Teaching Order of Operations: No-fail Strategies that Work!
…keeping the numbers the same but placing the parentheses around different pairs of numbers like this: (5 + 3) x 2 = ? and 5 + (3 x 2) =…
…keeping the numbers the same but placing the parentheses around different pairs of numbers like this: (5 + 3) x 2 = ? and 5 + (3 x 2) =…
…Intelligence Theory suggests that IQ is not one-dimensional and can’t be described by a single number. Dr. Gardner proposed that there are at least eight different types of intelligence, each…
…you will be amazed at the number of engineering concepts that can easily be integrated into history, literature, and math. In literature, students could be challenged to: Design a house…
…I want to pass them along to you. When Joy introduces this lesson, she shows her students how to identify the pairs of opposite parallel sides by coloring them the…
…opportunity to talk. To equalize participation in team discussions, try one of these strategies: Around the Team – Place students in teams of 4 or 5 and have them number off…
…teacher guide that you can purchase 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…
…“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 a post on…
…interactive activity to the book. Ask your students to NUMBER their pages in order to be able to use their table of contents effectively. When Do I Use IN In…
…of its title. As soon as I first saw this book on Angela’s website, I was intrigued by the title and the book’s description. I had recently been reading a…
…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…
…Numbers and Measurements The Man Who Walked Between the Towers includes many references to lengths, heights, and widths, so I created a set of task cards that display those quantities….
