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Category Archives: Grade 3

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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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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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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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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NEW Educational Apps!

March 29, 2013

Check out these three new iOS apps from the creator of the Math SPOT: Place Value Cards The research behind …

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New FREE product for practice with equality, mental math, algebraic thinking

March 1, 2013

Researchers have found that students often view the equal sign as a “do something” signal. What can we do to …

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Fun and Learning on Pi Day

February 28, 2013

With March upon us, here are some ideas for activities and investigations on Pi Day (3/14): 1. Read The Greedy …

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Teaching Math to the Core

February 20, 2013

Grab some popcorn, sit back, and relax while watching four math teachers who challenge and inspire their students to engage in …

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