Posts Tagged: concrete to pictorial to abstract

Hands On Math Games with LEGO® Bricks

Want to have fun learning math concepts? You can’t miss with these hands on math games using LEGO® Bricks! While playing this fraction race, players will be using bricks to experience a denominator and a numerator. Those same bricks will help your learner explore fractional parts and equivalent fractions.…

Integers in Math Stations

Integer: a number with no fractional part; includes the counting numbers {1, 2, 3, …}, zero {0}, and the negative of the counting numbers {-1, -2, -3, …} The term integer is not typically used in a secondary student’s everyday life. There’s no shortened version for texting it.…

Fractions: Fun or Fungal?

I began writing this blog post after receiving an email from a teacher who wanted a copy of several of the games I used during a demonstration lesson involving fractional concepts. Not wanting to just give her “fish” I thought about how to give her more.…

What can you hear in your room?

“There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.”     -James Nathan Miller “You were the first person to stop talking at me and give me something I could move in Algebra.…