by Sherry McElhannon | Nov 29, 2018 | *Math Practices, *Number Talks, Audience - K-5
My daughter Emma (7th grade) has done pretty well in math so far. She’s an average student, gives decent effort, and gets really great grades (she’s actually in the National Junior Honor Society!). As Emma moved through elementary school, many of the things I talk...
by Sherry McElhannon | Mar 1, 2018 | *Division, *Fractions, *Math Manipulatives, *Multiplication, Audience - Upper Elementary (3-5), Series - Fraction February
If we think about how we learned multiplication and division of fractions, it’s actually quite comical. Many of us were taught to just multiply across. So, when kids look at whole number multiplication and they transition into fractions, they really don’t make a whole...
by Sherry McElhannon | Feb 9, 2018 | *Fractions, *Math Manipulatives, *Math Practices, *Number Talks, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Audience - Upper Elementary (3-5), Series - Fraction February
The popular topic for PD sessions this spring? Fractions! When we look at what kids have to know about fractions now, it’s very different from when you and I were growing up! We heard things like, “Don’t ask why, just invert and multiply,” and so we obediently...
by Sherry McElhannon | Feb 2, 2018 | *Curriculum, *Math Practices, Audience - Teachers
My Math, Go Math, EveryDay Math, Eureka Math, Math in Focus, Math Expressions, Ready Common Core, the list goes on of math books that are published for schools to adopt! Most teachers will point to whatever book they have as their math curriculum. However, I’ve...
by Sherry McElhannon | Aug 25, 2017 | *Fractions, *Intervention Strategies, *Math Workshop, *Number Talks
Fractions are hard. There are few kids (or even teachers!) who would say they love fractions. I recently found an excellent book that presents strategies to help teachers develop fraction sense in their students! Fractions have become a big focus in our project...