Stenhouse Publishers. Math Tools in Action: Anchor Charts (DVD) Product Details Author: Marco Ramirez and Chris ConferISBN: 978-157110-957-6Year: 2012Media: 40 minutes, 1 discGrade Range: 1-5Item No: WEB-0957 Powerful tools for mathematics instruction can make a good lesson great.
Math Tools in Action, an exciting video series, explores Anchor Charts, Journals, and Manipulatives, three of the most effective tools for helping teachers implement the Common Core State Standards while encouraging students to become critical mathematical thinkers. For more than twenty years, Marco Ramirez and Chris Confer have worked with administrators and teachers at dozens of schools around the country to cultivate an environment that elevates math instruction schoolwide. Now you can watch as they teach and comment on lessons using these essential math tools—tools that will help you deepen and improve your own math instruction, no matter what grade level you teach.
For Girls, Teachers' Gender Matters, Study Says. Number Sense, Not Counting Skills, Predicts Math Ability, Says Study - Inside School Research. Parents, Talk to Your Kids About Math Before It's Too Late - Inside School Research. Researchers and policymakers have urged parents for years to read to their young children, even infants, to help them develop better vocabulary and reading readiness.
Now, a new study by the University of Chicago suggests parents should be talking to their toddlers about numbers, too. The study, "What Counts in the Development of Young Children's Number Knowledge? ," in the current issue of Developmental Psychology, suggests there are big differences in the amount of number-related words parents use in regular conversation with their children, and this can have a big effect on a child's numeracy, even before formal number instruction in preschool.
Miriam Sherin: 109 Ways to Celebrate Math Lessons From Dr. Seuss. Many fans of multiple generations will honor Theodor Seuss Geisel's (Dr.
Seuss) birthday this weekend with celebrations of his monumental contributions to reading. Scholastic magazine offers lesson plans to teachers on how to toast the author with classroom reading and art projects. But Dr. Seuss books also convey important messages about mathematics. The late, beloved author, who would have turned 109 today, reminds us of the importance of exploring patterns, thinking creatively, and developing our ability with language as we learn mathematics. Unorthodox math lessons add up to real gains at Dana Middle School in Hawthorne. At Hawthorne s Dana Middle School, teacher Maria Garcia, right, helps a student, while group leader Tristan Thomas, standing, poses a pre-algebra question, in an unorthodox math program that has produced solid results.
Spotlight on Math Instruction. The Education Week Spotlight on Math Instruction is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on: The potential impacts of the Common Core Standards on math instructionUsing smartphones as math learning toolsNew multimedia programs tailored to math studentsDistinguishing students who occasionally struggle in math from those with a genuine disabilityProfessional development needs of teachers preparing for common standards in mathEarly math skills as a predictor of school success You get the nine articles below in a downloadable PDF.
A great value! The standards will change the grade levels at which some content is introduced, push aside other topics, and ask students to show their understanding. April 23, 2012 - Education Week. Eat Your Math. Studies Find Payoff in 'Personalizing' Algebra. Study Finds Benefits to Infusing Math Into Science Lessons - Curriculum Matters.
Illustrativemathematics. Illustrated Standards Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
(see illustrations) Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1). (see illustrations) Write numbers from 0 to 20. Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.
Educators Craft Own Math E-Books for Common Core. Common-Core Writers Issue Math 'Publishers' Criteria' - Curriculum Matters. The lead writers of the Common Core State Standards in mathematics have finalized a set of guidelines for curricular materials that seek to promote "faithful" implementation of the new standards at grades K-8.
The 24-page document, to be published online today, is intended to guide the work of educational publishers in developing textbooks and other instructional materials, as well as states and school districts as they evaluate and select materials or revise existing ones. The so-called "publishers' criteria" document homes in on the issues of focus, coherence, and rigor, and gets pretty specific at times. MVP - Mathematics Vision Project (MVP) The Many Misconceptions About Algebra - On Performance.
Proportion Control. Operation Math™ How Much Math Is Too Much? - On Performance. Andrew Hacker has a bombshell opinion piece in last Sunday's NY Times , arguing that teaching algebra to all students is a wasted effort. Students are routinely told that math is a gateway subject—you have to take advanced math to get into a good college—and Hacker suggests that this is precisely the problem: In the interest of maintaining rigor, we're actually depleting our pool of brainpower. I say this as a writer and social scientist whose work relies heavily on the use of numbers. My aim is not to spare students from a difficult subject, but to call attention to the real problems we are causing by misdirecting precious resources.
Loring Ward Helps Parents Teach Kids About Money. Teaching little ones about money can be difficult for even the most patient adults.
There are hundreds of things more interesting to a kid than interest rates or 401(k)s, but since when do kids know what’s good for them? Parents and advisors who don’t know how to introduce important financial concepts to children can benefit from several online resources. Einstein's Riddle. Erik Olsen/The New York Times Who owns the fish?
The following classic, which has appeared in a variety of incarnations over the years, was supposedly given its original form by Albert Einstein. The puzzle is often accompanied by a claim that only 2 percent of the world’s population can solve it. Are you a 2 percenter? Give it a try and find out. Einstein’s Riddle On a certain road there are five adjacent houses. The question: Who owns the fish? The following conditions apply. Recap: Boys and Girls Two weeks ago we took on the family planning conundrum Girls and Boys. The puzzle: What is the ratio of females to males in a country where couples have children until one is a girl?
The solution: 50/50. Nrich.maths.org : nrich.maths.org. The Best Apps for Teaching Math and Science. Mathematics in Movies. Ride the Line...A Game for Parallel & Perpendicular. Last week we were investigating linear equations....in particular what parallel and perpendicular lines look like as equations, not just graphs.
When you do all the graphing by hand or even on a handheld graphing calculator, this is pretty slow. Also the Common Core calls upon us to provide more discussion oriented kinds of learning designs....we're incorporate a bunch of the mathematical practices here---reason abstractly, construct viable arguments and accept feedback, model and use tools to investigate math ideas. Anatomy of a Khan-troversy - Teaching Now.