One of my favorite place value activities for my 3-4 graders is "What Comes Next?" I show them a Base Ten single cube, then a tens bar, hundreds, and then the thousands. We … [Read more...]
Place Value – Foundation for strong math knowledge
A Place Value Common Core standard, in a variety of digits and numbers, is in every grade from Kindergarten to Fifth grade. So we need to carefully attend to our students understanding of place value. … [Read more...]
The importance of patterns! or it’s time for a Pattern Party!
Common Core is here, politics aside, the foundations and guiding practices make sense to me, as a enthusiastic math teacher. The complete set of math practices is listed here. But the one I like to … [Read more...]
Back to School! Time for a Quick Math Snapshot
I have been back to school for a couple of weeks now, the first week is spent setting up rules, procedures, and expectations, along with some games and activities to get to know everyone as well as … [Read more...]
Exploring math through Tour Books
I am always looking for a math curriculum that I can use successfully in my multigrade classrooms. I check for four basic criteria: deep-thinking, real-life applications, hands-on, and … [Read more...]
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