How to Help Students Struggling with Mathematics: The 5 Whys in Education
So lately, I’ve been getting quite a few questions about how to help struggling students. Now, these are the students that are seen as “behind” or “not getting it.” Over a week ago, I offered a free webinar, and during the Q&A portion of that webinar, there...
Structuring Your Math Time
So, something I’ve realized lately is that so many of you are like me and you are looking for someone to tell you what to do. Over a week ago, I offered a free webinar, and during the Q&A portion of that webinar, there were so many questions about how...
Math Practice: Building Math Fluency through Games
Does practice really make perfect? In elementary math, the pendulum has swung to the side of letting kids play and explore mathematics and there isn’t as much practice and repetition happening. Is that really a good thing? Kids still need practice, but the type...
Teaching Math through Story Problems
Well this is video number 6 in our 7 part series about how to teach math without a textbook. All the other videos are linked down below this video and in video number 2, I talked about three instructional practices that you should be doing in elementary math; number...
Components of Number Sense in 3rd-5th
We often hear about how number sense is such a big deal in the early grades of elementary. But it is so important for our upper elementary kiddos as well. Our textbooks, especially in the upper grades, tend to focus on just the skills around numbers. They want kids to...
Components of Number Sense in PreK-2
One of the hardest parts of teaching mathematics without a textbook is knowing and understanding the progression of mathematical thinking, but it is the most vital part. Also, one of the areas that I talked about earlier in this video series is how essential it is to...
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