Bear with me as this is a huge, semester-long work in progress!
Resource Books
- Grandfather Tang’s Story
- About tangrams
- The Button Box
- Sorting/Classifying
- How Many Snails?
- Counting
- Each Orange Has 8 Slices
- Counting
- How Many Feet In Bed?
- Addition/Doubles
- One Hundred Hungry Ants
- Division
- How Many Feet In Bed?
- Addition/Doubles
- Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday
- About decimals
- The Wonderful World of Mathematics
- Lists children’s literature books under categories
- Mathematics Their Way
- Great Ways to Differentiate Math Instruction
Articles
All of these articles are featured in National Council of Teacher’s of Mathematics magazines. Some of them are easily found by doing a simple search on Google. I’ll post links if I’ve found them on other websites!
Balancing Act: The Truth Behind the Equals Sign by Rebecca Mann
This article is about is about the misconceptions student’s have when using the equals sign and a lesson that teachers can use in the classroom to give students the foundation for an accurate conceptions of equivalency. (http://www.math.wisc.edu/~skubak/132fall2011/MannEquality.pdf)
Isn’t That Interesting! by Larry Buschman
When children solve problems in ways that make sense to them instead of practicing procedures that they have been taught, things can become messy both mathematically and socially. This article examines some of the challenges that teachers and children face when a problem-solving approach is used for mathematics instruction. Additionally, examples are included that demonstrate how mathematical problems can be challenging for both children and teachers in some unexpected ways.
Building Responsibility for Learning in Students with Special Needs by Karen Karp & Philip Howell
This article includes ways that elementary school teachers can help students with special needs build responsibility for their own mathematical learning. It also includes practical classroom applications for teachers of special needs students. (http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/mit2005/2Winter/SpecialNeeds/ariticle1.pdf)
Strategies for Advancing Children’s Mathematical Thinking by Judith Fraivillig
Presents a framework for incorporating classroom strategies that advance children’s thinking through eliciting student responses, supporting children’s conceptual understanding, and extending children’s mathematical thinking. (http://www.karolyeatts.com/Math/Resources/strategiesforadvancing.pdf)
Why Children Have Difficulties Mastering the Basic Number Combinations and How to Help Them by Arthur Baroody
How children learn the basic addition and subtraction facts, why many have difficulty mastering these basic skills, and what teachers can do to prevent or overcome these learning difficulties. (http://www.pwcsmath.com/Investigations/Parents/Math%20Night%20files/articles/basic%20facts%20article.pdf)
Three Strategies for Promoting Math Disagreements by Angela T. Barlow & Michael R. McCrory
Engage your students in reasoning and sense making with these effective instructional plans. (http://www.bvsd.org/curriculum/math/Research%20%20Resources%20Instruction/Stratagies%20for%20Promoting%20Math%20Disagreements.pdf)
What Math Knowledge Does Teaching Require? by Mark Hoover Thames & Deborah Loewenberg Ball
Effectively helping others learn is demanding work that necessitates sensibility as well as specialized knowledge and skill.
Life of An Education Major 