Building Number Sense and Fraction Sense While #TMWYK
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:...Number Sense Assessment
I’ve been working on a few books to give teachers (and parents) activities to help build number sense and develop flexibility with their addition facts. It is one of my goals for the summer to complete them, but in the meantime I will be posting an activity...Teaching Numeracy Book Study-Preface & Intro
I am partaking in a book study over at the Math Coach’s Corner on the book Teaching Numeracy: 9 Critical Habits to Ignite Mathematical Thinking by Margie Pearse and K.M. Walton. I always have intentions of reading a new book during the summer, but summertime is...
Why I call myself a ‘Recovering’ Traditionalist
Everyday a little piece of a traditional teacher creeps out of me in an unexpected way. Yesterday our family was driving around looking at jobs my husband is working on and our oldest son, who sits between us up front in the bench seat of the truck, asks, “What...A Mathematical Summer
Well, this post is probably too late for many of you, but I was doing a training today and was asked to share it. This document is meant to be sent home with your students to provide ideas for parents on ways to help the kids have a mathematical summer break....The Best Graduation Gift #TMWYK
My journey to the graduation gift we are giving high school seniors this year took me a long time to get to. This graduation gift should actually start way before a kid graduates, but my husband and I are trying in our little way to give kids something I never had:...
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