Archive for March, 2008
Proportions
According to A Maths Dictionary for Kids 2008 a proportion can be defined as:
-a part to whole comparison
-the equality of two ratios, written [...]
Opening Day
Close your eyes and inhale. Can you smell the earthiness of the field, the leather of the glove? Yes it is here again, Opening Day-When Time Begins. Baseball is still the national pastime. And what better way to celebrate, the Mets and the best pitcher in baseball open up with a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Choices
Our choices to teach can be
A. N
B. C
C. L
D. B
or a response to student needs and interests.
Which do you think he is involved in?
Hi-Ho-Hi-Ho it’s off to grade tests I go…
I will be spending the next three school days grading N.Y.S. Mathematics Exams. Tomorrow is fourth grade, then fifth and on Tuesday sixth. Time well spent?!?!?! For the students sake, I hope every student hits a home-run. But in the end, it was, is, and will continue [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Diigo-Bookmarking and a whole lot more
Let me start off by saying that I have been using del.icio.us for some time now as my bookmarking tool. It is functional and it serves me well. Recently I discovered Diigo which has a lot more features available to the user. Wow is what I have to say right off the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The 2.0 Riptide
Web 2.0. I get it (I think). Our students are using it outside of school. We need it inside our schools. The question is how. I was reading the blog post, The Embedded Practitioner, from the blog “blog of proximal development” by Konrad Glogowski. He posed three questions that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Now That is Funny
Found this at Teaching College Math. It makes you laugh and think.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Distributive Property
Students should have a deep understanding of the distributive property. By understanding the distributive property, students will be able to manipulate the traditional algorithm and understand what is happening when using it.
The distributive property states:
When a number is multiplied by the sum of two other numbers, the first number can be handed out or [...]
81 Addition Pairs
I am working on a presentation for next week on a mathematics intervention program called Knowing Mathematics and I was thinking about the “Across-10 facts.” If students leave first grade not knowing these facts because they have not internalized them at that time do we just repeat the same procedure next year and the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Solving 2-Step Equations
(Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com and free-clipart.net.)
It has got to be about the order of operations. Otherwise it will not work. Does that apply to all situations?
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