Solve real world problems with addition and subtraction within 1,000. Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake as you add two 2-digit numbers using a decomposition strategy. Use visual models and place ...

Solve word problems using a checklist. Engage in a Number Talk to find "how many." Solve addition and subtraction word problems with a Step-by-Step Visual Model checklist. Understand what the problem ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Regularly working with manipulatives can help boost second graders’ fluency and confidence in fundamental skills.

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...

PEMDAS has plagued many in elementary school math classes, but how many Americans remember how to use the acronym to solve problems? A simple sixth-grade math equation went viral on X for stumping ...

A Forsyth parent sent me a copy of a note she sent to Superintendent Jeff Bearden with questions about why her young son’s math was so much more complicated than it needed to be. The mom is an ...