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MLC will showcase our new edition of Bridges in Mathematics as well as our growing collection of free virtual manipulatives at the NCTM regional conference November 6-8 in Louisville, Kentucky. On Friday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 Pia Hansen, director of professional development, will present an Introduction to Bridges Second Edition. We hope all who attend will join us to learn more about work...
Jami Smith
Here are some of the districts that have adopted Number Corner Second Edition this past month: Moses Lake School District, Moses Lake, WA Umatilla School District, Umatilla, OR For more Bridges Second Edition adoptions, check out our pinterest board. Jami Smith is a graphic designer and social media manager for MLC.
Jami Smith
We were thrilled to find these examples of students using the Number Pieces App in the classroom! Thank you for sharing! Download the Number Pieces App. Jami Smith is a graphic designer and social media manager for MLC.
Jami Smith
Here are some of the districts that have adopted Bridges Second Edition this past month: Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District, Hubbard, IA Westside School, Seattle, WA St. Matthew Catholic School, Hillsboro, OR Yoncalla School District, Yoncalla, OR North Marion School District, Aurora, OR Escuela Bilingue Internacional, Oakland, CA* Robinson School, Starksboro, VT For more Bridges Second...
Jami Smith
MLC collaborated with the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) to establish a scholarship fund for elementary math specialists.  "There is a growing consensus regarding the importance of math specialists at the elementary level" said Rick Ludeman, MLC President. "We were inspired to create this scholarship fund by a column on the topic written by J. Michael Shaughnessy during his...
Jami Smith
Watch this short video to learn more about free downloadable lesson plans and student activities available from The Math Learning Center. Or, click here and start downloading now!
Jami Smith
Here are some of the districts that have adopted Bridges Second Edition this month: Black Pine Circle School, Berkeley, CA Rochester School, Rochester, VT Global Community Charter School, New York, NY Mosier Community School, Mosier, OR Milton-Freewater Unified School District, Milton-Freewater, OR* Northbrook Glenview School District, Northbrook, IL* For more Bridges Second Edition adoptions...
Jami Smith
Computational fluency means more than quickly producing correct answers. It requires conceptual understanding and is exhibited through efficiency, accuracy, and flexibility. As you guide your students to mathematical fluency, you will give them many opportunities to construct relationships among numbers to make sense of basic facts and be able to retrieve them. Students who attain fluency with...
Hannah Chandler
The Common Core State Standards identify eight mathematical practices that characterize the ways in which mathematically proficient students engage with mathematics. The content standards describe what students are doing in mathematics, and the practices describe how they are doing it. For many teachers, these practices represent a dramatic shift in how their students are expected to learn and...
Martha Ruttle
Here are some of the districts that have adopted Bridges Second Edition this month: Crossroads Charter Academy, Big Rapids, MI Addison Central Supervisory Union, Middlebury, VT Avon Grove School District, West Grove, PA Washington County Public Schools, Hagerstown, MD* Inchelium School District, Inchelium, WA Dufur School District, Dufur, OR Orange Southwest Supervisory Union, Braintree, VT...
Jami Smith