The 8 Standards for Mathematical Practices are what I feel is the biggest shift in history in how we teach math. We are not simply putting a new name on the old way of doing business in math education, but instead we are actually changing to a new method of educating...
Approaching a division problem in a way other than the traditional method allows the child to use his or her number sense and really understand the parts that go into those numbers.
Minuend and Subtrahend? If you don't use those words on a regular basis in your math lessons, get ready for your math vocabulary lesson for the week! You'll be talking subtraction like a pro in no time! Minuend: a quantity or number from which another is to be...
According to the dictionary, subtraction is "the process of taking one number or amount away from another." Many children use a variety of strategies to solve subtraction problems, such as counting on their fingers. As we saw with addition last week, many of...
The residents of Mathville help 1-5 grade students build a solid foundation of problem solving strategies.