Choral Counting Connections Are you ever overwhelmed by the amount of content that you need to teach? Fortunately, you can use choral counting to accomplish many of the goals you have…
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Once you have taught your students how to sit beside one another, point to their work and explain to their partner what they did to solve, and how to…
“How to Coach Your Math Partner” Strategic partnerships play a crucial role in problem solving classrooms. Teachers must decide which students could benefit most by working together. This decision…
Mathematicians estimate before they calculate. Walking through classrooms I see so many opportunities for students to engage in authentic mathematics by way of estimation. Estimation is such an important yet…
Dear Educator, Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me. I think that we can all agree that this is not a true statement. Many of…
Mathematics is more than just calculating numbers. It is a lifelong skill that requires one be able to analyze a situation carefully, be flexible with numbers, and problem solve through…
Strong instruction requires educators to be knowledgeable of the content, flexible, and supportive of students’ diverse needs. Read here to find out more.
Read about the four steps that transformational educators use in their classrooms. Which of these steps are you implementing now? What is the next step that you can begin to…
Link to article This article discusses how to get students to do more of the thinking in classrooms. It places the responsibility more on the shoulders of the students to…
Link to article This is a great article by Jo Boaler of Stanford University. In the article she writes about a common misconception that students who have the ability…
