Developing an Understanding of the Common Core Standards. Read more about Core Ideas to Follow.

Museums Across the Curriculum Part I. Where the Math Things Are. Braindroppings by Amy Bisson, an urban elementary teacher. You May Never Know How Much That Means. Asymp; Leave a comment. Memories of an engaging second grader flooded back in an instant. Hearing he was already 31 left me speechless. That was just not possible. He just had to be 8 or 9, maybe 12. 31? One of the best fringe benefits of teaching? Hearing from .

Darr; Skip to Main Content. Developing and Assessing Number Sense. Recently, I spent a day with K-6 teachers exploring the why and how of using math tools in their classrooms. The why is easy! Children are Active Learners. The How of using math takes more time.

Standards, curriculum, and teaching. Why is the graph of a linear function a straight line? February 1, 2018. In my last post I wrote about the following standard, and mentioned that I could write a whole blog post about the first comma. 8221; This fact is often presented as obvious; after all, if you draw the graph or produce it using a graphing utility, it c.

Another way to look at the sum of interior angles of polygons. In fear that I just confused things, I decided to get back to this topic of interior angles. What you see here is an eight-sided figure which we call an octagon. More on the way! October 7, 2010.

Through math, teachers can build awareness around social justice issues, and raise consciousness around these important topics present in our society today. Teaching with social justice in mind also promotes diversity in the classroom, and gives students a sense of belonging, respect, and responsibility to their classroom, the community, and the world at large.

Thursday, March 8, 2018. The Escapades of Clint McCool - Octo-Man and the Headless Monster. Octo-Man and the Headless Monster. Penguin Random House, 2017. My last trip to the Book Loft was a successful trip for picking up new to me and first in a series books.

The KCM firmly believes that mathematics must never stand in the way of a child fulfilling a dream and that mathematics is an effective vehicle for developing the skills children need for college and career readiness. I am just starting in my teaching career and this was my first experience seeing an algebr.