Discovery in Middle School Math Lessons
Spend some time at the Annenberg Learner site. Here you can see videos with hands-on activities that help students explore and …
Category Archives: Grade 6 / Course 1
Understanding Expressions
Instead of asking students to write expressions that represent real life situations, this task defines the variables, presents expressions, and asks …
What does it mean to multiply by a fraction?
Help students understand multiplication by a fraction with this activity, where two students discuss different models of fraction multiplication and …
Comparing a number and a product
Build rational number sense with this activity that asks students to consider which number is greater without performing the multiplication.
Place the Point
Click here for an activity that helps students understand the placement of the decimal point in division.
Frac-tangles
Click here for a great activity that promotes understanding of fractions, ratio, equivalence, and proportion.
Understanding the Equal Sign
Researchers have found that students in the United States often view the equal sign as a “do something” signal. What …
Borrowing vs. Decomposing
Here’s a great example of how language can affect conceptual understanding. The following is from a third grade teacher in China, quoted in Liping …
Managing Middle School Classrooms
Click here for great advice from the Association for Middle Level Education.
Common Core Math: From Standards to Instruction
Click here to see the slides from a great ASCD webinar that explain how to design units of instruction by examining …
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