Place Value: Why all the fuss?
Our students “get” place value, right? I mean it’s not rocket science; we teach them to know the names of …
Category Archives: Grade 5
Packing Cupcakes and Subtracting Across Zeroes
Do your students struggle with subtraction across zeroes? Here’s an activity that might help them make sense of regrouping. Let’s …
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 …
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 …
Teaching Ratio and Proportion in the Middle Grades
How often have you seen your students develop mastery of the cross-multiplication algorithm for solving proportions, yet be lost when …
The Math SPOT 