Allowing Student Thinking by Changing The Way We Grade
Each month I address a hot topic inside the free Build Math Minds Facebook group. For those of you not in the group, or maybe you missed it, I thought I’d share it here as well. In the training, I discussed Allowing Student Thinking in Math by Changing the Way We...
Evaluating Math Manipulatives
I got a message the other day asking me my thoughts on the math manipulative called Numicon. Now, I’ve never actually used that particular math manipulative, but it got me thinking about what I would look at while I was using it to decide if I thought it was a...
Evaluating Elementary Math Resources
I get asked all the time about my thoughts about a certain math resource or textbook. Now, I don’t have the time to look at, nonetheless use, every textbook or resource that’s out there. So instead of telling you what I think about certain resources, I...
My Favorite Resources for Math Fact Fluency
The root of helping kids develop math fact fluency is through the connections and relationships of numbers that we can help them develop. The more connections and relationships they develop, the more fluent they will become. But most resources that you can find out...
My Favorite Free Elementary Math Resources
As we close out this year and move into a new one, I thought I’d share with you some amazing resources for elementary math that are free. I’m Christina Tondevold, The Recovering Traditionalist and today we’re going to take a look at My Favorite Free...
Focusing on FAST isn’t how you build elementary math fluency
If you were like me, you saw math as a set of rules & procedures to be followed, memorized, and regurgitated when you needed them to help you get a correct answer. I’m Christina Tondevold, The Recovering Traditionalist, and today we are going to talk about how...
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