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Monthly Archives: April 2013

Problem of the Week 4/29/2013

April 30, 2013

During the first day of the school fundraiser, Jaden noticed that chocolates were selling with a ratio of 5 peanut …

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What kind of understanding do we want for our students?

April 24, 2013

How often have you taught a topic, which your students seem to understand, only to be confronted by their inability to …

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More Number Line Lessons and Activities

April 24, 2013

Here’s a great resource that explains how to think about all four operations using an empty number line. Here’s a …

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Counting Collections to 100

April 23, 2013

Watch this Teaching Channel video on counting within 100. Note : ~ The teacher does not tell students that they …

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NCTM Annual Meeting

April 22, 2013

Click here to watch NCTM President Linda Gojak’s excellent presentation on Eight Instructional Practices to Promote Grades K – 8 Number Sense.   …

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Problem of the Week 4/22/2013

April 21, 2013

A bag contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red marbles, and 3 yellow marbles. How many marbles must be added to …

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Building Number Sense with the Number Line

April 14, 2013

Watch this short video to see how using a number line helps students see the relationship between numbers when subtracting. …

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Problem of the Week 4/8/2013

April 8, 2013

This week’s problems on reasoning with percents come from MathCounts Problem of the Week. Solutions can be found on the MathCounts …

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Free Preview Articles from NCTM!

April 3, 2013

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has shared two free preview articles from their journals. Click here to download The …

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Reasoning About Division with Common Core

April 3, 2013

Click here to see an excellent video from the Teaching Channel. Now think about the way we usually teach the …

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