This February, I led a Number Strings Writers’ Retreat, as part of my role as staff developer at Math in … More
Author: caldwellnicole
Division – Whole number by fraction
During the spring of the 2012-2013 school year Kara Imm and I were working with my 5th graders to help … More
The Power of Strings
I’m embarrassed to say this, I have a vivid memory of around my fourth year of teaching 5th grade and … More
Multiplying fractions: Why context matters
Our fifth grade team was trying to encourage students to use a visual model to represent their thinking when they … More
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