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In Teaching Multiplication Using LEGO® Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disselerhas developed activities that work to help students learn the basics of multiplication, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! Multiplication is not simply the rote memorization of times tables. Students need to understand multiplication concepts. LEGO® bricks are the perfect manipulative to help students model, utilizing their creative and logical processes together. In this book, the hands-on ac

This is the revised edition of Basic Fractions Using LEGO® Bricks - Teacher Edition by Dr. Shirley Disseler. The first edition of Teaching Fractions Using LEGO® Bricks was the very first book written in the 22-book Brick Math series. Author Dr. Shirley Disseler went back to this best-selling book and thought it was time for an update. The second edition has lots of new illustrations of the brick models as well as several new chapters with content that was not included in the origina

This is the second edition of the student workbook for Basic Fractions Using LEGO Bricks by Shirley Disseler and should be used in conjunction with the teacher's edition of the book. This edition has even more ways to teach students about fractions than before. The first edition of Teaching Fractions Using LEGO® Bricks was the very first book written in the 22-book Brick Math series. Author Dr. Shirley Disseler went back to this best-selling book and thought it was time for an update. T

This is the student workbook for Teaching Multiplication Using LEGO Bricks by Shirley Disseler and should be used in conjunction with that book. In Learning Multiplication Using LEGO® Bricks: Student Edition, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn the basics of multiplication, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! Multiplication is not simply the rote memorization of times tables. Students need to understand multiplica

In Teaching Addition Using LEGO® Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn how to add, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes— LEGO® bricks! Concepts of addition begin when young children understand how to put objects into like and unlike sets. When students learn to count on, count back, and add “one more” they are starting to comprehend addition. Direct modeling the process of addition with LEGO® bricks helps visualize the ac

In Teaching Division Using LEGO® Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn the basics of division, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! True understanding of division goes far beyond memorizing facts. Modeling the process of division with LEGO® bricks helps students visualize the math problem. We know that students learn in many different ways. This book provides a variety of modeling techniques using LEGO® bricks, a

Inspire your students’ creativity! The Imaginarium program gives students the opportunity to invent a magical new world. Through their writing, students populate this world with creatures, superheroes, spells, constellations, and holidays. They draw on a rich array of resources to make their worlds as robust and lively as possible—from maps to myths to cookbooks to folklore to today’s newspaper. "Imaginarium" flexes students’ writing, language, and com­munication muscles: by creating new worlds

In Advanced Measurement and Geometry Using LEGO® Bricks— Teacher Edition, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn about measurement and geometry, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes— LEGO® bricks! After students have mastered the basic understanding of measurement systems, the application of the geometric relationships of measures, such as perimeter, area, and volume, are appropriate next steps for learning. Modeling with

In Teaching Counting and Cardinality Using LEGO® Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn how to count and understand cardinality, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes— LEGO® bricks! Number recitation is only the start of a child’s true understanding of counting and cardinality. When students learn to count on, count back, skip-count, and use one-to-one correspondence, they develop a solid base of fluency with numbers. Even

In Fraction Multiplication Using LEGO® Bricks—Teacher Edition, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn how to multiply fractions, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! Fractions typically make up the largest percentage of most standardized tests and are one of the most complicated mathematical content areas for elementary school students. Too often, students do not understand why they need to know how to compute with f

In Teaching Subtraction Using LEGO® Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn how to subtract, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! Young children have their first experiences with subtraction early, when they play games of giving some items and keeping other items. As they attach the concept of subtraction to mathematical operations, they learn important vocabulary words (minuend, subtrahend, difference). Later

PLEASE NOTE: This is the student companion edition of the book "Teaching Addition Using LEGO bricks" and should be used with that book. In Learning Addition Using LEGO® Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn how to add, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes— LEGO® bricks! Concepts of addition begin when young children understand how to put objects into like and unlike sets. When students learn to count on, count back,

In Basic Measurement Using LEGO® Bricks—Teacher Edition, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn about measurement, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! Measurement is one of the most useful mathematics strands in everyday life. Telling time, spending money, and measuring liquids, lengths, area, and perimeter are activities people perform regularly. Starting in the early elementary years, the activities in this

This is the student workbook for Teaching Division Using LEGO Bricks by Shirley Disseler and should be used in conjunction with that book. In Learning Division Using LEGO® Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn the basics of division, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! True understanding of division goes far beyond memorizing facts. Modeling the process of division with LEGO® bricks helps students visua

Learning Subtraction Using LEGO Bricks is the student edition of Teaching Subtraction Using LEGO Bricks and should be used in conjunction with that book. In Learning Subtraction Using LEGO® Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn how to subtract, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! Young children have their first experiences with subtraction early, when they play games of giving some items and keeping ot

In Fraction Multiplication Using LEGO® Bricks—Teacher Edition, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn how to multiply fractions, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! Fractions typically make up the largest percentage of most standardized tests and are one of the most complicated mathematical content areas for elementary school students. Too often, students do not understand why they need to know how to compute w

In Advanced Measurement and Geometry Using LEGO® Bricks— Student Edition, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn about measurement and geometry, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes— LEGO® bricks! After students have mastered the basic understanding of measurement systems, the application of the geometric relationships of measures, such as perimeter, area, and volume, are appropriate next steps for learning. Modeling with

In Decimals Using LEGO® Bricks—Teacher Edition, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn about measurement, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! The ability to understand and interpret decimals is an important life skill. But students often struggle with decimals in the same way that they struggle with fractions. Modeling decimals with LEGO® bricks helps students successfully visualize and prove the relationships be

In Learning Counting and Cardinality Using LEGO® Bricks, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn how to count and understand cardinality, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes— LEGO® bricks! Number recitation is only the start of a child’s true understanding of counting and cardinality. When students learn to count on, count back, skip-count, and use one-to-one correspondence, they develop a solid base of fluency with numbers. Even

In Decimals Using LEGO® Bricks—Student Edition, Dr. Shirley Disseler has developed activities that work to help students learn about measurement, using a common toy available in most classrooms and homes—LEGO® bricks! The ability to understand and interpret decimals is an important life skill. But students often struggle with decimals in the same way that they struggle with fractions. Modeling decimals with LEGO® bricks helps students successfully visualize and prove the relationships betw