The Math Learning Center Blog

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Due to the impacts of COVID-19, NCTM decided to cancel its Centennial Annual Meeting and Exposition, which was to be held April 1–4 in Chicago. Instead, NCTM is celebrating the centennial year and supporting the math community by presenting virtual learning activities. Dubbed 100 Days of Professional...

Physical manipulatives are locked away in classrooms, so teachers, students, and families are turning to The Math Learning Center apps to support understanding of visual mathematics in a remote learning environment. Usage of these free virtual manipulatives and models has tripled over the last six weeks. On Friday, May 1, more than 500 educators attended an MLC webinar on how the apps can be used...

UPDATE (4/1/20): We have created Math at Home resources by grade level (PK-5) to help educators, students, and families with this sudden shift to home learning. *********** In recent days, we’ve had a number of conversations with Bridges educators who are preparing for the possibility of school closures due to the COVID-19 virus. These closures would obviously present a major disruption for...

The Number Line app is the latest Math Learning Center app to be updated with the ability to share work between students and teachers. The process is the same as for Number Pieces and Number Rack: Set up your number line to pose a problem, show a strategy, or start a discussion. Select Share in the toolbar. Share the link or 8-digit code with others. Students can open the shared workspace with the...

“The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.” — Georg Cantor In September, The Math Learning Center co-hosted Portland’s first Public Math Day with Two Rivers Bookstore in St. Johns neighborhood. The mission of Public Math Day strongly aligns with MLC’s mission, with the goal to bring opportunities to diverse children and families by engaging and interacting with math in their daily lives...

The Math Learning Center is committed to ensuring that all students have access to high-quality mathematics instruction. As the nation’s population of English learners grows, it’s important to offer instruction that is accessible, culturally responsive, and academically rigorous. This year, we were pleased to collaborate with the English Learners Success Forum (ELSF), an organization dedicated to...

Forefront Math is a third-party company that hosts Bridges assessments, organizes results, and uses clear, intuitive reports to help educators translate information into a powerful catalyst for improving instruction. Using your Bridges in Mathematics and Number Corner assessment results, Forefront paints portraits of learning so you can clearly see how your students are performing. Forefront...

The Math Learning Center recognizes that the context for intervention is very different from the regular classroom setting. To enable educators to configure the Bridges Intervention materials to fit their local needs, schools and districts can buy additional materials without teachers guides. Program components—game boards, spinners, and card decks—can be purchased by box for each of the programs’...

Are you following us Twitter and Pinterest? Our Pinterest board has hundreds of pins on math education, links to free resources, and much more. We have boards dedicated to grade levels as well as math topics. You're bound to find something that you can use right away in your classroom. Teachers everywhere are following us and sharing their experiences using Bridges on Twitter using #BridgesMath...

Join us for an overview presentation for those considering adopting Bridges. Bridges in Mathematics is a clearly articulated PK–5 curriculum offering a unique blend of problem solving and skill building. It equips teachers to fully implement the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in a manner that is rigorous, coherent, engaging, and accessible to all learners. The curriculum focuses on...