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Try these real-life math problems with solutions in your classroom, which are open-ended projects with a range of possible answers.
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Listen to Method to the Mathness, a podcast made for math educators everywhere.
Jennifer Lenhardt
Lead Instructional Designer, HMH Professional Services
Nikki La Londe
Breaking numbers apart in math can have many mathematical meanings. See how to break numbers apart using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Alyssa Fuller
Math Intervention Teacher; Learning Experience Designer, HMH
Velnetta Runyon’s goal is to show students not to be afraid of math. She ensures that her middle schoolers are believed in and are pushed to their fullest potential. In this episode, see how she teaches perseverance from the first day of school.
Christine Condon
Shaped Editor-in-Chief
Try these fall activities for elementary students in your classroom that put a twist on common fall themes.
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Find out the solution to "is 2/3 more than 1/2?" along with an investigation into why and when the solution can change.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
These strategies provide differentiated math instruction to K-12 teachers looking for ways to personalize their mathematics teaching.
Ellen Ullman
Shaped Contributor
Try these back-to-school getting-to-know-you activities to help students discover more about their classmates on the first day of class.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
These math icebreakers are games and activities that span all grades to help math teachers get students practicing math while getting to know one another.
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Who is doing the work and overcoming obstacles in order to develop math muscles?
Jennifer Lenhardt
Lead Instructional Designer, HMH Professional Services
Get step-by-step instructions on how to elicit thoughtful questions and responses to tasks that ask students to estimate length.
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In this hands-on “Guess My Number Math Game” activity for students in kindergarten and up, students can thrill and awe their peers with a mathematical magic trick.
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Students will learn how to represent multiplication of fractions by drawing visual models, analyzing hypothetical examples of student work, and creating equations.
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Actionable math feedback examples for students that promotes a growth mindset
Dr. Sue Chapman
Professional Learning Consultant, Heinemann
Estimate the Volume of a Rectangular Prism in this activity from HMH's Into Math.
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Try a factor game to practice finding factors and getting practice with multiplication.
Nicole Kirksey
In order to teach math well, teachers need a specialized type of knowledge called mathematical knowledge for teaching.
Dr. Sue Chapman
Professional Learning Consultant, Heinemann
This article discusses different math formative assessment examples to informs both your teaching and your students' learning.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
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