Solve ‘n Switch: Partner Activity for Math Task Cards
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…
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…
…“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…
…for specific topics. You’ll even find the ISBN number for each book to help you locate it! After you read each book to your class, check it off in the…
…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….
…with the new way to use place value to multiply two-digit numbers using manipulatives. First the teacher should provide a hands-on practice time so that students begin to get comfortable…
…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…
…the logic? Bring on the metric system! Every unit is based on tens which corresponds perfectly to our base ten number system. Unfortunately, I don’t think the United States will…
…ten model. The next step was to take these items and compare them. We ordered them from least to greatest then placed them on a giant number line. We also…
