Posts Tagged ‘Teaching Math’
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 [...]
September 20th, 2010
by Sherry B in K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning, Teaching Math
Math Soft Spots in Child's Understanding
The DreamBox curriculum is focused on Number and Operations, as well as Number Sense. This content is so core to elementary mathematics that it takes up about 80% of classroom math instruction. With a new school year upon us, assessing what student’s understand about numbers is a priority for teachers. I thought I’d share some soft spots I [...]
September 15th, 2010
by Mickelle in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, K-3 Curriculum, Parent Tips, Teaching Math
Great Article for Teachers to Share With Parents!
A colleague forwarded the following article to me that I think is fabulous for teachers and parents. (Thank you to our fabulous developer Aja!) As a teacher, I would have loved forwarding this article when setting the stage for math as it’s taught today. Maybe it will be useful to some of you: BBC News [...]
August 25th, 2010
by Neal M in Elementary teachers
How Can I Possibly Differentiate In Math?
Anyone involved in education these days has surely heard the term Differentiated Instruction. Used in many ways, differentiated instruction is a proactive teaching method that centers around each student as a unique learner. Simply put, every child arriving in my classroom shows up with differing skills and interests. It is paramount to use varying strategies and [...]
December 30th, 2009
by Mickelle in Math in Real Life, Parent Tips
Home for the Holidays? Count Those Coins!
Every year my husband rolls his annual collection of coins and donates the money to charity. Last night he had our 4-year old daughter, Elle, helping him for the first time. He knows (because he’s learned from me!) that rolling coins offers many learning opportunities for children of all ages. With schools closed for winter [...]
July 8th, 2009
by Sarah in Learning Research
Math in Preschool? Oh What Fun! (Really!)
In preschools today, math is too often ignored. “It’s fair to say the attention is almost entirely on reading and literacy, without recognizing the importance of math,” said Christopher T. Cross, who co-edited the report and chaired the committee that produced it. Children entering kindergarten need to be “ready” in math as well as reading, and research -- and my experience watching my own preschoolers -- shows that preschoolers are as curious and interested in numbers and counting and measuring as they are with everything else.
June 9th, 2009
by Nigel in Public Education, Teaching Math, Technology
Which Comes First: Education or Assessment?
A recent newspaper article on drafting Common Education Standards had me thinking about screws, widgets, standard gauge railways and whether even those politicians with the best of intentions really get what it means to provide a child with an appropriate - and timely - education.
April 14th, 2009
by Sue in Math fun, Math in Real Life, Parent Tips
Helping Young Animation Lovers Appreciate Math; and Vice Versa
My own son has a gift for art and is especially interested in animation. (And while his math test scores are high he’s never been especially motivated to focus on math.) The animated movies that younger kids love can be a good jumping off point for helping them understand the unlimited possibilities of learning math.
March 21st, 2009
by Sue in Learning Research, Math in Real Life, Middle School and Beyond
Does Mandating Higher Academic Standards Work?
There’s no question that a strong foundation in algebra is one key to raising academic standards, increasing the competitiveness of our future workforce and opening doors to broader career choices for students.
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