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  • NCTM 2012, Philadelphia, Resources April 29, 2012
    Below are a couple links from my talk at NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics — nctm.org) in Philadelphia on April 28, 2012. The Math Forum’s Financial Education Page Video from the Cosby show of Cliff talking to Theo about the cost of living, and another Cosby video about buying used cars. A couple […]
    Valerie

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  • Lessons for Discovering April 24, 2012
    One thing we’re working on in the classrooms I coach in is how lessons might be formatted differently when you’re helping kids learn a new skill vs. having them practice something they know. Lots of classrooms have the warm-up, work on your own/in a group, go over, exit ticket model with very few variations, whether […]
    Max

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  • An Opportunity March 25, 2012
    On Friday, March 16, I had the opportunity to hear John Ewing’s keynote “Who Owns the Common Core Standards?” at this year’s Long Island Mathematics Conference, Limaçon 2012. His message resonated with me for several points that he made: describing the standards as having a focus on the practices as well as understanding mathematics there […]
    Suzanne Alejandre

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  • Fractions to Decimals January 20, 2012
    Cheryl wrote, Do you know of any good activities that are appropriate for 6th graders that help explain/show why you divide the numerator by the denominator to convert a fraction to a decimal? Cheryl, What a great question. And I’ll answer in the most roundabout of ways. We get numbers from counting, measuring and performing operations […]
    Ellen