How to Turn a Word Problem into a Rich Math Task (Part Two)
…their own boards, and when it’s time to share, they can hold up their boards to show their work. If you have a document camera, students can place their dry…
…their own boards, and when it’s time to share, they can hold up their boards to show their work. If you have a document camera, students can place their dry…
…to create a net, measure each side, find the area of each side, and add it all together. Volume Back to the food again! Using the marshmallows (they are cheap…
…few moments. With that number in mind, you can choose your new “target” number of hours you’d like to work, and it doesn’t have to be 40 hours. (Even though…
…will be to objectively determine the number of hours you’re currently working and to set your own weekly target number. Your target number might be just a few hours a…
…can gradually wean them off calculators completely. When Should Calculators Be Introduced? I introduced calculator skills early in the year because my students were 5th graders who had developed a…
…because the focus of these tasks is about the mathematical process. As long as the students do the math correctly, they can use any number they want. Of course you…
…a word or number in plain text format. This opens up all kinds of possibilities, but the one I want to address is how QR codes can solve the answer…
…smoothly and effectively. I’ve tried group points, individual strategies, treats, moving desks around (a lot), classroom bucks, phone calls to parents (both positive and when students are struggling) and many,…
…Saturday morning. All of the audio recordings and documents are also stored in your 40 HTW Club account online so you can access them at any time. You can read…
…don’t have key words that you can underline, and circling the numbers won’t help because you might not even need all the numbers to solve the problem! These types of…
…with jelly beans than just graph them! In fact, you can turn a fun candy-themed lesson into a powerful learning activity by sneaking in some challenging academic content! Jelly Bean…
…on the team knows the answer. Randomly call a number from 1 to 4. For this step, you can use a spinner, draw numbered craft sticks out of a cup,…
