Back in January (yes, I’m back logged a few months) I did a professional development for 4 – 6th grade teachers. I was asked about presenting something that could help with the ever-looming testing in the spring. My purpose was to introduce them to the strategy of Notice & Wonder while showing them what a numberless word problem was. …
Cents clothesline
Recently, I was invited into a 2nd grade classroom to work on money (2.MD.8 Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately). The teacher wanted to try out something new to go along with this standard. My suggestion was to try out the clothesline. Let’s see if students could put …
What’s a Shape?
Back in February, I came across a blog post from Telanna about shapes. She saw a Twitter post from Sarah Caban asking a simplistic question. How would you define the word “shape”? Not wanting to miss out on the bandwagon, I decided to jump in. Considering that I have access to such a grade span, I patiently waited for the right time …