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More Than a Skill Match: The Instructional Hierarchy
This session introduces the instructional hierarchy, a powerful framework for understanding how students master new skills. Participants will learn...
Aligning Resources to Increase ILEARN Math Scores
This presentation, led by Dr. Michelle Grewe, is designed to support teachers in grades 3-8 looking to raise ILEARN math scores using IDOE-provided...
Gripe Jam
Reflect on problems, prioritize needs, and identify solutions with this problem-solving protocol from Jennie Magiera. Want to learn more? Check out...
Clothesline Math
Clothesline Math uses a physical number line to help students explore magnitude, operations, and fractions through movement and discussion. This...
Routines for Reasoning
Routines for Reasoning offers structured ways to strengthen mathematical practices, language, and problem‑solving through repeatable routines....
Counting Collections
Counting Collections provides research‑based guidance for helping young learners build cardinality, grouping strategies, and early place value...
Visual Patterns
Visual Patterns showcases a large variety of growing patterns that help students transition from arithmetic reasoning to algebraic reasoning....
Number Sense Routines
This site collects a wide range of number sense routines that come with clear explanations and implementation tips. It offers teachers an easy way to...
Esti-Mysteries
Esti‑Mysteries are clue‑based estimation puzzles that guide students toward increasingly precise answers. They create high engagement while also...
Estimation 180
Estimation 180 contains hundreds of visual estimation challenges that push students to justify and refine their thinking. It is a go‑to resource...
Choral Counting
Choral Counting uses shared counting and visual recording to build pattern recognition, place value understanding, and number sense. It is an...
Always, Sometimes, Never
This blog offers teacher‑created routines, tasks, and reflections that support mathematical thinking. Educators can browse for practical,...
Factor Puzzles
Factor Puzzles provide engaging activities that help students understand multiplicative relationships and factorization. They are a valuable tool for...
As Close As It Gets
As Close As It Gets presents estimation challenges that encourage students to refine and defend their numerical reasoning. These quick tasks are...
Math Strat Chat
MathStratChat offers weekly problems that showcase and celebrate multiple solution strategies. Teachers can use these prompts to normalize varied...
Problem Strings
Problem Strings are carefully sequenced problems that help students build efficient strategies and strong number sense. They make excellent...
Same But Different
This resource uses paired images and problems to help students compare, notice structures, and articulate their reasoning. Teachers can easily...
Which One Doesn't Belong: Talking Math with Kids
Which One Doesn’t Belong? provides image sets that encourage students to justify different correct answers by explaining mathematical attributes....
Open Middle Math
This site offers a large collection of Open Middle problems designed to promote deep thinking through multiple strategies and varied solution paths....
Transform Your Math Block with Math Talk
This article explains how to launch and support meaningful math talk through clear routines and practical teacher moves. It is a helpful resource for...
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