A sweet friend recently reminded me of an activity I created and shared a number of years ago, and I decided to dust it off and extend it! I love activities that are flexible and repeatable, unlike worksheets that are pretty much one-and-done. These flexible number...
The standard multiplication algorithm is probably the most difficult of the four algoritms when students have not had numerous opportunities to explore their own strategies first. As with other algorithms, as much time as necessary should be devoted to the conceptual...
Even as we left school in May, I think most of us assumed that the 2020/2021 school year would be unlike any other. Like many of you, I spent a good part of my summer learning more about digital learning. And while many of us connect digital learning exclusively with...
The other day, I posted a picture of something I was working on to Facebook and Instagram, and I was blown away by the response! Yes, I am working to digitize my resources. This is not only in response to the increased need for resources to support remote learning in...
As I write, the thump of sledgehammers and the whir of buzz saws can be heard outside my kitchen window. In my small community of houses, we all have white picket fences in our front yards. It was actually part of the charm that sold me on the house. The fences,...
Stop for a minute and reflect on your definition of real-world math. Often, we think of real-world math as word problems that use a real-life situation as the context. My only problem with that definition is that in the real world, math is often messy. Consider, for...
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