In case you’ve missed it, we’re a *little* excited about our Math Mights show that launched last week! Two new shows from every grade level (K-3) per week - it’s incredible! Don’t let the cute, colorful cartoon characters fool you! There is a lot of careful thought...
Welcome to Shannon's 1st ever VLOG! Get the inside scoop on the Math Mights show from the creator herself - from how the show came about, the characters, to where you can watch it and how SIS4Teacher will continue to support the show. Most importantly, see how the...
So, your students have acted out multiplication kinesthetically, they understand “groups of,” and now they’re ready for more! It’s time to help students connect what they’ve learned from their kinesthetic experience to the concrete by creating an exploratory...
As students move into middle school, they’ll need those word problem skills you’re teaching them right now in elementary school! This is a theme for me this week as I’ve been helping my son, Connor (now in 6th grade), with his math. I watched him on his journey...
Your students are all part-whole problem pros?? Must be time to enter the world of comparison problems using visual models! Some teachers are confused by additive and multiplicative comparison problems, thinking of them as just part-whole multi-step problems....
Tape diagrams, model drawings, visual models, bar, model, unit bar - different names for the same thing: strategies to help with the comprehension of word problems for students. Sometimes in math, each book or teacher takes a name for a really great idea and...
Got place value basics? Great! Now, let’s apply those concepts as we go deeper into place value with the idea of more and less!
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...
The residents of Mathville help 1-5 grade students build a solid foundation of problem solving strategies.