Solving Unknown Perimeter Mysteries
…said, “Last year I got every one wrong when you had to find the missing number. This is much easier to figure out because it goes one part at a…
…said, “Last year I got every one wrong when you had to find the missing number. This is much easier to figure out because it goes one part at a…
…with activities and ideas to extend learning. Visit her website, JuliaCookOnline.com, to see all of her titles and learn more about them. Julia Cook Book Titles and Topics Checklist After…
…blog series called “Advice from Real Teachers.” When I see a question that receives a massive number of responses, I’ll select the top 10 or 15 comments to share in…
…the total number of people involved grows exponentially, as illustrated in the chart below. We had a lot of fun keeping track of the people as the story went on,…
Cooperative learning activities are often designed for teams of four students. However, sometimes a team is just too big, especially in math. Sometimes the perfect number of students for a…
…backpacks and noticed when people “cringed”. They loved it! 2. Model classroom discourse! Hearing and using rich language serves a number of purposes–from modeling sophisticated language to showing that…
…to present. What types of content for presentations would yield high interest? Determine the number of make-and take stations and the content for each station. Examples of make-and-take stations include…
…establish Rule 5, “Keep your dear teacher happy.” Step One For a minute or so, five times a day, rehearse the five classroom rules. You call out the rule number;…
…visual models and sharing and grouping strategies but had never connected that to bigger numbers. Instead, they had learned a procedure that had no connection to their definition of division….