Why Line Plots? Deep Thinking, Test Prep, and More!
Chances are, if you teach third through fifth grades, the term “line plots” has become a part of your vocabulary.
Building Math Confidence: Revisiting Familiar Tasks
When you have students that struggle, they spend an awful lot of time feeling frustrated with the lessons and other
Fraction Concepts Day 2! Conceptions, Misconceptions, and Mathematical Language
Well, things got even more interesting as my work with fractions unfolded on day 2! For those of you who
Fraction Folding–discovery learning
Today we kicked off our fraction unit, and I think I am going to really try to do a lot
How To Keep The Class Learning While You Pull Small Groups
This week we are starting our “big multiplying” unit. Not facts–but “big” multiplying. Our standards state that our students must
5 Tips for Helping Students Make Sense of Word Problems
How many of you have ever given your students a challenging problem and within SECONDS heard something like… “I don’t
Teaching Multiplication With Arrays: The importance of concrete models
We are moving into our mini-unit on factors, multiples, prime numbers, and factoring–SO much vocabulary and such complicated ideas for
Making Sense of Problems: Meaningful Math
Teaching math is a complicated venture–to say the least. Between figuring out how to meet the needs of all our
Problem Solving Doesn’t Always Mean Word Problems!
I know I talk about problem solving and word problems a TON, but I wanted to share briefly today about
Building Multiplication Fact Fluency
OK…it is no secret that I am a HUGE Jo Boaler fan. Huge. Her work with mathematical mindsets and brain
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