Teachers are given a curriculum map to follow, but it doesn't always go as planned. Every student is different and sometimes you have to spend that extra week(s) on fractions or a few more days on elapsed time.
This all sounds like something a good teacher would do.
The ...
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Using Place Value Disks to Model Addition & Subtraction
It's the beginning of third grade and you're working on addition and subtraction word problems. Everything seems to be going well, and you feel confident moving on to multiplication and division.
The problem?
Your students are given an addition and subtraction problem ...
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Compensation Strategy: Subtraction
In the previous blog post, we talked out how the compensation strategy can help students create simpler addition problems, you can view the blog post about it here.
Today, let's look at how this strategy works in subtraction.
Example 1: 800 - 254
You take 1 from 800 ...
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Addition Strategy: Compensation
Let’s talk about compensation.
This is a strategy where you manipulate numbers to create friendly numbers. These friendly numbers are easier to add.
Example 1: 87 + 399
You take 1 from 87 and move it to 399
Now you have 86 + 400
86 + 400 = 486
You’ve now made a ...
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How and why to use Math Sorts in Your Classroom (Free Download)
Why use math sorts?
Discussions
Differentiation
Aligned to the standards
No-prep
FUN!
1. Discussions
We constantly tell students to show their work or explain their thinking. Using math sorts weekly will give students practice in putting their thinking into ...
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Getting Started with Math Centers
It was my second year of teaching 3rd grade when I decided to move towards a math workshop model.
My students were struggling with many math concepts and whole group instruction was not helping.
The idea of math centers sounds great, but it can quickly get overwhelming. I've ...
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