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The Common Core State Standards emphasize the need to make sense of multiplying and dividing fractions: “Students [also] use the meaning of fractions, of multiplication and division, and the relationship between multiplication and division to understand and explain why the procedures for multiplying and dividing fractions make sense.” (CCSS, page 33)
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One of the best investments teachers can make during the first week of school is to touch base with the parent(s) of each child in the class. Call home in the late afternoon, early evening, or over the weekend. Tell parents that you are calling everyone in the class. Introduce yourself as your child’s teacher and add that you are delighted to have their child in your class. When you...
Speak, Write, Reflect, Revise describes a 4-step process for competent problem solving. The approach requires the teacher to facilitate the learning, which empowers students to help themselves and each other. In addition to improved test scores, students learn to articulate their ideas and strategies clearly using appropriate vocabulary. Students help each other in a...
The Standards of Mathematical Practice describe the “processes and proficiencies” that maximize students’ deep and lasting conceptual understanding in mathematics.
The first listed Standard of Mathematical Practice is “Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.” The process of making sense of anything involves (a) evaluating it yourself first; (...
