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Grade 1: Question: Seven apples were on the table. I ate some apples. Then there were four apples. How many …
Category Archives: Algebra 1 Honors
“One is a fraction and the other one is a number”
The title of this post was a 4th grade student’s response to the question True or false: 3/4 = .34 …
Tell Me All You Can Prompts
Another great idea from a Math Solutions presentation on Making Sense of Fraction Computations: Tell Me All You Can prompts …
Just Invert and Multiply…Why??
Before reading further, ask your students the following question: What would you say would be a good story or model …
What mathematics do teachers need to know?
For anyone planning to teach K-12 mathematics in the era of the Common Core Standards, this report from the Conference Board …
Set Theory Practice
Use this Venn Diagram activity as a visual aid to understand union, intersection, and subsets.
Operations on the Number Line
Number line activities build rational number sense. Click here for a great activity that will really make your students think!
Discovery in Middle School Math Lessons
Spend some time at the Annenberg Learner site. Here you can see videos with hands-on activities that help students explore and …
Equivalent expressions?
This task addresses a commmon misconception when students take allowable moves to solve equations and apply them to expressions.
Understanding Expressions
Instead of asking students to write expressions that represent real life situations, this task defines the variables, presents expressions, and asks …
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