by Patti Drawdy and 1 more | Jul 17, 2022 | Grades 3–5
By Patti Drawdy and Yenche Tioanda “Why not start the year with place value?” Kaneka Turner, Grade 4 Lead Writer, hears this question often. Isn’t making sense of and operating on large numbers pretty essential in grade 4? Indeed, they are. Yet students begin Grade 4...
by Maureen D. O’Connell | Jun 13, 2022 | Grades 3–5, Grades K–2, Grades K–5
By Maureen D. O’Connell “How is it going with your implementation of IM K–5 Math Centers?” That’s my favorite question to ask during professional learning for IM K–5 Math. The response is a pedagogical temperature check about where teachers and grade levels are in...
by Mike Henderson | May 24, 2022 | Grades 3–5, Grades K–5, Professional Learning
By Mike Henderson As a former grade 3 teacher, I know first hand how daunting teaching math at this level can be. On top of developing fluency with addition and subtraction within 1,000, students need to learn about new topics like multiplication, division, and...
by Mike Henderson | May 5, 2022 | Grades K–2, Grades K–5
By Mike Henderson Teaching addition and subtraction in grade 2 is a challenging balancing act. As students move from numbers within 100 to numbers within 1,000, they need to use approaches that involve directly representing the quantities they are adding or...
by Ashli Black and 1 more | Jan 19, 2022 | Grades 9–12
By David Petersen, 6–12 Curriculum Specialist andAshli Black, Director, 6–12 Curriculum The Algebra 1 course in IM 9–12 Math™ begins with a unit on one-variable statistics, a choice that many find surprising. Why start with statistics? And where does it go from there?...
