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Fractions can be tricky—not because students aren’t capable, but because misconceptions about fractions are incredibly common. In this Day 2

Today we kicked off our fraction work, and every time I start this unit I’m reminded just how important it

I just wanted to share a quick blog post about what I am doing in math workshop over the next

Just a quick “photojournalistic” post today to show you what fun we had with a class warm up today! Our

So often, I get questions like, “What does math workshop look like in your classroom?” and it’s always such a

Teaching math is a complicated venture–to say the least. Between figuring out how to meet the needs of all our

For years I have used the phrase “problem solving does not equal word problems”, but I love it when I

One thing that I think is super important for students to understand is that math is REAL. Math isn’t “fill

I think it would be hard to find someone who would argue with the following statement: All students need to

Open Ended Math Challenges As you know if you have followed me for any length of time, I love to