Offers inspiring, practical, classroom-tested ideas for helping students learn mathematics through problem solving.

Offers practical, classroom-tested ideas for helping students learn mathematics through problem solving.

This is a collection of intriguing mathematical problems and activities arising from our everyday experience.

Here are more than 100 motivating activities, games, puzzles, and story problems that reinforce key math skills. Illustrations.

Humorously Uncovers the Reasons Behind Math's Dreadful Reputation and Shows us How we Can Help Prevent Our Own Children From Adopting Similar Phobic Attitudes

How is that you can walk into a classroom and gain an overall sense of the quality of math instruction taking place there? What contributes to getting that sense? In Math Sense, wuthor Christine Moynihan explores some of the components that comprise the look, sound, and feel of effective teaching and learning. Does the landscape of the classroom feature such items as student work samples, a math literature collection, and a number line? Do the lessons include wait time, checks for understanding, and written feedback? Do you feel a spirit of collaboration, risk taking, and a sense of pride? In Math Sense, Moynihan provides a series of self-assessment rubrics to help you identify the earmarks of a vibrant mathematics community that will help inform and refine your practice. This practical guide offers a road map for taking stock of your teaching and building a stronger mathematics classroom environment for you and your students.

Teach young learners how to collect, organize, record, and analyze data across the curriculum with this collection of interactive mini-books. Guiding questions prompt students as they gather information and explore key science, math, and social studies concepts such as living things, measurement, neighborhood and community, and more! And with repeated opportunities to read and write, students also boost essential literacy skills. For use with Grades K- 2.