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Quick Differentiated Math Fact Assessment

Right now we are in the midst of the state assessments, yet as I was helping my Kindergarten son get checked into his classroom I was reminded that the assessments teachers do to inform instruction can be quick and easily differentiated.  His teacher decided to put a math fact on their name tag so that […]
The Recovering Traditionalist
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100s chart activity

Make Math Informal and Connected

Tonight I was sitting down with my 6 year old son doing his math homework.  One of the last problems was 38 < ___ and ___< 60.  At first he put 38 < 39 and then he thought for a moment and said, “Can it be ANY number that is bigger than 38?” and I […]
The Recovering Traditionalist
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K-5 Math Tasks

K-5 Task Examples

Today I am doing a workshop using Margaret Smith and Mary Kay Stein’s book 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions.   There are 5 (plus 0) practices that teachers need to do when planning a lesson that they want to have a good mathematical discussion about. 0. Setting Goals and Selecting Tasks – setting goals […]
mathematicallyminded
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Organized Computer Desktop

Organizing Your Desktop

Ok, so this post has nothing to do with mathematics.  I had so much fun doing this I just had to share.  I’m not even sure how I came across this blog post by The Organized Classroom, but I really needed it.  The desktop of my computer looks a lot like how my brain feels […]
mathematicallyminded
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Hundreds Chart Activity

Hundreds Chart Number Path Challenge

Last week I was observing in a 2nd grade classroom that was doing work with a Hundreds Chart.  The teacher did a fabulous activity she called the Number Path Challenge.  The kids could start on any number but they had to find three different paths to the number 38.  The first path had to be […]
mathematicallyminded
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Mathematical Christmas Toys

Mathematical Christmas Buying Guide 2013

The other day my mom asked me if I saw a thing she pinned on Pinterest that encouraged people to give their children 3 things for Christmas: 1) Something they want. 2) Something they need. 3) Something to read. I like the simplicity of this idea, but my initial response was, “What about something mathematical?”  […]
mathematicallyminded
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