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Number Strings

a community for number string design

  • Strings by topic
    • addition strings
    • subtraction strings
    • multiplication strings
    • division strings
    • rational number strings
    • algebra
  • What is a number string?
  • Resources
    • Books
    • The development of models
    • Two short articles on number strings
  • About

Category: teaching in inclusive classrooms

Differentiating Number Strings: The BandAid Problems

How do you plan a number string for a group of learners who are working on very different skills in … More

Female teacher standing at a whiteboard. Students are sitting in front of her. Math equations on the board.

Video: Division on the open number line in fourth grade

doubling, money, multiplication, open number line
Image of teacher-made classroom sign which says Alisha's strategy for multiplication, break up the numbers, 8 times 12, 8 times 10 equals 80, 8 times 2 equals 16, 80 plus 16 equals 96, then shows an array model of that equation.

30 ways to make number strings more inclusive

As a teacher in inclusive settings, number strings were a critical part of my daily mathematical work.  Routines are highly … More

String Designers

  • 20minutejava
  • abatie
  • caldwellnicole
  • jdibrienza
  • Janice
  • jmhmath
  • Kara Imm
  • Rachel Lambert
  • raquelgoya
  • sglassco

Contact Information

Find Rachel at mathematizing4all@gmail.com Find Kara at karaimm@gmail.com

Recent Posts

  • Redesigning math communities for distance learning
  • Keeping our math communities humming
  • Learning to “trust the ten”—Developing a community of first grade mathematicians
  • Jenna Laib’s Blog: Daysha at the Board: Assigning Competence
  • Prime Climb Number String
  • Strings by topic
    • addition strings
    • subtraction strings
    • multiplication strings
    • division strings
    • rational number strings
    • algebra
  • What is a number string?
  • Resources
    • Books
    • The development of models
    • Two short articles on number strings
  • About

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Top Posts & Pages

  • What is a number string?
  • Number string structure and design
  • Learning to "trust the ten"—Developing a community of first grade mathematicians
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  • Differentiating Number Strings: The BandAid Problems
  • Video: Division on the open number line in fourth grade
  • Trusting the digits: Developing place value understanding
  • Strings
  • Life beyond the algorithm: Division of decimals
  • Feet, inches and yards: Conversions on a ratio table
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