The Math Learning Center Blog

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...

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...

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...

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...

Creating an environment that supports risk taking In a collaborative classroom, students share their work, think aloud, ask questions, and work together. For this sharing and collaboration to be effective, they must feel comfortable taking risks and making mistakes. You can help students understand that mistakes are a very valuable part of the learning process and that working through mistakes and...

Here are some of the districts that have adopted Bridges Second Edition this month: Chittenden South Supervisory Union , Shelburne, VT Cartersville City School System , Cartersville, GA Near West Intergenerational School , Cleveland, OH Gervais School District , Gervais, OR Madison Public Schools , Madison, CT Milton School District , Milton, WI Bannockburn School District , Bannockburn, IL White...

Just as your students have different learning styles, intelligence strengths, preferred tools, and ways to express themselves, they also have preferences about social interaction. All of these preferences can powerfully affect learning. Many students enjoy games and collaborative investigations. Some relish whole-group debates and thrive on the lively exchange that emerges in classroom discussions...

Here are some of the districts that have adopted Bridges Second Edition this month: Unalaska City School District , Unalaska, AK Bedford Public Schools , Bedford, MA DeSoto Parish School System , Mansfield, LA Fowlerville Community Schools , Fowlerville, MI White Pass School District , Randle, WA Wai’alae Elementary Public Charter School, Honolulu, HI Jami Smith is a graphic designer and social...

The new and improved Free Products page in our online catalog features a fresh look, new category descriptions, and additional products. The newly created Lessons & Activities categories contain over 150 individual Bridges supplement sets as well as grade level correlations to the Common Core State Standards. These teacher materials and worksheets that can be used with any curriculum. In addition...

Weld County School District RE-4 in Windsor, Colorado has adopted Bridges Second Edition. Range View Elementary principal Dan Seegmiller has been a big fan of Bridges since his school adopted the first edition in 2010. The success of students at Range View prompted the district to consider Bridges Second Edition when it came time to chose a new elementary math curriculum. Rick Ludeman is president...