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08 November

Do students need to draw the bars when solving word problems?

  • Posted by Sarah Schaefer
  • Categories Content for Parents, Content for Teachers, Math Blog

Dear Sarah, I am currently in the unit of Parts to Whole, teaching bar modeling.  Looking ahead, it seems to me that bar modeling is a big part of not only this unit but upcoming units as well. My wondering …

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04 November

Why do Students Struggle When Learning Math Facts?

  • Posted by Cabe
  • Categories Content for Parents, Content for Students, Content for Teachers, Math Blog

Learning Math Facts Math facts are simply the basics: addition, subtraction; multiplication; division. They are basic number combinations and calculations we do every day.  So why is it that learning math facts  creates such huge problems for teachers and students …

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27 October

Meaning of Equality

  • Posted by Cabe
  • Categories Content for Parents, Content for Teachers, Kindergarten Math, Math Blog, think!Mathematics Textbook Series

Meaning of Equality Often we teach the meaning of equality as the equal sign indicating “put the answer.”  To prepare students for future mathematics, we need to rethink the way we communicate this representation to students.  The equal sign is …

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21 October

Communicating Home

  • Posted by Cabe
  • Categories Articles on Effective Math Practices, Content for Administrators, Content for Parents, Content for Students, Content for Teachers, Kindergarten Math, Math Blog

Often we share our students progress by sending home “Monday” folders with worksheets that were completed, test or quizzes taken the previous week, or maybe we have a site where parents can go and see the current grade in your …

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19 October

Renaming in the addition algorithm

  • Posted by Cabe
  • Categories Content for Parents, Content for Students, Content for Teachers, Math Blog, think!Mathematics Textbook Series

Many teachers ask how to help students record the renaming process in the addition algorithm.  What language should I use? I learned to “make trades” or “borrow” when adding and subtracting that require renaming.  Is this still correct?

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15 October

Differentiated Instruction without much work

  • Posted by Cabe
  • Categories Content for Administrators, Content for Teachers, Kindergarten Math, Math Blog, think!Mathematics Textbook Series

How can we differentiate instruction without putting more work on our plate? Teachers do not have time to prepare multiple tasks and lessons to meet the needs of each student in the classroom.  The key is giving an anchor task …

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15 October

Conceptual understanding comes first!

  • Posted by Cabe
  • Categories Content for Administrators, Content for Parents, Content for Teachers, Kindergarten Math, Math Blog, think!Mathematics Textbook Series
  • Comments 1 comment

How can we help student refocus on understanding versus just an answer? Too often when we pose a problem and students shout out an answer.  We need to ask ourselves do students understand the concept or are they obtaining the …

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10 October

Is it possible?

  • Posted by Cabe
  • Categories Content for Students, Content for Teachers, Math Blog
  • Comments 1 comment

Is it possible? Participants were asked at the 2017 Fall Mathodology Institute if it was possible to use the digits 0-6 only once to make a true statement? Is it possible?  Participants worked and worked and did not find a …

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19 September

Decompose Numbers Using Number Bonds

  • Posted by Cabe
  • Categories Content for Parents, Content for Students, Content for Teachers, Kindergarten Math, Math Blog, think!Mathematics Textbook Series

Number Bonds Can you picture spending several classroom periods on the number 5?  Specifically, breaking it down into parts, and putting it back together again?  Sounds like a lot of time, right?  But, spending this amount of classroom time to …

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31 August

Journaling

  • Posted by Cabe
  • Categories Content for Teachers, Journaling, Math Blog, think!Mathematics Textbook Series
  • Comments 3 comments

How often are you journaling in your classroom? If you’re like most teachers, your answer might be, “Not often” or “Not enough”. Many teachers tell me, “I don’t know where to start”, or “I don’t have the time”. Sound familiar? …

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