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With pages of math standards at each grade level, what is really considered essential learning? In this series of posts, I attempt to highlight the…-
What does Kindergarten math look like? What are the essential skills that every Kindergarten student should master prior to Grade 1? Believe it or not,…
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What makes math practice fun? Games of course! There are tons of widely available games that incorporate math skills. Today’s post explores the classic game…
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As many of us find ourselves in the position to provide distance math learning opportunities for our students, online resources can be a tremendous help.…
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Well, we are all in a situation that none of us could have imagined even a month ago. My school is out for Spring Break…
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The first question I am often asked related to Math Workshop is How do I hold the students accountable? I’m going to be brutally honest:…
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As students spend increasingly more time engaged in independent math workshop tasks, it’s essential that we align those tasks to our content standards and math…
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Whether you are just getting started with a workshop approach to math or you have already implemented your own version, I have some tips for…
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Fact: Kids love playing strategy math games, and when you introduce a twist of strategy, you add a problem-solving element to the activity. As kids…
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If you are reading this post, you have probably used a hundred chart or a 120 chart in your classroom. The patterns within the chart…
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Last week I wrote about making math accessible to teachers, and I featured a routine called Would You Rather Math. The website was developed by…
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I am just back from the NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition in sunny San Diego, and what a phenomenal experience it was! There was a…
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I understand the allure of worksheets. Really I do. Students need practice with new concepts, and worksheets provide an easy vehicle for that practice. Worksheets…
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I recently spoke to the mother of a 1st-grade student who told her mom that she was bad at math because everyone in the class…
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“My tickets were trivial–just quick, mostly routine math computation. Now, my tasks focus on problem solving and reasoning.” The Formative 5, page 108 This post contains affiliate…
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“…the success of a lesson actually hinges on responses to such questions as an indication of whether students understand enough to move on. “ The Formative 5, page…
