Number of the Day: Daily Number Sense Routines
A daily number sense routine is one of the simplest ways to strengthen students’ understanding of numbers. Spending just a few minutes each day exploring a single number helps students…
Addition
FREE Ten Frame Placemat with Number Sense Routines
Ten frames are one of the most versatile math tools you’ll use in the primary classroom. They’re perfect for helping students develop fluency with number combinations and making ten, but…
Number Combinations Through 10
Discover how teaching number combinations through ten builds a strong foundation for fact fluency, mental math, and flexible number thinking.
Why Having Students Write Their Own Word Problems Works
We all know that solving word problems can be a challenge for students of all ages, and teachers are always looking for ways to help them be more successful. One…
Solving Problems with the Unknown in any position
Beginning as early as 1st grade, students should have experience solving addition and subtraction problems with the unknown in any position. Traditionally, we have tended to focus on result unknown…
Kindergarten Number Combinations and Fact Fluency
In the landscape of early childhood education, the significance of learning number combinations through 10 in kindergarten cannot be overstated. While it might seem like just one of many skills…
Visualzing algebra using part/whole thinking
I recently presented at NCTM‘s regional conference in Seattle. The theme of the conference was Everyone Belongs Here. Here’s more on that from their website: The conference will explore instructional practices…
The Standard Algorithm for Multidigit Addition and Subtraction in 3 Easy Steps
Are you a 2nd Grade teacher who loses sleep over teaching the standard algorithm for multidigit addition and subtraction? Or a 3rd or 4th grade teacher trying to remediate students…
Fact Families vs Number Bonds
For many years, primary teachers taught fact families. If you look carefully at either the CCSSM or the Texas state standards, the TEKS, you will not see fact families mentioned…
