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Q6. I know having my own children in my school it helps to see how/what they are taught. Knowing what they have done when helps me make the connections. Vertical Alignment would also be beneficial.

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Q6. I know having my own children in my school it helps to see how/what they are taught. Knowing what they have done when helps me make the connections. Vertical Alignment would also be beneficial.

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A5b. It's so interesting that students or even people don't see that connection between these two.

With this I might even add, 2.5+.5 is 3, 3+2.2 is 5.2. I could see for some students make whole numbers here might seem easier.

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I would hope students would either see 25+25+2, or at least 20+20+12

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@Scoothie_Math Thingiverse has almost anything you could be looking for. The base 10 cubes that I needed.
https://t.co/WoMW0zmT7J

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Having 3D printers, also makes it handy to print manipulatives that you need but don't have. #ElemMathChat

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I use single base 10 blocks when starting to solve simple equations with variables on both side. Cups represent an unknown amount of blocks, and the blocks represent 1. Taking cups or blocks off each side of the equation makes more sense visually. #ElemMathChat

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My mistake A3.

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Q3. In working with a student who is a recent immigrant with little formal education and language barriers, we have found base 10 blocks have been very helpful in helping represent the operations visually. #ElemMathChat

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A2: I would say Cardinality is definitely related, understanding how many out of a certain set of objects/numbers. The skill is still similar 5 objects, so we are looking at 5ths.

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@Scoothie_Math @gfletchy I like your idea of anchors. Even older students would benefit from understanding this concept when doing mental math. How much to the next anchor, how much more/less than that.

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A1: As a middle school teacher, I feel it's important that students at that level understand place value. There are many students that doing mathematical operations completely miss the meaning of what they are really doing.

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A1: As a middle school teacher, I feel it's important that students at that level understand place value. There are many students that doing mathematical operations completely miss the meaning of what they are really doing.

[Andrew Ford @Apuzzlebuster]

Hello, Andrew from Maine Middle School Math/Science Teacher.
Graduate program in Instructional Technology.

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@jdeinhammer @MrsTLeon Thank you for all the great ideas at this summers UMaine Tech Institute.

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A5: Perfection is the enemy of done! You don’t have to be an expert to try new things! Learn WITH your kids and make mistakes with them too! Show them it’s ok to not know and keep exploring! Adventure is out there! #AppleEDUchat