Problem of the Week 4/29/2013
During the first day of the school fundraiser, Jaden noticed that chocolates were selling with a ratio of 5 peanut …
Monthly Archives: April 2013
What kind of understanding do we want for our students?
How often have you taught a topic, which your students seem to understand, only to be confronted by their inability to …
More Number Line Lessons and Activities
Here’s a great resource that explains how to think about all four operations using an empty number line. Here’s a …
Counting Collections to 100
Watch this Teaching Channel video on counting within 100. Note : ~ The teacher does not tell students that they …
NCTM Annual Meeting
Click here to watch NCTM President Linda Gojak’s excellent presentation on Eight Instructional Practices to Promote Grades K – 8 Number Sense. …
Problem of the Week 4/22/2013
A bag contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red marbles, and 3 yellow marbles. How many marbles must be added to …
Building Number Sense with the Number Line
Watch this short video to see how using a number line helps students see the relationship between numbers when subtracting. …
Problem of the Week 4/8/2013
This week’s problems on reasoning with percents come from MathCounts Problem of the Week. Solutions can be found on the MathCounts …
Free Preview Articles from NCTM!
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has shared two free preview articles from their journals. Click here to download The …
Reasoning About Division with Common Core
Click here to see an excellent video from the Teaching Channel. Now think about the way we usually teach the …
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