counting, Strategy Development, Teacher Content
One of the most difficult standards for 1st grade students to own is the idea of adding or subtracting multiples of tens OR a group of ones. Without it…all other numbers fall apart. Karen is a phenomenal 1st grade teacher. Being new to the district, I’m...
counting, K-2, Math Progressions, Number Sense, Planning, Teacher Content
Before I travelled to NCTM I was finishing up some district PL with K-1 teachers. As part of the workshop, teachers were asked to engage in a Number Sense Trajectory Cut-N-Sort match header and descriptor place in the order that students learn number Easy enough...
Planning, Teacher Content
If you’re reading this blog for the first time, you’re now part of something big. Something special. Something empowering. You’re now part of the MathTwitterBlogosphere. What you do next is completely up to you, but the members of the MTBoS want you...
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...
6-8, Cheese Mover, Estimation, Fact Fluency, Math Tools, Number Sense, Strategy Development, Teacher Content
I hate math tricks and avoid them at all costs. Tina Cardone and many members of #MTBOS are huge advocates of conceptual learning which is how we became blessed with this gem. There’s no denying that students love tricks, especially the ones that retrieve...
Planning, SMPs, Teacher Content, Teaching in a Context
They’re really for me but I plan to share them at some upcoming PL sessions. I’ll take any suggestions and comments of how to make them better… 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them – Teachers of mathematically proficient...