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Monthly Archives: October 2012

Multiplication and Division Problem Types

October 29, 2012

Multiplication and division often involve grouping or partitioning collections of countable objects. Problems of this type involve three quantities as illustrated …

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Problem of the Week 10/29/2012

October 26, 2012

Today’s problem is brought to you by mathplayground.com. Check your solution by clicking the Solve button.

Problem of the Week 10/22/2012

October 19, 2012

Solve for the variables a through f in the equations below, using the digits from 0 through 5. Every digit …

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Instructional Strategies that Support the Mathematical Practices

October 19, 2012

Click here to watch a great video on skip counting. Notice the following: 1. The teacher’s use of think, pause, …

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Making Homework Meaningful

October 19, 2012

What do you think about the following? How do you think the shift described would affect your students’ learning? Please …

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Primes and Composites, Factorization, GCF and LCM

October 19, 2012

In order to reason successfully with fractions, students need to understand the relationships between numbers and their factors and multiples. …

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Addition and Subtraction Models

October 17, 2012

Click here for a good example of how comparison and part-whole models can help students solve problems with addition and …

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Proving Triangle Congruence

October 16, 2012

Click here for an activity from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Illuminations site that allows the user to explore …

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Modeling word problems with Thinking Blocks

October 16, 2012

Thinking Blocks is a website designed to help students solve math word problems accurately and efficiently using models. The models provide …

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Problem of the Week 10/15/2012

October 12, 2012

Milly and Sue have the same size lawn. Milly can mow the lawn in 24 minutes and Sue can mow …

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