Estimation, Fact Fluency, Strategy Development, Teacher Content
I’ll start off by saying that I’m definitely not a Number Talks guru and over the past 4 years I’ve learned just enough to be dangerous! The first day of school is less than 12 days away and my summer is over! Thankfully I’ve had the...
3-Act Tasks, Patient Problem Solving, Teacher Content, Teaching in a Context
These are really exciting times to be a math educator in Georgia. In March, a group of K-12 educators came together to Be Less Helpful and create more Open Middle tasks. Over the past 3 months we hunkered down in front of our computers to revise existing tasks and...
Games, Making Math Accessible, SMPs, Strategy Development, Teacher Content
Last week I was working with a group of amazing teachers while conducting a workshop for the Georgia Department of Education. These 2 day workshops can be mentally draining for participants so I purposefully slide games in throughout the 12 hours. It was during one...
Against the Norm, Intellectual Need, Measurement and Data, Teacher Content
I took some time last night to look through 3rd grade units from all over the map. I was amazed to see that about 95% of them suggested teaching perimeter first. Why is that? The two most common definitions 3rd graders give for area and perimeter are: Perimeter: you...