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 …
Category Archives: Grade 4
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 …
Hundreds and Hundreds of Beans
When children first move beyond tens and ones and venture into the hundreds place, it can be confusing to see …
Arabesque, Pirouette, Cha-cha-cha
As with a dance, problems become much more interesting when they are composed of several different kinds of steps. Do …
How many ways can you say 124?
Fourth graders learning about decimal numbers are often confused when asked, for example, to represent 3 and 16 tenths, for …
Struggle: Building Strength or Revealing Weakness?
Do you ever feel like you are helping your students too much and doing the thinking for them? Are you …
NCTM President Discusses Rigor
What should rigor look like in a math classroom? Click here for a discussion by Linda Gojak, President of the …
One Hundred Problems
As we near the one hundredth day of school, here are 100 problems to challenge students in grades 3 and …
Dan Meyer on Real World Math
Click here to watch the video. Reflect: ~ How can you make questions at your grade level irresistible to students …
…and the answer is…..
Grade 1: Question: Seven apples were on the table. I ate some apples. Then there were four apples. How many …
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