Highly Capable Coordinator, P-5 Math Intervention TOSA, NBCT, reader, speaker, wife & mom, passionate about student driven learning and growing through my PLN!
Former #HawaiiMVB OH Cole Ottmar gets the start on the pin for GCU and hits .417 (12 kills, 2 hitting errors on 24 swings), has 5 digs and 3 blocks in the 3-1 win
I'm a big fan of numberless word problems because they force students to think rather than mindlessly compute. @bstockus shares lots of free problems for elementary teachers here: https://t.co/7KtyLGPgTU #MTBoS#iteachmath
Friendly reminder-
Just because the curriculum is neatly packaged, doesn't mean that teaching and learning needs to be.
(There's a real messiness to maths, and that's ok.)
We need to talk about why students forget so much of what they learn.
Endless exercises, worked examples & precise definitions aren't enough.
So, what’s missing?
REASONING
It's the glue that holds maths learning together.
Here are 5 strategies I've found invaluable for Ss-