Using The CRA Approach To Teach Fractions

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I don’t know about you, but I really struggled with developing an understanding of fractions. Even as an adult, I did not have fraction sense, and it wasn’t until I had experiences that involved the CRA approach around fractions that truly developed my...

Why You Need To Stop Saying Improper Fractions

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Did you know that we’re not supposed to use the phrase improper fractions anymore? Today, we’re going to investigate why you need to stop saying the phrase improper fractions, and what you should say instead as we build our math minds so that we can build the...

How to Use Subitizing | 5 Different Ways

Add-Subtract-Place Value, Building Number Sense, Fact Fluency, Fractions, Multiplication-Division, Subitizing | 0 comments

Have you ever wondered how to use subitizing in your classroom? Subitizing is the ability to instantly recognize ‘how many’. Helping our students develop subitizing isn’t just for Pre-K to second grade. Even third through fifth grade kiddos need to develop...

Number Sense for Upper Elementary

Fractions, Multiplication-Division, Number Sense | 0 comments

I’ve been getting lots of requests to talk about what number sense looks like for upper grades kiddos, especially upper elementary and even into middle school. I have been talking about these four number relationships that I first discovered through John Van de...

Fly on the Math Teacher’s Wall: Squashing Fraction Misconceptions

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I am once again working with a group of math bloggers to join forces in ‘squashing’ some math misconceptions.  For the inaugural blog hop we tackled the big idea of Place Value.  This time around we are taking on FRACTIONS.  Read through my thoughts and then at the...

Building Number Sense and Fraction Sense While #TMWYK

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So this week, two situations arose involving my son’s food and math.  One built on some big ideas around Number Sense and the other built on his early Fraction Sense, but both gave me an opportunity to be Talking Math With Your Kids #TMWYK.   Scene #1:...