• A great resource I have found to apply mathematical thinking is The Stock Market Game. http://www.stockmarketgame.org They have lessons to help you and your students understand stocks and all the math that goes along with it. They even break it down to grade levels 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12. If you are looking for an authentic way to analyze data or practice…Read More

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  • Here’s a video of my first graders using Fact Families to learn about the commutative property of addition and subtraction.

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  • A video of my first graders discovering all the ways to make 10 using 2-sided counters.

  • Students worked with a partner and chose from three cookie recipes. They chose the cookie that wanted to make. They had directions to follow: go shopping for the ingredients, calculate the amount of each ingredient they would need, and how much they would cost to make. We plan a culminating event where students actually bring in their cookie,…Read More

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    • I also collaborated with our talented and gifted teacher during this project. We will work together on the culminating event also.

    • After choosing their recipe, students needed to calculate the total of each ingredient they needed.
      5.NF.1-Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators.
      5.NF.2-Solve…Read More

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