Sample Assessment Items for the Common Core
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium released a new round of sample assessment items this week. Click here to try the …
Category Archives: Grade 5
Math Games
Looking for fun math games that support learning? Click here for games from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Click …
Building Number Sense with Skip Counting
Begin in younger grades by skip counting by 2, 5, and 10. Here’s a great video that shows how counting …
Singapore Math Strategies
Before addressing specific strategies, it is instructive to read about Singapore’s rationale for school mathematics, as expressed in the syllabus …
Listening to student voices
Click here to read an excellent article from The Math Forum @ Drexel on encouraging discourse in math classes from …
Writing as Formative Assessment
When students write explanations of their work, give examples of concepts, and make up their own problems, teachers gain a …
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.
What works to improve problem solving
The What Works Clearinghouse produces reports showing evidence of effectiveness in education research. According to The What Works Clearinghouse report …
Reading Instruction for Word Problems
These thoughts come from an excellent article by professor of Mathematics Jerome Dancis. You can read the full article here. …
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