can plan for the rest of the year,...
by Shannon McCartney | Aug 13, 2020 | *Math Games, *Math Manipulatives, *Math Workshop, Audience - K-5
To say “back to school” will look a little different this year, might be an understatement! Across the country, schools are working with a tornado of different ideas and plans, some of which have yet to be solidified even today! Some schools are going to be in-person....
by Shannon McCartney | May 10, 2020 | *Addition, *Subtraction, *Word Problems, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Series - Math4Littles
As students enter 1st grade, they continue to work on math comprehension using early structures, like the Kindergarten journal we introduced last week, but now we begin to add visual models to the mix! Let’s recap a child’s developmental journey through problem...
by Shannon McCartney | Apr 23, 2020 | *Addition, *Subtraction, *Word Problems, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Series - Math4Littles
From real objects in the physical world, to quantitative pictures, to story mats and acting out problems, each step in the developmental journey takes our littles closer to confidence in the word problem solving process. Each step is important so that we help them...
by Shannon McCartney | Apr 16, 2020 | *Addition, *Math Manipulatives, *Word Problems, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Audience - PreK, Series - Math in the Real World, Series - Math4Littles
Whether you’re working with your student at home or in a traditional classroom, it’s important to understand the progression of how a young child’s mind starts to comprehend word problems. We start with real objects in the physical world, providing students with...
