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Stop Using Base 10 Blocks to ‘Teach’ the Algorithms!

The book study over at Math Coach’s Corner on the book Teaching Numeracy: 9 Critical Habits to Ignite Mathematical Thinking by Margie Pearse and K.M. Walton is in full swing. Below are my thoughts for the week (Critical Habits 3 & 4). If you want to join in, all you need to do is start reading and post comments […]

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Teaching Numeracy – Working Answer Keys

I am partaking in a book study over at the Math Coach’s Corner on the book Teaching Numeracy: 9 Critical Habits to Ignite Mathematical Thinking by Margie Pearse and K.M. Walton. So far we have read the Foreword (by Arthur Hyde), Preface, Introduction and this week we are discussing the first two Critical Habits. Below are my thoughts […]

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PreK-2 Teachers and NCTM

A few weeks ago I had the great honor of going to the NCTM Headquarters in Virginia to attend the Program Committee Meeting because I get to help plan the NCTM 2015 Regional Conference in Nashville. It was interesting to me for lots of reasons, but two of them are still bouncing around in my […]

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Teaching Numeracy Book Study-Preface & Intro

I am partaking in a book study over at the Math Coach’s Corner on the book Teaching Numeracy: 9 Critical Habits to Ignite Mathematical Thinking by Margie Pearse and K.M. Walton. I always have intentions of reading a new book during the summer, but summertime is my busy time for doing teacher trainings so my good […]

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Why I call myself a ‘Recovering’ Traditionalist

Everyday a little piece of a traditional teacher creeps out of me in an unexpected way. Yesterday our family was driving around looking at jobs my husband is working on and our oldest son, who sits between us up front in the bench seat of the truck, asks, “What does C-E-N-T-E-R spell?” Both my husband […]

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A Mathematical Summer

Well, this post is probably too late for many of you, but I was doing a training today and was asked to share it. This document is meant to be sent home with your students to provide ideas for parents on ways to help the kids have a mathematical summer break. Hope it helps! […]

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Teaching the Teen Numbers

The teen numbers are hard!! I was reminded of that again today as I picked up my daughter’s Kindergarten Pre-Assessment. They had her write as many numbers as she could, and just like her older brother used to do, she wrote all the teen numbers incorrectly. Even though it is incorrect, it is actually normal. […]

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