Teaching New Math

Foster students' multiplicative and flexible thinking with this easy to implement math routine, which asks students to solve for sums, products, and parts. This activity could be used at the beginning of class as a warm-up, morning work as students arrive, to initiate math discourse, or as a math center. This simple routine can help students look at numbers and equations creatively, find patterns, and help with mental math and overall number sense. Made with homeschool families in mind, these

Encourage collaboration and algebraic thinking with this easy to implement math routine that can be used as morning work, a math warm up activity, or as a math center for students. Students use algebraic thinking and knowledge of basic facts to solve these puzzles. This simple routine can help students look at numbers and equations creatively, find and use patterns, analyze the reasonableness of their ideas, and help with mental math and overall number sense. Made with homeschool families in min