Long division is one of the most difficult tasks for late elementary and middle school students to learn. While many students master it quickly, for others it can be a...
There has been a major upheaval in the standardized testing that students receive in math. The types of content that are being tested, the types of questions used to test...
I have been seeing the usefulness of teaching fact families at the middle school level. As a result, I have been thinking about how students look for and express regularity...
Teddy bear counters have become near and dear to many early elementary math educators. Having come from mostly a middle- and high-school teaching background, I first...
A topic that I have been thinking about recently is the use of area models to teach multiplication. Today’s post looks at how we can look for and make use of structure...
Whether you are a principal, a math supervisor, a math coach, or a classroom teacher, you may wonder how different elements of the math curriculum are connected between and...
Maybe you are a great math teacher, maybe you have great math skills, or maybe you just were lucky, but you have been hired to work as the elementary math specialist at your...
One of the most challenging Grade 8 math topics to teach is systems of equations. Activity-based lessons are one way to go when you are trying to teach students; I also like...
When I visit classrooms, I often see students engaged in wonderful fun activities, but I can’t help noticing that these activities don’t always connect to the math ideas that...
Here are some quadrilateral activities that you can use in your first through third grade classes as well as some advice about how to use them. After a quick review of what...
Today’s Standard for Mathematical Practice, Attend to Precision, is one of the ones I work with the most in my classroom. Students can engage in some great discussions about...
Today, I am sharing some place value primary resources to develop understanding and flexibility in place values in the early elementary classroom. The ideas are appropriate...