Rio 2016 offers for those who are beginning school now the perfect opportunity to incorporate current events into their mathematics classroom. Check out this week’s free activity for intermediate students, and middle school students. Medal counts, fractions, and writing are all included in this week's FREE activity packet. Be sure to check out the official Olympic … [Read more...]
Mathematics and the 2016 Summer Olympics
Rio 2016 offers for those who are beginning school now the perfect opportunity to incorporate current events into their mathematics classroom. Check out this week’s free activity for primary students, and younger intermediate students. A look at the Olympic torch, a map of the world, and writing about positional are but a few of the offerings suggested in this short activity packet. Be sure to … [Read more...]
Q-Pyramids & Overlays: Tools for Effective Questioning
Finally, they are here! Many of you have been asking about our Q-Pyramids and Overlay....well, just in time for both back to school and for the release of our new book series, Strategic Journeys for Building Logical Reasoning: Activities Across the Disciplines, they are ready.... The Q-Pyramid A powerful set of tools – the Q-Pyramid and Overlay, connect the four … [Read more...]
A Look at Zero
Mathematical Literacy – new e-book
Do trade books have a place in today’s mathematics classroom? Yes! Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, can make the mathematics being studied come alive for the student as well as have meaning, and can help to differentiate instruction as well as support ELL/ESL students. Using literature helps students build a conceptual … [Read more...]
