Content Format: Video
Math-related resources and free stuff for teachers.
Series: Focus on the Lesson
Shoe Graph
December 17, 2014
In this video, students brainstorm ways to sort their shoes. Later, they graphically organize the data from the sets they created.
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Graphing, Shoes, Seasonal, Books, Whose Shoes?, Stephen R. Swinburne
Series: About Early Math November 10, 2014
Reflections on Early Childhood Learning at 2014 NAEYC Conference
This video reveals some of the major concepts discussed at the 2014 NAEYC Conference.
- Tags NAEYC
Series: About Early Math November 10, 2014
Math Ideas Abound at 2014 NAEYC Conference
"For too many adults, math is like this dirty diaper that we hold away or get rid of as quickly as possible."
- Tags NAEYC
Series: Focus on the Child November 3, 2014
Composing Shapes through Gesture with Child 10
This pre-k English Language Learner uses gesture to articulate math ideas while putting together a shape puzzle.
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags English Language Learner, Gesture, Correction, Child 10, Grit
Series: Hear from the Experts October 31, 2014
Got Grit? Angela Lee Duckworth on Educational Perseverance
In this TED Talk, you’ll hear from Angela Lee Duckworth, the psychologist who coined the term "grit." She discusses her research and offers some brief ideas on how to motivate kids to be gritty.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Correction, Grit
Series: Hear from the Experts October 15, 2014
Making Sense of Mathematics
When teaching students math, we often do so in a way that doesn't help them make sense of the subject. We teach the steps to take to get an answer, rather helping them understand why…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
- Tags Phil Daro, Common Core, CCSS
Series: Hear from the Experts October 15, 2014
Learning Progressions in Math Go in Different Directions
While many believe that students learn math on a straight-forward, linear path, they actually pull ideas from many different sources when completing a problem. The challenge for the teacher, then, is to take these students,…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
- Tags Phil Daro, Common Core, CCSS
Series: Hear from the Experts October 15, 2014
A Broken Curriculum: Math Education in United States
Phil Daro explains that the main cause behind the United States' lagging academic performance, particularly in math education, is not the students, the teachers, or the schools, but rather the curriculum, specifically in its attempt…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
- Tags Phil Daro, Common Core, CCSS
Series: Video from Others September 29, 2014
How to Use a Rekenrek
The video gives a great overview of how to use a rekenrek. It also provides a few specific examples of problems that you could give to your students.
- Topic: Number Sense, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Subitizing, Rekenrek
Series: Focus on the Lesson June 20, 2014
Walk with Rosie
In this video, students explore spatial relationships by describing and traversing an obstacle course, then making a map of it.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Play, Rosie's Walk, Pat Hutchins, Books, Mapping, English Language Learner