In this episode we trace the development of multiplication skills from second grade to sixth grade, including skip counting, models, algorithms, and decimal multiplication.
Ep 3: Management Vs. Looking for the Math
In this episode we reflect on a Lesson Study project about the order of operations, decimal multiplication, and the importance of listening for students' mathematical ideas during tasks.
Original Order of Operations Task
Order of Operations Task Edited
Visibly Random Grouping Blogpost
Ep 2: My Mom Took All the Snickers
This episode addresses big ideas in division, finding the mean when there's a remainder, and numberless word problems.
Partitive & Quotitive Division
Student Work For Finding Mean (34 ÷ 5)
Long Division With Subtraction Algorithm
Number Pieces Online Base 10 Blocks
Subtractive Division Student Work
Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You’d Had
Ep 1: Don't Kill the Chicken
This week Ruth taught decimal place value and rounding, and Tracy taught division. What’s next?!
Concrete, Representational, Abstract assessment for division
Division student work & Google forms
Model Decimals with Base 10 Blocks
Ep 0: Math Before Breakfast Trailer
Welcome to Math Before Breakfast. We share how we met, a little bit of our teaching background, and the purpose of this podcast.