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The Math Learning Center Blog

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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 math practice books from The Math Learning Center. Or, click here and start downloading now!
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
Working in pairs and small groups Giving students opportunities to collaborate helps build a strong sense of community in your classroom, and research shows that students learn better when they learn together. Working together gives students the chance to grapple with problems, consider different points of view, and challenge and support each other, all of which contribute to stronger...
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
Asking students questions and inviting them to ask questions of their own can help you discover and address their individual strengths and needs. You can tier questions and problems according to level of challenge, generally progressing from well-rooted, shared understandings toward higher-level work. This allows all students to contribute to the discussion as learning is constructed. Follow-up...
Carrie Baker