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The “NEW” way to do math “via Common Core” should make you mad!!!

  Are you upset with this “new way” they are doing math now days in school?  If so, you really should be upset about the way you were taught math when you were in school!!!  I sure am, and the teachers and college students I work with are as well.  Every time I do a […]

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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 […]

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K-5 Elaboraborations of Common Core Math Practice Standards

These past few days I have been learning lots at the Teachers Development Group‘s Leadership Seminar!  I have taken away a lot as a “coach” but there are two things in particular I want to share for teachers, here is the one for today…and to intrigue you, the other idea is using strategies from Literacy […]

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Pins I Love – Organizing Math Manipulatives

Math manipulatives are a very important part of every math classroom, however they can be a pain to manage and organize.  So in this month’s edition of Pins I Love, I am focusing on ways to organize and store your math manipulatives.  Before I get into the Pins I found for you, I want to […]

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Organize your Children’s Books

I am not big on doing New Year’s Resolutions because I, like most people, start off strong and then fizzle out quickly.  However, this year I am trying to use technology to my advantage to help me with my arch nemesis: ORGANIZATION!!  In a previous post I described my new computer desktop organization, in this […]

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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 […]

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Christmas Pins I Love

1)  This pin for the Addition Tree & Ornament Match Game is a game I created for my son’s kindergarten class but can be adapted for almost any grade level. From K-5 Math Fun. 2) This Christmas Ornament pin is a fun way to have your kiddos explore shapes.  But for older kids, you can […]

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