Jumpstart Your Singapore Math 2022 Registration is Open
This is a WORKshop Opportunities for discourse After hours learning! Hands-on learning Even during Covid! We are pleased to announce this summer's Jumpstart Your Singapore Math … [Keep Reading...]
Jumpstart 2022 – Save the Date!
Content Rich - Useful resources - Great delivery! One of the Best PDs! Sandy Starkins Grade 2 Teacher We are pleased to announce the return of Jumpstart Your Singapore Math, an intensive, two-day workshop.If you are: new to the Singapore approach to math instruction...needing a refresher to boost your math teaching skills...curious about the reasons for … [Keep Reading...]
Summer Workshops Onsite and Online!
Greetings Fellow Math Enthusiast! We hope you and your colleagues have had a wildly successful school year, (at least "wild" school year) and, as the year winds down, we'd like to remind you of our flagship onsite and online Singapore Math trainings. Sessions are filling up quickly! Find a full description of each session on our website or click the location below to register: Jumpstart … [Keep Reading...]
My students love math class. In fact, many will tell you math is their favorite subject. Why? They’ll tell you it’s because Singapore math is fun. I’d say it’s because once they understand how math works, they become confident in their abilities. So what exactly is Singapore math? Wait, math from Singapore? Isn’t that … [Keep Reading...]
One of the most Frequently Asked Questions I get is, "What's the difference between Primary Mathematics and Math in Focus?" (It usually comes right after "Wait, there's more than one version of Singapore Math?") Primary Mathematics and Math in Focus are the two principle textbook options for schools considering the … [Keep Reading...]
Announcing Summer 2021 Jumpstart Your Singapore Math Workshops
I couldn’t imagine teaching this year without this class. It was amazing! Joanne Pilon 6-8 Math, Holy Family Academy We are pleased to announce the return of Jumpstart, an intensive, two-day workshop … [Keep Reading...]
Number Strings as a Math Warm-Up…
...or cool down, or any time a teacher wants to get students working mental math. Number strings are short mental math activities designed so that students work several calculations in their head … [Keep Reading...]
Dispatches from 2015 National Math Educator Conferences
This week, I'm attending the 2015 Annual Meetings of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in Boston. I presented Strip … [Keep Reading...]
Word Problem Wednesday – Alice, Betty, & Cassie
Word Problem Wednesday was such a hit, we're going to continue throughout the year with one problem a month. Our problem this month comes courtesy of a 5th grade teacher who was excited that for … [Keep Reading...]
Bar Model Method challenges
Photo taken in a third grade classroom using Primary Mathematics. The teacher had posted the question on the board and students recorded the question and their solution in a math journal. Discuss. … [Keep Reading...]
