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. …
Divided Hearts – a 3 act
Yes. MORE HEARTS! In my research, I hadn’t come upon a 3 act lesson in which the students had to divide. My 4th grade teachers wanted to see what a division 3 act lesson would look like, so I created one. This lesson also helped me in learning how to use more features on the iMovie application. I ran …
Division in 4th grade
We have been on spring break this past week, however I had a hankering to write about other previous experiences in classrooms. Back in January, I had been asked to help with division in a 4th grade classroom. She wanted a fun activity to help the students. I introduced the class to a game I called Division War. With the help …
Clothesline Fractions
Fractions is one of the “F” words in math. (The other is functions, but I’m not working with that grade level). Whenever these two words are said, teachers usually groan with frustration (that other F word). Understood because both can be hard to understand for students. Part of my job is to turn that frustration into FUN! Third grade has …
Share your thinking!!!
I love it when my teachers take an idea and run with it. Not only did a teacher run with it, but added even more to a suggestion. And that’s what I saw today. One 4th grade teacher that I’ve been coaching (Mrs. P) had asked me to work with her on number talks. She had wanted me to …