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Grade 1: Question: Seven apples were on the table. I ate some apples. Then there were four apples. How many …
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“One is a fraction and the other one is a number”
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Problem of the Week 1/7/2013
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Another great book
Watch this short video of Christine Moynihan, author of Math Sense: The Look, Sound, and Feel of Effective Instruction. In …
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