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 …
Category Archives: Grade 3
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 …
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. …
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. …
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 …
NEW Educational Apps!
Check out these three new iOS apps from the creator of the Math SPOT: Place Value Cards The research behind …
New FREE product for practice with equality, mental math, algebraic thinking
Researchers have found that students often view the equal sign as a “do something” signal. What can we do to …
Fun and Learning on Pi Day
With March upon us, here are some ideas for activities and investigations on Pi Day (3/14): 1. Read The Greedy …
Teaching Math to the Core
Grab some popcorn, sit back, and relax while watching four math teachers who challenge and inspire their students to engage in …
The Math SPOT 