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Category Archives: Grade 6 / Course 1

Looking for structure in word problems

February 25, 2014

By grade 4, students have worked with all four operations and are expected to solve multi-step word problems. Research tells …

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Understanding Cross Multiplication

November 15, 2013

Students seem to love using cross multiplication to compare fractions and check for equivalence; this simple, mysterious procedure will assure …

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Count around the circle with fractions

November 8, 2013

Here is an activity for middle school students that borrows a familiar number sense routine to have students think deeply …

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Place Value: Why all the fuss?

November 6, 2013

Our students “get” place value, right? I mean it’s not rocket science; we teach them to know the names of …

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Packing Cupcakes and Subtracting Across Zeroes

November 5, 2013

Do your students struggle with subtraction across zeroes? Here’s an activity that might help them make sense of regrouping. Let’s …

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Changing Direction in Inequalities: Why?

June 27, 2013

The writers of the Common Core Standards for Mathematics have provided us with several Progressions Documents that track the progression …

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What kind of understanding do we want for our students?

April 24, 2013

How often have you taught a topic, which your students seem to understand, only to be confronted by their inability to …

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More Number Line Lessons and Activities

April 24, 2013

Here’s a great resource that explains how to think about all four operations using an empty number line. Here’s a …

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NCTM Annual Meeting

April 22, 2013

Click here to watch NCTM President Linda Gojak’s excellent presentation on Eight Instructional Practices to Promote Grades K – 8 Number Sense.   …

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Free Preview Articles from NCTM!

April 3, 2013

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has shared two free preview articles from their journals. Click here to download The …

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