Another great book
Watch this short video of Christine Moynihan, author of Math Sense: The Look, Sound, and Feel of Effective Instruction. In …
Category Archives: Grade 3
Dynamic Paper Tool
Here’s a great resource from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Illuminations site that allows you to print customized …
Progression for Instruction on Fractions
If a fraction is a piece of pie, how can we make students understand multiplying two pieces of pie? – …
Subtraction with regrouping: Focus on number sense
Subtraction with regrouping is often the nemesis of math teachers; it is one of those topics that many students just …
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 …
Bedtime Math
Be sure to visit Bedtime Math daily for fun, informative stories accompanied by math problems for your students at three levels.
How many rectangles?
Give your students a challenge with this competition problem.
Multiplication or Division?
Click here for an activity that has students think about whether they need to multiply or divide to solve a …
Understanding the Equal Sign
Researchers have found that students in the United States often view the equal sign as a “do something” signal. What …
Borrowing vs. Decomposing
Here’s a great example of how language can affect conceptual understanding. The following is from a third grade teacher in China, quoted in Liping …
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