tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748665016211866969.post7279256582552646265..comments2022-11-19T20:58:11.158-08:00Comments on Coffee and Graph Paper: Emergency MathH.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00155248585975222332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748665016211866969.post-72431898966288007802008-01-18T15:22:00.000-08:002008-01-18T15:22:00.000-08:00H,Thanks again. I think the way I made it through ...H,<BR/><BR/>Thanks again. I think the way I made it through this week was by looking at people's blogs online to remember that other people in other places are facing similar challenges. It doesn't make it any better that they exist. My department is made up of two first year teachers, so it can be hard to tell what's us, what's the school, and what's normal.<BR/><BR/>I read your post about number lines back in the fall, but it makes so much more sense now than it did then. Having seen work from one of the school's better students where she had to draw a number line to subtract two-digit numbers, I'm now sold on the value of them. <BR/><BR/>Area and perimeter and any geometry in general look crucial. I suspect teachers have focused so much on the arithmetic, anything else is bonus.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, I'll take some time this weekend to figure out what I want to do with this class. Then specific requests will be forthcoming.Sarah Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334790599525148331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748665016211866969.post-25308878900204305122008-01-17T14:56:00.000-08:002008-01-17T14:56:00.000-08:00It would be worthwhile to look at the Hands-On Equ...It would be worthwhile to look at the Hands-On Equations approach for teaching elementary and middle school students how solve algebraic equations,such as 4x + 3 = 3x + 10, and how to apply the methods to solving verbal problems.<BR/><BR/>The students use pawns and number cubes to quickly set up and solve the equations. The Making Algebra Child's Play workshops,held throughout the country, are very helpful in introducing this teaching method.<BR/><BR/>A research study at www.borenson.com shows that 4th, 6th and 8th graders are all equally successful with the first seven lessons of the program.<BR/><BR/>The above website also has a "Verbal Problem of the Week", and it presents the solution using Hands-On Equations.Henry Borenson, Ed.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08802274549861879287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748665016211866969.post-83403334620854593952008-01-16T21:28:00.000-08:002008-01-16T21:28:00.000-08:00Sleep well. It will make you a better teacher :)Sleep well. It will make you a better teacher :)H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00155248585975222332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748665016211866969.post-33487416926997630042008-01-16T21:15:00.000-08:002008-01-16T21:15:00.000-08:00Thanks H! Emergency Math is a perfect title in so ...Thanks H! Emergency Math is a perfect title in so many ways.<BR/><BR/>I had a longish response that got deleted. I think I'm too exhausted to rewrite it tonight. For now thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing some hope to my night.Sarah Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334790599525148331noreply@blogger.com