Today I am back with another post about the book "Good Questions for Math Teaching"! See my first post about measurement with examples and activities by clicking here. This chapter focuses on data and chance. I loved the questions in this chapter because they really instill in the students that there is not just one answer all of the time. Here are my favorite … [Read more...] about Good Questions for Math Teaching {Data and Chance}
Book Club
Math Problem Solving Strategies
Happy Wednesday! I recently read Chapter 4 of the book, What's your Math Problem? and this was my favorite chapter so far. This chapter is all about the students using math problem solving strategies to get themselves organized before or while they are solving a problem. The math problem solving strategies discussed in this chapter are: Look for a Pattern … [Read more...] about Math Problem Solving Strategies
Common Core Reading: Teaching Story Elements
I am back with post #3 for the Reading Literature Standards Chapter of my book club! This post will discuss Key Ideas and Details Standard 3 (RL.3.3, RL.4.3, RL.5.3) which focuses on teaching story elements. The post about Standard 1 can be found here and Standard 2 can be found here. Make sure you head over to those to grab the free printables for those … [Read more...] about Common Core Reading: Teaching Story Elements
Making Inferences Freebies
I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! As I mentioned in my last post, I joined another Book Club this summer and we are reading Teaching with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts. This chapter focuses on RL.1 which is about making inferences and using evidence to support those inferences. Check out post for RL.2 by clicking here and RL.3 clicking here. … [Read more...] about Making Inferences Freebies