Joanne Tegethoff teaches algebra. Never mind that her students carry Disney princess and Thomas the Tank Engine backpacks and have the alphabet taped on their desks. The 1st -graders in Montgomery ...

Students put all of their addition and subtraction skills together to solve equations. In this lesson, students put all of their addition and subtraction skills together to solve equations. Julia ...

Want to help your fifth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your fifth-grader will be learning in the classroom. Explain or illustrate how you solved this problem. Tip: Highlight ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Teachers can use these tools to promote discussions and help students move from concrete to abstract understanding of concepts.