Teaching and Learning
Primary Tile Questions
Number sense is on display in Primary Tile Questions as students seek a wide variety of ways to add numbers and display their thinking. You may find the connection between area and the value of the shapes to be intriguing. You’ll also find 3 PowerPoint lessons which you can download along with 3 PDFs which…
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Tiled Area Questions
Tiled Area Questions are designed to provide students with the opportunity to compose and decompose numbers. This post primarily focuses on fractions. If you are a K-2 teacher, you may really like this version. Watch the video, download the resources, and give your student the opportunity to visualize, decompose, compare, and compose numbers. Click…
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Color the Cube Connectors
After Introducing Cube Connectors this summer, I received some wonderful feedback about finding a way to allow the students to design their own cube connector combinations. In this post, you’ll find not only 12 downloadable pages, but some vivid strategies that allow students to combine the use of color with equations to discover some powerful…
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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…
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The 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…
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Introducing 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…
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The Writing on the Classroom Wall
BIG NEWS!!! Today is the official release date of The Writing on the Classroom Wall! Standing in my classroom in 1997, I was struck with a truth that was so unexpected and so important that I posted it on the wall of the classroom. Then I turned to the students and taught them what it…
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The 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.…
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How 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…
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180 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…
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Provide 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…
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Scene 6: “Two Teachers Learning Together”
In Scene 6, from the Animated Learning Walks Series, two teachers decide that they want to learn together, even when they is no learning walk scheduled. So, they bring their students into one classroom in order to learn together. For more information with 4 challenges and practical tips on how to make this realistically happen, see the…
