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MARCH 2015

  

The "Four Cs"-critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication-are widely recognized as the hallmark of 21st century learning. In reality, I have less than 30 minutes in my first grade teaching day that isn't designated for the three Rs-reading, writing, and arithmetic. Read more ...
  

The Math Learning Center is making updates to all of our free math apps. We've listened to your feedback, and we think you're going to love the new features. So far, we've updated 3 of our 6 apps. Geoboard, Number Rack, and Number Pieces are all ready to download in the Ipad version. Web version updates will follow by April 1.  Read more...
  

Listen to educators long enough, and chances are you'll hear them talk about teaching kids to work and live in the real world: "It's important for students to know how to multiply fractions, so they can use it in real world applications." Read more ...
  

During the school year, our rooms are papered with anchor charts and student work. This is a good thing.
It is every bit as important to have the classroom environment support mathematical literacy as it is to support language literacy. The wealth of visual material records and prompts student thinking. Read more ...

Curriculum Specialists are available via email at MLC Support.  

You may also call 800-575-8130.

 

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