The Problem with Number Bonds for Elementary Students

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Now personally, I love using number bonds, but for our students, number bonds can be a little problematic. Watch the video or read the transcript below: What Is A Number Bond Now if you’ve never seen a number bond and you’re wondering, “What the heck...

Hand2Mind Daily Math Fluency Kits

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This is NOT an ad.  I have no affiliate link posted here to the Hand2Mind Daily Math Fluency Kits, I just love these and want you to get one for your classroom. Hand2Mind’s Daily Math Fluency Kits help you build true fluency…fluency that is built through...

Math Terms for Elementary Teachers

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Recently, I received an email from someone who had attended a webinar of mine and they asked this question. Now these are terms that are batted around a lot in math education. We hear a lot about procedural fluency, operational sense, conceptual understanding and...

Ways To Make Ten | Teaching Kids to Make 10

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I’ve got a request today. I want to ask all educators out there to stop saying make 10. Now, I know that making 10 is a huge deal in elementary school. It is a big, big thing that we need kids to understand. However, the term “make 10” makes it very difficult...

Why I Hate Math Pacing Guides

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Recently I have had multiple emails from people who follow me, asking, how do they balance the need between building number sense yet keeping up with their pacing guide? Now, I have to tell you that this is an area in education that really irks me. Watch the video or...

Top Tips For Building Number Sense for Upper Elementary

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I always want to try to give some free information for all elementary teachers whether or not you take the online course. If you have been around for a while, you know that I believe that number sense is one of the key missing pieces for a lot of our students. Whether...

Top Tips For Building Number Sense for Early Elementary

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Well, as I gear up for online Number Sense 101 course (The Number Sense 101 course has been reworked and is now called The Flexibility Formula) to open up for registration, I always like to provide some free content around number sense so that you can implement number...