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Practical Ideas for Elementary Math Teachers

Classroom-tested strategies for word problems, number sense, and making math meaningful.

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The right answer doesn’t tell you whether a student understands. Student-drawn models do. Here’s what to look for and how to respond

May 27, 2026

Why Students Need to Draw Models (Even When They Get the Right Answer)

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If a problem could be modeled with REG or a Compare structure, which is the right one?

January 22, 2025

Repeated Equal Groups or Multiplicative Compare: which SoE should you use?

a number line with equal intervals labeled from 1 to 8
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Find out why number lines shouldn’t be used until 2nd grade and what to use instead.

August 28, 2024

Why number paths should be used instead of number lines