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This ultimate parents' guide to elementary school math features projects, games, and activities children and parents can do together to increase their understanding of basic math concepts. Fun activities such as mapping a child's bedroom for practice in measurements or keeping a diary of numeric items like vacation mileage and expenses reinforce the math skills outlined in each lesson. Using the standards issued by the National Council of Teachers...
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MATH MAGIC revised edition is for all of us who need and want to improve our understanding of math. Flansburg makes math what you may never have imagined it to be: easy and fun.
Scott Flansburg's heartfelt belief is that there are no “mathematical illiterates,” just people who have not learned how to make math work for them. But millions of otherwise successful adults are afraid to balance their checkbooks and don't know how to figure...
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These 80-plus math activities and number games help kids to think critically about math instead of just memorizing rules. The emphasis is on the underlying relationships between numbers and the process of manipulating them. Kids get together and play games with odd and even numbers, prime and composite numbers, factors, divisors, and multiples of numbers, common, and decimal fractions. Children learn the history of numbers finger counting, number...
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"The overall concept of money usually comes easily to young learners who curiously watch the exchange of money for goods from an early age. However, noticing the distinguishing characteristics of different kinds of money, such as coins and paper notes, is a bit trickier. This helpful and engaging book is an excellent companion for those who are learning to discern the different types of coins. It also touches on the valuable skills of sorting and...
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Introducing sophisticated mathematical ideas like fractals and infinity, these hands-on activity books present concepts to children using interactive and comprehensible methods. With intriguing projects that cover a wide range of math content and skills, these are ideal resources for elementary school mathematics enrichment programs, regular classroom instruction, and home-school programs. Reproducible activity sheets lead students through a process...
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"Each grade level's materials will be structured as a single volume for teachers. Each volume will include a collection of mathematical tasks focused on the big mathematical ideas in the grade level that create space for students to engage in (1) visual mathematics, (2) play, and (3) investigation. For each big idea the text will unpack for teachers the big ideas and how to look for student thinking around these ideas to make instructional decisions....
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"The mathematical concept of graphing data sets is introduced while discussing the sport of football. Readers learn to graph and interpret data sets in data tables, bar graphs, picture graphs, and line plots. Concepts include intervals and solving 'how many more or less' bar graph problems. This book features a discover activity, history connection, and mathematical vocabulary introduction"--
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"Technology has the power and potential to support the teaching and learning of math content at all grade levels, but the presence of technology is insufficient unless it's paired with effective teaching practices and meaningful content. This book poses and unpacks the above questions and many more, with detailed classroom examples to illustrate practical strategies for integrating technology in the K-5 math classroom, highlighting opportunities to...
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"This practical guide outlines a vision for online and distance STEM learning at the elementary level, with creative activities based on eight STEM themes. Online and distance learning may sound fairly straightforward. Instead of learning in a classroom setting, students learn at home with the assistance of online resources. But classroom learning does not always translate easily to online settings, particularly at the elementary level where children...
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"Written by a math educator, this innovative book encourages critical thinking and sparks memorable mathematical conversations. You and your child decide what to count on each page. You have many choices, and the longer you look, the more possibilities you'll notice. There are no wrong answers in this book. As long as you're talking about what you see, think, and wonder, you're talking math!"--
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Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem-based learning, direct instruction&with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Mathematics, six acclaimed educators assert it's not about which one�it's about when�and show you how to design high-impact instruction so all students demonstrate more than a year's worth of mathematics learning for a year spent in school. That's a high bar,...
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