Instructional Strategies
170 New Esti-Mysteries
This school year, I’ll be creating and posting 170 brand new Esti-Mysteries. I’ll be posting a new one nearly every day for the rest of the school year – just like last year. The purpose is the same as last year: Sharing math joy with you all year long! Prepare for math joy and rich…
Read More150 New Esti-Mysteries
This school year, I’m creating 150 brand new Esti-Mysteries. I’ll be posting a new one nearly every day for the rest of the school year – just like last year. This is my way of sharing math joy with you all year long! Prepare for math joy and rich math talk in your classroom as…
Read MorePart 4 – New Esti-Mysteries and Number Sense Resources Every Day for the Rest of the School Year
To support fellow educators during this extremely challenging year, I’m posting a brand new, downloadable math resource every day through the end of the school year. The purpose is to provide encouragement, to share a brand new classroom resource every day, and to promote joy in the math classroom. In the midst of the…
Read MorePart 3 – New Esti-Mysteries and Number Sense Resources Every Day for the Rest of the School Year
Hi, Friends. I’m posting a brand new, free math resource every school day for the rest of the school year. This is part 3 of the series. This effort is my way of spreading encouragement, providing a daily resource to fellow educators, and promoting math joy during a challenging year. I look forward to posting…
Read MorePart 2 – New Esti-Mysteries and Number Sense Resources Every Day for the Rest of the School Year
I’m posting a brand new resource – every single school day – for the rest of the year. They are all free, and you can download as many of them as you like right here from my blog. This is for everyone. Each day for the rest of the rest of the school year, there…
Read MoreNew Esti-Mysteries and Number Sense Resources Every Day for the Rest of the School Year
Hi, friends. I know this is really challenging and we are all exhausted. This post is my way of providing support and encouragement – as well as bringing math joy to your classroom… I’m going to stick with you all year long. To do that, I am going to post a new math…
Read MoreThe Multiplication Course by Steve Wyborney
The Multiplication Course by Steve Wyborney is finished and completely ready! It is a highly interactive multiplication course – on YouTube – with 156 short videos. They are completely ready for all students, all teachers, all parents, everyone! The course teaches students deep, rich, and important multiplication concepts while they are also learning…
Read MoreThe 12 Most Popular Math Strategies and Downloads
Over the past 5 years, this blog has seen nearly 3.1 million views. The most popular strategies from the blog all have one thing in common: They include downloadable resources and strategies which can be immediately used in the classroom. They are also free! I’m sometimes asked these two questions: “Which are the most popular…
Read MoreFREE e-Book: Top 20 Teaching Tips for 2020
At the beginning of every calendar year, I write something new for the education community. In 2017, I wrote Splat! (It took me until nearly the middle of February to finish it that year!) In 2018, I wrote Cube Conversations (I actually managed to finish that series a few days early, just before January.) In…
Read More100 Subitizing Slides & 10 Challenge Patterns
With a click, a pattern of dots appears on your screen. Instantly your students tell how many. They don’t count the dots. Instead they simply know the total at a glance. Subitizing – when a person looks at a small set of objects and instantly detects the total without counting. It’s a powerful process and…
Read MoreSplat! for Google Slides – 40 Lessons
For my educator friends who have access to Google Slides, but do not have access to PowerPoint, this post is for you. Since Google Slides does not have the animation that makes the Splats become transparent, the Splat! reveal does not work in Slides. Now – with these materials – it will. I’ve rewritten the…
Read MoreThe Estimation Clipboard
The Estimation Clipboard is a set of 40 lessons that each include 4 highly similar images. Each image provides an invitation to estimate. Then as new images are introduced, the students’ context and intrigue will grow – and so will their excitement. Jennifer Barker recently wrote about her experience with The Estimation Clipboard in her…
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