Archive for the ‘Classroom tips and tools’ Category
September 27th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Mailing May
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell (Greenwillow Books, 1997) is one of those picture books that can be used across the [...]
September 23rd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, math activities calendar
September Math Activities Calendar
Our September Math Activities Calendar is jam-packed with trivia, observances, and math problems to get your students using real-life math this month. Ideas for using the calendar in the classroom: Home-School Connection Make a copy for each student to bring home. Ask them to do 10-15 activities for the month (or all of them!). Students [...]
September 6th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Small Gems
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. One of the best things about going to workshops is the unexpected “aha” moments that aren’t on the agenda. They are [...]
August 30th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math Learning
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Model Drawing
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. This summer I attended the workshop, “Introduction to Singapore Math Model Drawing,” presented by Susan Midlarsky. Model drawing is a problem [...]
August 29th, 2011
by Tracy K in adaptive learning, Classroom tips and tools, K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning
On-Demand Webinar: Using Virtual Manipulatives to Jump-Start Your CCSSM Implementation
If you missed our webinar earlier this month on Using Virtual Manipulatives to Jump-Start Your Common Core State Standards Math Implementation, you now have the opportunity to view this webinar on-demand. Webinar: Using Virtual Manipulatives to Jump-Start Your Common Core State Standards Math Implementation Duration: one hour Host: Casey Davidson, Director of Product Marketing at [...]
August 24th, 2011
by Casey in adaptive learning, Classroom tips and tools, K-3 Curriculum
Simplified student login for schools
Welcome to a new school year! In order to simplify student login to the DreamBox Learning program from school and from home we have created a site-based Internet address for students that can be accessed 24/7. Every DreamBox school now has a personal DreamBox Learning site-based Internet address. To log in, students will click on [...]
August 23rd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: NCTM PD
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Looking for ways to advance your mathematical understanding and teaching skills this upcoming year? Don’t overlook the National Council of Teachers [...]
August 16th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: The Important Thing About…
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Use the book The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown (Harper Collins Publishers, 1949) to create math poetry. Use the words [...]
August 15th, 2011
by Neal M in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, K-2 Curriculum, Math Learning, Teaching Math
Face Value or Place Value?
Throughout my teaching career, I’ve found that an understanding of place value is often at the root of a student’s struggle with math. Some researchers say we introduce place value too soon, others say we don’t do it soon enough. The Common Core Math Standards tell us to begin place value instruction as early as Kindergarten [...]
August 11th, 2011
by David G in Classroom tips and tools, K-3 Curriculum, Online Learning
Lessons Too Hard? Let's Put A "Stop" To It!
A teacher recently contacted me with the following issue: “What my students enjoyed about Dreambox initially was the fact that they’re given a variety of activities to choose from, the activities adjust to their skill level, and they don’t have to work on only one activity for long periods of time. However, one of my [...]
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