This post continues the series on teaching students who struggle in math and focuses on the importance of mathematical language. For most teachers this is an obvious part of the process, but I'd be remiss to leave it out. Mathematical language is academic language that

There is definitely an art and science to teaching elementary math. Despite what you may read or hear, there is also no one right way to teach math. Far too often experts support an all-or-nothing approach. However, those of us in the classroom realize that our students have

I love teaching area and perimeter. There are so many ways to make the lessons engaging and relevant to students. This post if full of ideas for teaching area and perimeter. These lessons were created for my fourth grade class but can be adapted to any grade level. If you want

This project-based learning activity began as a single lesson that was so well received by students that I added an extra part, and then another. Eventually, it turned into a full-fledged math project. The premise of the math project is that students are planning to open a

After teaching place value and rounding, my next math unit is multi-digit multiplication. Since time is always a concern, I jump into this unit and pick up right where I left off with my previous unit. You can read more about my place value lesson plans and instruction

Math games are a great way to increase student engagement and to give students an opportunity to apply newly learned math skills. Even though there are many games to choose from, it's often challenging to find exactly what I'm looking for in a game. I try to avoid games that are

After this school year there are more than a few phrases I hope to never hear again. Learning loss is definitely on that list. I'm still not sure how we can lose something if we never had it. Can you really lose learning? I've been searching for preliminary data from the