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The Number Relationships That Transform Math Understanding

The Number Relationships That Transform Math Understanding

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The Number Relationships That Transform Math Understanding   Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to: The Number Relationships That Transform Math Understanding Welcome to episode 2 of my series on building math fluency in elementary students. I’m...
Timed Math Activities…Good or Bad?

Timed Math Activities…Good or Bad?

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Timed Math Activities…Good or Bad?   Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists: Timed Math Activities…Good or Bad? Today we’re diving into a controversial topic in elementary math education: timed activities.  There has been so much backlash to...
1% Better – The 4-Minute Daily Math Difference

1% Better – The 4-Minute Daily Math Difference

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1% Better – The 4-Minute Daily Math Difference Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to: 1% Better – The 4-Minute Daily Math Difference My husband and I listen to all kinds of podcasts and for years we have listened to the One Percent Better...
Number Sense with Christina Tondevold and Mona Iehl

Number Sense with Christina Tondevold and Mona Iehl

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Number Sense with Christina Tondevold and Mona Iehl Transcript Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to: Number Sense with Christina Tondevold and Mona Iehl This is the last episode I’ll be doing for this school year and hopefully the last one I’ll be doing...
Number of the Day Activities

Number of the Day Activities

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Number of the day worksheets or activities are very popular in elementary schools, however many of them are boring, take up a lot of time, and don’t build powerful mathematical ideas during that time.  They are typically focused on number skills. For instance, one of...
How to Build Fraction Sense

How to Build Fraction Sense

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Textbooks don’t spend enough time building fraction sense with students. In this vlog, I go into how to build fraction sense in your classroom.

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