Guest post by Leigh Langton
Hey guys! It’s Leigh from The Applicious Teacher! I am super excited to be blogging at Corkboard Connections today. I’m sharing a practice that I use to help increase my students’ engagement and number sense during my math block.
Read moreGuest post by Dr. Shirley Disseler
The way we do math has changed! The Common Core offers a new way to look at an old subject and encourages us to
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Pumpkin Predictions is a perfect fall-themed activity for upper elementary students because it’s not a Halloween activity, but it seems like one.
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from Mr. Elementary Math
During my early years as a classroom teacher I felt that exit tickets were yet another initiative
Read moreGuest post by Susanna Westby
One of the challenges in teaching math effectively, especially as student get older, is finding ways to make it meaningful to their experience. Teachers
Is homework effective? Educators seem to be evenly split on this question. Some insist
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There’s a reason math teachers start the year by introducing or reviewing place value concepts. Understanding place value is essential to developing
Read moreMystery Perimeters Freebie Lesson
Perimeter is a pretty simple concept to grasp, but finding unknown sides of irregular polygons can be challenging for kids. Solving these types of problems requires the ability to think logically and somewhat abstractly. Fortunately, we can help students
Read moreSpring is the perfect time to use math games with your students. Either you are finished with testing and the kids are restless, or you still have testing ahead of
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