Most upper elementary teachers notice a lack of number sense in their students, and that lack of number sense makes high levels of math extremely difficult for children. We've all seen the blank stares when students are not able to grasp or connect to the concept we're teaching.
Teaching Number Sense Through Math Warm-Ups
Last year, I wrote a blog post solely dedicated to teaching number sense. That post shares a more general overview of what number sense is and why it's important. This post moves directly into ways to improve students' number sense. I've shared some of my favorite ways to use
5 Strategies for Developing Number Sense
Many upper elementary teachers notice a severe lack of number sense in their students, and that makes high levels of math extremely difficult for students. Number sense refers to "a well organized conceptual framework of number information that enables a person to understand
