Playlist: Bookmarks
From Frantic Questions to Sensible Sequence
For TeachersWhy was I asking five, unrelated, low-level questions in a row?
How Many Ways: Fraction Subtraction 234
How many different ways can you make this fraction subtraction statement true using only the digits one through nine?
How Many Ways: Fraction Addition 234
How many different ways can you make this fraction addition statement true using only the digits one through nine?
How Many Ways: Fraction Subtraction Equals 1/2
How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits zero through nine?
Fractions: Decompose and Recompose
What if we took a fraction apart, then took those pieces apart, then recombined them, and then recombined those, arriving back to the original fraction?
SCAMPER: Scaffolding Creativity
Asking students to “think creatively” won’t get you far. They won’t know how to start, they’ll get stuck with simple ideas, or they’ll just go completely wild. SCAMPER is a tool for scaffolding the process of creativity.
How Many Ways: Fraction Equivalence
How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits one through nine?
Visualizing Fraction Multiplication
What does it look like to multiply fractions?
A Grid-Based Fraction Project
You’ve got 60 spaces on a grid to create an amusement park, a house, a farm, or whatever you’d like. Divide it into seven pieces, order it by size, combine into two halves, and more in this fraction project.