by Sherry McElhannon | Jun 30, 2017 | *Math Manipulatives, *Math Workshop, *Technology, *Word Problems, Audience - K-5
The focus of this station in the Math Workshop is higher-order thinking and concrete application of math skills. This will be developed differently in each grade level. This station has three names because there is a progression that takes place as students move...
by Sherry McElhannon | Mar 24, 2017 | *Math Practices, *Math Workshop, Audience - K-5
I’ve blogged before on the topic of 3-Act Math Tasks, but I wanted to share some great resources that feature a host of 3 Acts that you can use and resources to help you use them more effectively in the classroom! First of all, let’s review. The biggest...
by Sherry McElhannon | Feb 24, 2017 | *Math Practices, Audience - Teachers
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...