Mother’s Day Math
Looking for a Mother's Day Gift that includes a mathematical twist?
Exciting Math Manipulatives Don’t Have to Break the Bank
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Resources for Teaching Elementary Students about Money
Too many young adults buy lottery tickets as their ... Continue Reading
Never Run Out of Chocolate! Mathematical Secrets of April Fools’ Day
As a math teacher, you spend a lot of time showing students facts, logic, and step by step proofs. This puts you in an excellent position to prank your students on April Fools' Day.
What Happens during Daylight Saving Time?
What makes Pi Day even more fun? Daylight Saving Time! Why not check your students' understanding of this strange, coordinated leap forward. Here are some resources for your class to help kids make sense of Daylight Saving Time.
How Would Your Students Describe Equivalent Fractions?
How do you want your students to describe equivalent fractions? By rote definition memorized from the textbook? Nope! Wouldn't it be great if they used a combination of analogies, examples and counterexamples, as well as everyday language referencing various ways to model equivalence and sprinkled with academic vocabulary?
What makes Equivalent Fractions so Important?
What makes understanding equivalent fractions such a big deal? ... Continue Reading
Display Questions ~ How to Do School
Part of 'doing' school in the United States is responding to display questions. These are questions teachers ask to give students a chance to demonstrate their understanding, their frame of mind, their active participation.
Finding Equivalent Fractions
Starting with unit fractions or proper fractions in the simplest form, show your students how to multiply those numbers by one to make a row of equivalent fractions.
Which Fractions are Equivalent to One?
Search for metaphors and analogies to help students create a ... Continue Reading