The “Benchmark Numbers” play a big role in three types of standards. In this video I give an overview of how the benchmark numbers help children Compare, Add/Subtract/Multiply, and understand Place...
Yup, it’s me this month!! 🙂 . This month I really wanted to re-iterate the power of helping kids develop an understanding of Benchmark Numbers (or Friendly Numbers). I think it’s important to move away from the “Make 10” strategy and call it...
If you’ve seen my stuff on the C-R-A (Concrete-Representational-Abstract), then you know I’m a fan of doing all 3 at once with kiddos. In this video I talk about how the kiddos’ modeling really falls on a continuum. Their models that seem abstract...
This video is an overview of Standards of Mathematical Practice #4: Modeling with Mathematics. If you are not familiar with the SMPs, they are pages 6-8 of the Common Core Standards. The SMPs tell us what the STUDENTS should be doing while trying to learn all the...
3-Act Tasks are an amazing way to get kids interested in investigating mathematics and how it helps them solve problems in their own world. These tasks are ‘low floor’, all kids have an entry point, which allows all kids to be actively involved in the...
