Math Wise! Over 100 Hands-On Activities that Promote Real Math Understanding, Grades K-8 E-Book

James L. Overholt

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 383

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2010

Beschreibung

A fun, easy-to-implement collection of activities that give elementary and middle-school students a real understanding of key math concepts Math is a difficult and abstract subject for many students, yet teachers need to make sure their students comprehend basic math concepts. This engaging activity book is a resource teachers can use to give students concrete understanding of the math behind the questions on most standardized tests, and includes information that will give students a firm grounding to work with more advanced math concepts. * Contains over 100 activities that address topics like number sense, geometry, computation, problem solving, and logical thinking. * Includes projects and activities that are correlated to National Math Education Standards * Activities are presented in order of difficulty and address different learning styles Math Wise! is a key resource for teachers who want to teach their students the fundamentals that drive math problems.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Jossey-Bass Teacher

Title Page

Copyright Page

About This Resource

Concrete/Manipulative Activities

Visual/Pictorial Activities

Abstract Procedures

A Final Note

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

Suggestions for Using Math Wise!

Silent Math

Section One - Making Sense of Numbers

Chapter 1 - Toothpick Storybooks

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Chapter 2 - Number Combination Noisy Boxes

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Chapter 3 - Everyday Things Numberbooks

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Chapter 4 - Under the Bowl

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Chapter 5 - Cheerios™ and Fruit Loops™ Place Value

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Chapter 6 - Beans and Beansticks

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Chapter 7 - Incredible Expressions

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Chapter 8 - Number Cutouts

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Chapter 9 - Celebrate 100 Days

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Chapter 10 - Paper Plate Fractions

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Chapter 11 - Bean Cups to 1,000

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Chapter 12 - Dot Paper Fractions

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Dot Paper Fraction Problems

More Dot Paper Fraction Problems

Chapter 13 - Fraction Cover-Up or Un-Cover

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Chapter 14 - Post-it™ Mental Math

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Chapter 15 - Calendar Math

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Chapter 16 - Let’s Have Order

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Chapter 17 - Reject a Digit

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Chapter 18 - A Million or More

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Chapter 19 - Smallest and Largest

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Chapter 20 - Numbers to Words to Numbers

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Chapter 21 - Target a Number

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Chapter 22 - Fraction Codes

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A Good Rule

Chapter 23 - Comparing Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

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Chapter 24 - Number Clues

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Number Clue Activity

Chapter 25 - Number Power Walks

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Section Two - Computation Connections

Chapter 26 - Paper Clip Addition Cards

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Chapter 27 - Arm-Lock Computation

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Chapter 28 - Punchy Math

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Chapter 29 - Multiplication Fact Fold-Outs

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Chapter 30 - Ziploc™ Division

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Chapter 31 - Dot Paper Diagrams

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Chapter 32 - File Folder Activities

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Chapter 33 - Beat the Calculator

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Chapter 34 - Floor Number Line Actions

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Chapter 35 - Egg Carton Math

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Egg Carton Probability

Chapter 36 - Cross-Line Multiplication

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Chapter 37 - Highlighting Multiplication

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Chapter 38 - Chalkboard or Tabletop Spinner Games

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Chapter 39 - Skunk

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Chapter 40 - Subtraction Squares

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Chapter 41 - Drawing Fraction Common Denominators

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Chapter 42 - Fraction × and ÷ Diagrams

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Chapter 43 - Decimal Squares

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Chapter 44 - Square Scores

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Chapter 45 - Math Concentration

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