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Place Value: Back to Basics
As we move from numeracy into number sense, one of the most important things we need students to understand is our place value system. Typically, we start off our year learning about place value, reviewing from last year and then building on that. This year...
Conservation Milestones: Conservation to 20
As our numeracy talks start to lean towards actual number talks, let’s look at conservation to 20! Conservation to 20 numeracy talks are appropriate towards the end of the kindergarten year (the last two or three months). In 1st grade, we would start conservation to...
Conservation Milestones: Conservation to 10
First grade is a big year - the transition from numeracy to number talks! Beginning in PreK, we assess the kinesthetic level of our PreK students and begin to work on conservation to 5. In Kindergarten, we want to work with any students that need kinesthetic...
Conservation Milestones: Conservation to Five
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,...
Back to School: 3 Tips for Math in the Time of COVID
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!
Visual Models for Problem Solving in 1st Grade
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...
Solving Word Problems in Kindergarten
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...
Math in the Real World with Littles: Word Problem Story Mats
Itsall about getting kids to express their knowledge of mathematics concretely, pictorially, and abstractly – and these story mats will help!
Ever wish you had a common language for problem solving?
The residents of Mathville help 1-5 grade students build a solid foundation of problem solving strategies.