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I have taught mathematics in grades 2 - 8 and in higher education. I currently teach undergraduate mathematics courses to preservice elementary and middle school teachers and graduate courses to practicing teachers. I also provide workshops for inservice teachers about the teaching and learning of mathematics. Lately, of course, those workshops have focused on the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.
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Math Center Activities for Decomposing Numbers: Animal Theme
The activities in this product are ideal for use in math centers. They also can be used with your whole class—students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups.
The primary learning goal for these activities is that students learn how to decompose numbers from 1 to 10 (Common Core Standard K.OA.3). These activities also can be useful in helping first and second graders learn their basic addition facts (Common Core Standards 1.OA.6 and 2.OA.2). The addition facts that students will be
PreK - 2nd
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
Make Ten With Pterodactyls! A Dinosaur Ten Frame Activity for CCSS-M K.OA.4
This product is now digital! Students can type an X or any symbol in the ten frames. They can also type numbers into the equations. Students start with a ten frame containing from 1 to 9 triceratops. Then they fill in the rest of the ten frame with pterodactyl cards to make ten, and they fill in equations to record the number pairs that make ten. These activities can be used in math centers or with your whole class—students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups. Goals for Students:
PreK - 1st
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
CCSS, TEKS, VA SOL
K.OA.A.4
, MA.K.2.I
, MA.1.3.C
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Experience
I have taught mathematics in grades 2 - 8 and in higher education. I currently teach undergraduate mathematics courses to preservice elementary and middle school teachers and graduate courses to practicing teachers. I also provide workshops for inservice teachers about the teaching and learning of mathematics. Lately, of course, those workshops have focused on the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.
Teaching style
Mathematics makes sense! In class, my students work on activities that enable them to see relationships and to come up with the formal procedures used by the larger mathematics community. Students talk about what they are noticing and they challenge and build on each others' ideas. My goal is for students to experience mathematics as something that makes sense and has many uses and to have fun doing it. Let's enjoy doing math!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Recipient of the Association of Teacher Educators February 2000 Distinguished Research in Teacher Education Award for the paper “Moving Students Through Steps of Mathematical Knowing: An Account of the Practice of an Elementary Mathematics Teacher in Transition.”
My own education history
B.S. in mathematics from Penn State;
Teaching Certificate from Youngstown State University;
M.A. in mathematics from Ohio State; and a
Ph.D. in mathematics education from Penn State
Additional biographical information
Select presentations at mathematics education conferences:
Decomposing and Composing Numbers: Why Are These Activities Important? Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey conference, East Windsor, NJ, October 4, 2012. Understanding Fractions as Numbers as Emphasized in the Common Core. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, October 20, 2011. Let’s Master Those Basic Multiplication Facts! National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, October 20, 2011. Let’s Count What We Can’t See! Fun Ways to Learn Fact Families. Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey conference, Somerset, NJ, October 15, 2009. Add and Subtract Using Ten Frames. Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference, Valley Forge, PA, November 9, 2007. Using Representations to Support Students’ Use of Invented Strategies. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, October 20, 2006. Will It Always Work? Questions That Help Students Make and Test Conjectures. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference, St. Louis, April 28, 2006. Developing Students’ Abilities to Count, Compute, and Reason Using Units of Ten. The Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey conference, Somerset, NJ, October 28, 2005. Using Number Sense Strategies to Multiply: Basic Facts and Beyond. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference, Anaheim, April 9, 2005. Add and Subtract With Regrouping: Moving From Manipulatives to Symbol Use. Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching (CAMT), Dallas, July 8, 2002.
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