The Best Math Assessment Tool That Informs Instruction
I’m sharing a little bit about student-centered teaching, the true meaning of assess, and what I think is The Best Math Assessment Tool (that actually informs your instruction).
Why Subtraction With Borrowing is Bad
Inside the Build Math Minds Facebook group here, we had a post last month asking for a way to teach subtraction with borrowing to a 2nd grader. So, today we are going to take a look at Why Subtraction With Borrowing is Bad in our quest to Build our own Math Minds so we can Build the Math Minds of our kiddos.
Building the Connection Between Addition & Subtraction and Multiplication & Division
Building the connection between the operations is often referred to as inverse operations. The inverse of addition is subtraction, the inverse of subtraction is addition…and same for multiplication & division.
How to make subtraction not so hard
If you Google, “why is subtraction so hard?” you’ll get just under 50 million hits. So, if you’ve ever asked that question, just know you are not alone. There are three main reasons why subtraction is hard.
The #1 Thing to Teach Kids About Measurement
So there’s one thing that many kids end up not knowing how to do. But it’s one of the most important measurement skills. Today we take a look at The #1 Thing To Teach Kids About Measurement: How to Read A Tape Measure, in our quest to build our math minds, so we can build the math minds of our students.
An Often Unused Way to Collaborate Within Your School: Vertical PD Meetings
As you start to make the change in your teaching to one that allows more student thinking, don’t throw out your current math resources. Use these 4 Cs for adapting math resources to encourage student thinking.
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