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Fun and Learning on Pi Day
With March upon us, here are some ideas for activities and investigations on Pi Day (3/14): 1. Read The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns. This is the story of a triangle who so loved his sides and...
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New FREE product for practice with equality, mental math, algebraic thinking
Researchers have found that students often view the equal sign as a “do something” signal. What can we do to help students absorb the concept of balance that the equal sign represents? The Common Core...
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NEW Educational Apps!
Check out these three new iOS apps from the creator of the Math SPOT: Place Value Cards The research behind the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics reveals students’ shallow understanding of...
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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. …Continue reading →
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Counting Collections to 100
Watch this Teaching Channel video on counting within 100. Note : ~ The teacher does not tell students that they are right or wrong after she asks “what comes next?”, rather she asks them to justify...
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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 apply this learning in a new situation? In 1976, Richard Skemp published a paper...
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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 the place values, the value of each place, the value of a digit sitting in a particular place....
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Research Results to Transform Math Learning
More from Stanford’s Jo Boaler: read about recent research that is sure to make you reflect on your own teaching …Continue reading →
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Principles to Actions opens the door to the Chinese Room
A recent post on Dan Meyer’s blog began a discussion about the amount of real learning going on in math classes, contrasted with the far too frequent, unfortunate practice of memorization of procedures...
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K-5 Math PD Product
Saw the prototype – lots of potential here! Sign up to receive updates. MyTE Signup Link
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