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Zombies — Think we couldn’t fit zombies into a video on math terms? Ha! You underestimate us! Sometimes students get a problem wrong not because they don’t know the answer but because they don’t understand the question. What is the difference between 210 and 11 ? Well, one is a three-digit number […]

Math Terms with Zombies: Ten-Minute Lesson

January 28, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Mathematics / problem-solving / Teachers by AnnMaria De Mars

giraffe — If Janie had 3 avocados and Frank owns 2 giraffes, how many hippopotamuses does it take to make it rain for 6 days? Do word problems ever make you feel like this? Many students who have no problem with “What is 12 x 4?” get stuck when the question involves […]

Build a model: Ten minutes on problem-solving

January 23, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / Fourth Grade / Mathematics / multiplication / problem-solving by AnnMaria De Mars