Singapore Math Strategies
Before addressing specific strategies, it is instructive to read about Singapore’s rationale for school mathematics, as expressed in the syllabus …
Category Archives: Grade 3
Listening to student voices
Click here to read an excellent article from The Math Forum @ Drexel on encouraging discourse in math classes from …
Morning Warm Up
Here’s an idea to add to your morning routine: ~Fact of the Day (12 + 9, 7 x 8) ~Estimate …
What does it mean to understand place value?
Click here for an excellent article on the necessary components students need to assemble in order to understand place value …
Differentiating Math Tasks
Click here for strategies that help transfer typical textbook problems into differentiated tasks.
Arithmogons
Here is a great site with more on the Arithmogons activity.
Finding the value of your initials
Click here for another great place value activity for grades K-2!
Addition and Subtraction Problem Types
In first grade, students build a foundation for arithmetic by developing a robust understanding of addition and subtraction. Mathematics educators …
Place value activities, games, and resources
So what’s the problem with place value? Why can students look at the same base ten block manipulatives that the …
Playing with Place Vlaue
Here is an activity designed to help students really think about and understand the grouping by ten that forms the …
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