by Shannon McCartney | Jul 12, 2017 | *Math Mights, Audience - Teachers
Ever get confused by all the strategies out there for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division? What if there were a fun, friendly, character that you could associate with each strategy to help you keep them straight?? Introducing the Math Mights! Strategic...
by Shannon McCartney | Jul 2, 2017 | *Early Intervention, *Motor Skills (Fine and Gross), *Parent Connection
Did you know that a child’s ability to skip is correlated with his or her math skills? Did you know that static/dynamic balance has a lot to do with readiness for reading? Motor development, both fine and gross, does matter a great deal as we take a whole...
by Shannon McCartney | Jun 30, 2017 | *Math Manipulatives, *Math Workshop, *Technology, *Word Problems, Audience - K-5
The focus of this station in the Math Workshop is higher-order thinking and concrete application of math skills. This will be developed differently in each grade level. This station has three names because there is a progression that takes place as students move...
by Shannon McCartney | Jun 23, 2017 | *Math Workshop
After kids understand how to do Math with a Teacher and Math by Myself, Math with Someone is the next thing we introduce as we set up the Math Workshop. While you are introducing Math Workshop, the students will be divided evenly between the two stations, but during...
by Shannon McCartney | Jun 16, 2017 | *Math Workshop, Audience - K-5
After spending time with you in Math with a Teacher, students need time to practice what they’ve learned while the lesson is fresh, and so The Math by Myself station is a logical next step. As we mentioned in our previous post on Math with a Teacher, you will start...
