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3-Act Task: A 5th-grade lesson captured

3-Act Task: A 5th-grade lesson captured

3-Act Tasks, 6-8, Estimation, Fractions, Intellectual Need, Math Progressions, Modeling, Teacher Content

A while back I shared a kindergarten lesson and I was really happy with the way it turned out.  The 5th-grade lesson below, not so much.  The students did great but there are definitely some things I need to improve. We recently finished up a district PL where we used...

I’ll Rip Your Face Off: The Art of Defacing Manipulatives

6-8, Against the Norm, Fractions, Making Math Accessible, Making Sense Series, Math Progressions, Math Tools, Strategy Development, Teacher Content

It’s our fault. We have no one to blame but ourselves. We unknowing pigeonhole student thinking with the manipulatives we use. Take fraction tiles for example. Much to my disappointment, they come with labels and it kills me. Manipulatives that come pre-labelled...

Making Sense of Invert and Multiply

6-8, Against the Norm, Fractions, Making Sense Series, Math Progressions, Number Sense, Planning, Strategy Development

As elementary teachers, we rarely have the opportunity to explore division of a fraction by a fraction.  When we do, it’s normally accompanied with Keep-Change-Flip or the saying “Yours is not the reason why, just invert and multiply.” Both are...

A number line, number string, and Number Talk walk into a class…

Estimation, Fractions, Making Math Accessible, Math Tools, Number Sense, SMPs, Strategy Development

As teachers and students ramp up for testing I was invited to visit a 5th grade class and asked to focus on fractions.  Before the lesson, the teacher and I discussed the importance of a number line, which was an extension of a conversation we had a couple weeks back....

Difficult Tasks Allow Misconceptions to Shine

Fractions, Making Math Accessible, Math Tools, Strategy Development, Teacher Content, Who Knows?

Last week I was reminded why I love being a teacher. I’m currently throwing down a PL gauntlet in my district for all our elementary and middle school teachers. For each grade level I’ve focused on 1 or 2 of the big ideas outlined within CCSS. In 3rd grade, I...

More than one way to skin a task!

Fractions, Making Math Accessible, Math Tools, Modeling, Patient Problem Solving, SMPs

I tried “the Big Pad” with a 4th grade class and my anticipation of possible solutions was way off!!!  I mean, c’mon Graham, think outside the box. Our students attacked this problem in more ways than a charter bus filled with senior citizens attacks...
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