
Many of us understand the need for including leveled reading books in our classroom libraries so all students have access to texts. Many of us have also embraced the…
Many of us understand the need for including leveled reading books in our classroom libraries so all students have access to texts. Many of us have also embraced the…
How can we get kids to move away from misconceptions and miscalculations in a timely manner, if they only get to practice once a week? Go beyond right and wrong answers and notice…
Decomposing numbers is the pathway to flexibility and fluency in all operations. Knowing how a number is made gives you the knowledge you need to add, subtract, multiply and divide with…
Over the last few months, I have been in and out of classrooms, co-teaching and doing demonstration lessons, and I have noticed that they all one thing in common, interruptions. These…
As you facilitate learning in your classroom your apt to notice trends in students’ thinking, partial conceptions, representations, and areas in need of growth. You can use students’ independent practice as…
As you facilitate learning in your classroom your apt to notice trends in students’ thinking, partial conceptions, representations, and areas in need of growth. You can use students’ independent practice as…
While walking through classrooms during the beginning of the year, I see many students following step-by-step procedures to find answers. For example, some of the problems required students to make…
Linking Concepts and Procedures Often we are in a rush to get quick results in our classrooms. Unfortunately, quick results in our classrooms (and in life) are rarely lasting….
As you begin to ask more questions and listen to your students’ responses, certain trends begin to emerge; what does this particular student need, on this particular day? The T.U.B.B….
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…