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The Ultimate Puzzle Book for Kids

Picture it, Dallas, 1986… going into Toys ‘R Us for a reward with my parents and being the child who was always wanting to learn more, I picked up workbooks and many a puzzle book over being able to get toys. No matter where we went if I was able

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Are you looking for ways to help your students choose the right "tool" to solve problems in your classroom? Having an arsenal of different tools and strategies is important when students are problem solving and I'm here to help you build just that.

Selecting Tools to Solve Problems

In the newly adopted Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standard 1c for each grade level states, “The student is expected to select tools, including real objects, manipulatives, paper and pencil, and technology as appropriate, and techniques, including mental math, estimation, and number sense as appropriate, to solve problems.” And this standard

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Deductive Reasoning skills allows problem solvers to think further and become the student who asks WHY!

Analyzing Relationships in Math

Within the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) new standards have arisen to promote the communication of math skills. Common Core Math Practice Standard 3 states, “Students should construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others,” and Standard 8 states, “Students should look for and

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Practical Problems Solving involves more than just working on problems. Being an effective communicator of mathematical ideas allows students to make connections of mathematical skills and concepts.

Practical Problem Solving – Communicating Mathematical Ideas

Within the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) new standards have arisen to promote the communication of math skills. Common Core Math Practice Standard 3 states, “Students should construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others,” while the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Math

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Problem Solving – Why Is it Important?

Each school year we start with a new group of students and with that new crew we start fresh with working on problem solving in our math classes. I don’t know about you but over the summer it seems as if most of my students always forgot what they had

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Math in Real Life during Thanksgiving

It’s the first Wednesday of December which means it’s time for our monthly linky – Math IS Real Life!! If you want to see how the linky works, or just want other real world math ideas, check out our Pinterest Board of all the posts so that you can look

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Bundles of Savings through April 29th

The end of the school year is starting to arrive for many of us as every time I open Instagram or Facebook I see teachers who are counting down in some way (mostly counting the Mondays remaining). During this time of the year students are antsy and they want to

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Filling Students Gaps while at Home

When students leave out your classroom door for the day you as a teacher have little control over what they do until they come back to your classroom the next day. How can we help guide students (and parents) to use that time wisely to help fill in gaps that

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Filling Students Gaps in Math while At School

Last week was all about Changing the Thinking of Students in Math as well as Finding the Gaps to Fill In to strengthen their learning in Math. As we continue to proceed through the series I want to take some time to talk about filling those gaps at school (today)

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Finding Gaps to Fill in Math

When I wrote the original post about Changing Students Thinking About Math, I never realized the feedback that I would get. Not only did I receive comments but also had emails and people asking me questions on my Facebook Fan Page. Wow, I hit a topic that people wanted more

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Changing Students Thinking About Math

How often do you hear from students, “I just don’t understand math.” Or even more, how often do you hear from a parent, “I never got math so Trevor doesn’t either.” I can’t even begin to count in my years of teaching the number of times I heard this. When

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Preparing and Using Task Cards in Middle School

First of all, preparing any activities is always better when you have a latte in hand! After speaking with a group of teachers recently about the benefits of task cards in the classroom, I realized that not all teachers use them the same way. I started using them where each

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