Bridges e-News
JANUARY 2014


        
  

In Kappan Magazine (Oct. 2013), Professor Valerie Faulkner explains Why the Common Core Changes Math Instruction. Her detailed list proposes how many old math teaching habits must be replaced by new ones. Read more...
  

While preparing to teach a fifth grade fraction lesson, I ran across a photo on Pinterest that inspired me to try a little paper plate math. Read more...
  

First grade teachers preparing for Unit 4 may want to investigate an online app in which animated penguins demonstrate addition and subtraction facts to twenty. The app, one of fifteen interactive math teaching resources on Visnos, connects the visual model of the penguins with the number fact or equation. Read more...
  

Trevor entered my 5th grade math class this year feeling less than confident about his math skills. His mom told me that they reached a block last year when he tried--and failed--to memorize multiplication facts. Down on himself, his mom finally told me that he said he was stupid at math. Read more...
  
More from MLC
 

Watch a short video on how to download and use the new Number Line App. 

 

Learn more about our donation programs for Number Corner and Math and the Mind's Eye.

 

Interested in participating in a guided math seminar?  Here are the dates and locations for February.

 

Curriculum Specialists are available via email at MLC Support.  

You may also call 800-575-8130.

 

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