Full Description
"The activities can be used to help students understand the reason for the algorithms. Students should not just learn 'how,' but also 'why.'"
—Carrie Chiappetta, Math Teacher
Magnet Middle School, Stamford, CT
"This is a much needed resource book for both inservice and preservice teachers."
—Helen Melvin, Second-Grade Teacher
Dr. Levesque School Elementary School, Fort Kent, ME
Creative, ready-to-use classroom activities for teaching essential math concepts!
Not all educators feel comfortable teaching math, yet it is critical for all students to gain a solid foundation of mathematical understanding in grades K-8. Written by a national consultant in mathematics instruction and assessment, this resource helps educators gain the confidence they need to teach math in creative and engaging ways.
Teaching Essential Mathematics, Grades K-8 provides teachers with an overview of the key mathematics concepts students need to acquire and includes hands-on activities and clear examples to help students learn these concepts in depth. The classroom-ready activities and calculator exercises are organized according to the NCTM content standards, and each activity is directly aligned with specific benchmarks. The material also features:
Suggestions for incorporating cooperative learning into mathematics instruction
A comprehensive glossary of mathematical terms to broaden educators' subject knowledge
Reproducible blackline masters that can be used with students immediately
Both new and veteran teachers can leverage this book's many rich examples and student-centered learning tasks to re-energize their instruction and renew students' enthusiasm.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Number and Operations
Overview
A Case for "Why?"
Calculator Application: Multiplying Fractions
Double Take
GCF and LCM
Make It With an Abacus
2. Algebra
Overview
Catch the Beat
Growing Patterns
Mathemagic
Divide and Conquer
Raising the Stakes
3. Geometry
Overview
Make Figures "Happen"
Hands-On Shapes
Guess My Pattern
Crazy Quilts
Fold It Right There!
4. Measurement
Overview
How So?
Calculator Application: Finding the Measures of the Two Acute Angles of a Right Triangle
I Scream . . . You Scream . . .
How They Stack Up
Calculator Application: Surface Area of a Rectangular Solid
5. Data Analysis and Probability
Even the Odds
Overview
Calculator Application: Determining the Sum of Two Randomly Selected Numbers as Odd or Even
Read More About It!
Living Graphs
Fire and Ice
Games of Chance
Appendix: Worksheet Blackline Masters
Glossary
References
Index
