Posts Tagged ‘steve wyborney’
20 Days of Number Sense & Rich Math Talk (K-12)
20 Days of Number Sense & Rich Math Talk – for all grades from K-12. That is the goal of this series. Entirely new, exclusive content fills this post in a ready-to-use format that will allow you to deeply explore 4 rich math routines. By downloading each day, you can have a clear pathway to…
Read MoreEsti-Mysteries: Estimation Meets Math Mysteries
Introducing Esti-Mysteries! Each image invites students to wonder what number is represented by the image. As you click through the each Esti-Mystery, clues will appear that will allow the students to use math concepts to narrow the set of possibilities to a small set of numbers. In the end, the students will need to call…
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…
Read MoreCube Conversations
Cube Conversations is a set of 80 (eighty!) animated lessons designed to promote visually rich math discourse. I’ve designed these lessons to invite many voices and vantage points into classroom conversations. Much like Splat!, you control the animation with a few simple clicks – and each click presents an opportunity for students to…
Read MoreThe Fraction Splat! Series
Fraction Splats! have arrived! The original Splat! post rocketed up to over 35,000 hits in less than a month, which included over 19,000 lesson downloads! All 50 lessons in the Splat! post involved whole numbers. In this post, I’ve turned my attention to fractions, and have created 20 new lessons for you to download!…
Read MoreSplat!
Welcome to Splat! You are only moments away from a VERY POWERFUL, highly interactive number sense strategy that can be used at any grade level! This post includes 50 (fifty!) free, downloadable PowerPoint math lessons! Watch the video, download some (or all) of the lessons, and experience what happens when you unleash this resource in…
Read MoreTiled 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…
Read MoreColor 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…
Read MoreStrategies 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 MoreThe 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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