There is so much mention about having students use models in mathematics. Even textbooks have added them into lessons. However, that can sometimes be a bad thing because the emphasis ends up being on HOW to use the model and not on helping students develop the understanding that the model is supposed to be building.
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Managing the Time Spent on Standards
Have you ever gotten to February and felt like you've been teaching the same content all year?? And then you have to try to figure out how to manage fitting in all the rest of the standards!?!?! The Content Emphases document from Achieve the Core is the best laid out format to help us know [...]
Standards: Math Practice 7 – Look for and Make Use of Structure
In this video, I delve into Math Practice #7 and talk about why there are no "pattern standards" in the Common Core Standards. Then we look at a standard from each grade level that helps kiddos 'Look For and Make Use of Structure.'
Standards: What Should Intervention Focus On?
So often schools are scrambling to figure out what to do inside intervention time. They have carved out the time for kids to go with the interventionist, but the interventionist (who is often a para-pro or instructional aide) isn't given any curricular materials and they aren't sure what to do with the kids during that [...]
Standards: The Benchmark Numbers
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 Value.