Finding the least common denominator? Find out why that’s more work and see how understanding equivalent fractions make adding fractions easier!
Working with Fractions: Adding Fractions
read more
Pedagogy Posts
Working with Fractions: Dividing Fractions
For most of us dividing fraction is one of those things where we got the right answer in math, but we don’t really remember why. Most of us memorized a procedure with a concept we don't understand: “don’t ask why, just invert and multiply.” Maybe it’s time to ask...
Common Core Mathematics Companion: The Standards Decoded
The district-adopted textbook is not actually our curriculum! Find out what the standard is actually asking them to do, what it means, and what it looks like to teach it.
PreK Centers in a Snap!
Last week I was in New Orleans working with Lafourche Parish preschool teachers. The goal of the day was numeracy, and one of the highlights was the afternoon make-and-take session, where we had five stations for teachers to visit. In addition to working on numeracy,...
Browse the Blog
By Grade Level/Audience
By Subject
- Announcements
- Assessment
- Behavior Intervention
- Curriculum
- Early Intervention
- Intervention Strategies
- Math Games
- Math Manipulatives
- Math Mights
- Math Practices
- Math Workshop
- Motor Skills (Fine and Gross)
- Parent Connection
- Technology
Operations/Concepts
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Place Value
- Fractions
- Decimals
- Number Talks
- Numeracy
- Word Problems
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.