Proving Triangle Congruence
Click here for an activity from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Illuminations site that allows the user to explore …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Modeling word problems with Thinking Blocks
Thinking Blocks is a website designed to help students solve math word problems accurately and efficiently using models. The models provide …
Problem of the Week 10/15/2012
Milly and Sue have the same size lawn. Milly can mow the lawn in 24 minutes and Sue can mow …
Sample Assessment Items for the Common Core
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium released a new round of sample assessment items this week. Click here to try the …
Problem of the Week 10/8/2012
Phil and Cath make and sell boomerangs for a school event. The money they raise will go to charity. They …
Math Games
Looking for fun math games that support learning? Click here for games from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Click …
Building Number Sense with Skip Counting
Begin in younger grades by skip counting by 2, 5, and 10. Here’s a great video that shows how counting …
Problem of the Week 10/1/2012
I met a man who said, “If you can guess my age, I will pay you one dollar for each …
Problem of the Week 9/24/2012
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Singapore Math Strategies
Before addressing specific strategies, it is instructive to read about Singapore’s rationale for school mathematics, as expressed in the syllabus …
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