At first glance, teaching degrees in a circle appears simple, but it can pack a punch if you teach it conceptually. This measurement standard lends itself beautifully to geometry and improving spatial sense. Provide several… [Read More]
How to Conceptually Teach Solving Equations
Please Excuse My Dreadful Acrostic Sentence is more like it, but in all fairness, it does help students remember the order of operations. And hopefully you have spent a bit of time teaching them why…. [Read More]
10 Math and Science Picture Books for the Classroom
At the beginning of every new school year I ask my students to fill out a form regarding how they feel about math and science. More often than not I receive a lot of negative… [Read More]
How to Teach Regrouping Ones as Tens Conceptually
One of the foundations for understanding mathematics for students is knowing and recognizing the differences between single-digit numbers, teen numbers, and multiples of ten. As an adult, this concept seems very simple, but it must… [Read More]
How to Implement Dot Talks In Your Classroom
Dot talks are an off-shoot of the daily classroom number concepts called “number talks.” Dot talks can be incorporated into number talks, and can be used with students of any age. But because subitizing is… [Read More]
