Math
Strategies for Using the Maze Hundreds Chart
After introducing the downloadable Maze Hundreds Chart yesterday, this post details some strategies for using the interactive chart in your classroom. If you have not yet watched the first post, I encourage you to take a quick look at it before viewing these strategies. I have many more resources I am excited to share, so…
Read MoreThe Maze Hundreds Chart
The Maze Hundreds Chart is a resource that is surprisingly powerful and leads to some very unexpected learning opportunities. Much like The Animated Multiplication Table, this is a free, downloadable resource that will cause you to see an old, familiar chart in some new and surprising ways. Watch the video, download the interactive resource, and then…
Read MoreThe Second Cube Connector: Pointing Out the Arrows
The Cube Connectors series, which began with this post, continues with a glimpse into the classroom of Hannah Yazzolino. The resource which I shared on Twitter, and which Hannah used very effectively in her classroom – even before it was in an animated form – is now downloadable in both an animated form and as…
Read MoreIntroducing Cube Connectors
Cube Connectors is a strategy that I’ve created – and would like to share with you. This combination of images and descriptions will have your students seeking connections in ways you may never have anticipated! In addition, I plan to create an ongoing bank of resources so that you can turn the cube connectors strategy into…
Read MoreThe Power of Color
Color. It’s the natural extension to the series that begin with Provide Massive Space to Notice. So, after 180 Opportunities to Notice and How to Create 9 Identical Dot Patterns in 10 Seconds or Less, I’m adding 2 new templates. This time, the circles are blank, so students can use color to record their observations.…
Read MoreHow to Create 9 Identical Dot Patterns in 10 Seconds or Less
Wow! What a response to the last 2 posts! In Provide Massive Space to Notice, I detailed how to use repeated dot patterns. In 180 Opportunities to Notice, I simply provided 10 pages of dot patterns that can be downloaded. In this post, I would like to give you 2 templates that will allow you to…
Read More180 Opportunities to Notice
In my previous post, Provide Massive Space to Notice, I described how to repeatedly use the same dot pattern to promote noticing. In this post, I would simply like to give you 10 pages of dot patterns which you can download and use with your students. The purpose is to promote a wide variety of…
Read MoreProvide Massive Space to notice
Give students several copies of the same image – along with ample space to notice – and they will amaze you. In this post, you’ll be taken on a tour of noticing. At the end of the video, you’ll find a page which you can download and use with your students. I encourage you to show…
Read MoreNYABS Part 4: An Average Algorithm Leads to Deep Thinking
Algorithms typically route us completely around opportunities for deeper thinking. However, in this post, we see that using icons to represent a variety of strategies produces an opportunity to richly compare and contrast strategies, including an algorithm, to see what we can learn. This post features 10 questions that can be used in this scenario…
Read MoreTouring KenKen
KenKen puzzles caught my attention recently while I was browsing through Marilyn Burns’ blog post. Right away I was able to detect the power of these clever puzzles and their potential for developing number sense. I was pleasantly surprised to find an entire site devoted to KenKen puzzles. So, I set out to take a tour……
Read More16 Misconceptions
I wrote these 16 images of common misconceptions before the September 17, 2015 #elemmathchat about “Mathematical Misconceptions.” If you would like to use them in class, either play the silent video below and pause at key moments, or download the PowerPoint file here. Feel free to leave comments, subscribe, or simply explore the rest…
Read MoreNYABS Part 3: Number Trading
It’s possible you’ll feel that Number Trading is more like Leveling Off or that it is more like Passing Out. Take a look at the Number Trading strategy. You’ll understand a new way to find the mean, and then you’ll begin to wonder how these strategies are (and are not) related to one another. This…
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