by Kristen Taylor | Feb 17, 2022 | Grades 6–8, Grades 9–12, Grades K–5, Professional Learning
By Dr. Kristen Taylor, IM Certified® Facilitator Math teachers can talk all day about math! We get super excited when we encounter someone else who enjoys these conversations as well. But too many of our students don’t get to experience that joyful discourse,...
by Jen Hawkins | Sep 8, 2021 | Grades 3–5, Grades K–2, Grades K–5
By Jen Hawkins, IM Facilitator and IM K-5 Product Specialist Illustrative Mathematics believes that students can achieve success as mathematical thinkers by working through problems and consolidating their learning through classroom discussions and anchoring...
by Asya Howlette | Jun 30, 2021 | Grades 3–5, Grades K–2, Grades K–5
By Asya Howlette, Director of Mathematics and Science at Thurgood Marshall Raise your hand if you have been perplexed by professional learning that told you your class needs to be culturally responsive, but left you completely unsure about what that means in a math...
by Zack Hill | Jan 25, 2021 | Grades 3–5, Grades K–2
By Zack Hill The major work of grade 3 includes representing and solving problems that involve multiplication and division. Then, by the end of grade 3, students are expected to know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers. What does this look like and how...
by Maureen D. O’Connell | Nov 16, 2020 | Grades 3–5, Grades K–2, Grades K–5
By Maureen D. O’Connell “Slow down, you’re moving too fast, you got to make the morning last…” When we consider early childhood mathematics this familiar song comes to mind. In our hurried society where more is more, childhood expectations have been pushed...
