While reading a book about fostering literacy, I gained valuable insight into teaching math. Gail Boushey and Joan Moser's book, The Daily 5, emphasizes the importance of explicitly teaching children the behaviors needed for the classroom. Read more ...
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Have you ever considered your goals as a math teacher? I have a longstanding goal: to improve my ability to ask good questions. In Bridges, one way I've improved my questioning strategies is by taking suggestions from the sample dialogue within the Bridges lessons. Read more...
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My first introduction to The Math Learning Center, a little over twenty years ago, began with the district math coach coming in once a week to review the upcoming lessons. As a new third grade teacher, she wanted me to experience the models, strategies and tools that my students were about to encounter. Read more ...
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Like many of you, I grew up believing that math was a solitary endeavor, based largely on my ability to follow a series of steps. In classes, teachers lectured while students sat quietly. When the lecture ended, we bowed our heads over our math books to complete the day's assignment, methodically imitating the moves that our teacher just demonstrated. Read more...
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