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Numeracy Practice with the Number of the Day
Inspired by numeracy presentations by Conroe ISD teachers and Flip Flop Math at the recent CAMT conference, I have created my own Number of the Day Worksheet and mini Hundreds Chart. I started using a...
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The New Way of Subtracting – Crushing a Facebook Meme
“Oh – I see what they’re doing,” I thought to myself after spending 20 seconds looking at the latest bash-the-common-core meme: The “new way” is really the old fashioned way of giving change, before we...
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Even and Odd Numbers – Basic, but Not Easy to Learn
You know about even and odd numbers, right? I was visiting with my sister yesterday and she was excited that her 8 year old son had finally grasped the idea. “I know, it’s a pretty basic concept, “ she...
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How to Tell the Difference between 0.3 and 0.33 – Visually
A student was working on this problem the other day: Find the volume of a cone with radius 2.5 units and height 5 units. Of course we all remember the formula as So she plugged in her numbers and got...
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Indian Corn Craft with Fractions, Decimals and Percent Practice!
I found this awesome activity on fractions, decimals and percents a few months ago that was perfect for understanding, well… fractions, decimals and percents! Last night, browsing pinterest, I got the...
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New Year Predictions Based on Variations of the Number 2015
Happy New Year! It’s 2015 and to celebrate I’m going to use variations of 2015 to make predictions. It might get weird up in here. So put on your seat belts and keep your arms and legs inside the ride...
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Introducing the Neato Numbers
This is the first in the Neato Numbers series. Each post in the Neato Numbers Series will be about another number. Yes – it’s technically an infinite series. Each number will get a list that includes...
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