Learn about essential math skills needed by first graders to ensure deep understanding of key math concepts. Bob Sornson created a system for tracking the development of early math skills.
Learn about essential math skills needed by kindergartners to ensure deep understanding of key math concepts. Bob Sornson created a system for tracking the development of early math skills.
Learn about essential math skills needed by second graders to ensure deep understanding of key math concepts. Bob Sornson created a system for tracking the development of early math skills.
Learn about essential math skills needed by third graders to ensure deep understanding of key math concepts. Bob Sornson created a system for tracking the development of early math skills.
Math Thinking Mats for grade 1 reinforces standards-based math skills and improves higher-level thinking skills. This hands-on resource appeals to students by providing grade-appropriate activities that range from adding robotic gears to comparing numbers on a carnival ride. --Teach standards-based math skills using a format that engages students. With 80 pages of high-interest math activities, the Ready to Go: Math Thinking Mats series challenges students with grade-specific math practice. Made from durable card stock and featuring perforated pages, these color-coded activities are easy to organize, making them ideal for learning stations and centers. This resource can also be used to engage early finishers, develop independent learning skills, and support cooperative learning. --Perfect for reinforcing essential math skills, the Ready to Go: Math Thinking Mats series provides a convenient way to meet your studentsÕ academic needs. With customizable, open-ended practice activities, you can adjust these hands-on learning activities for independent or small group learning. Complete with a write-on/wipe-away surface, the game mats are designed to make teaching and learning standards-based math a fun and successful experience.
What good is math if you can't put it to good use? Studies show that problem solving is THE most neglected topic in most math programs. This book will ensure that the students develop their math critical thinking skills. Students will learn to apply whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents to real-life situations.
I have tutored many, many people in Math through Calculus, and I have found that if you start off with the basics and take things one step at a time - anyone can learn complex Math topics. This book has literally hundreds of example problems ranging in all levels of complexity. Each problem is broken down into bite-sized-chunks so that no one gets lost. This book will take anyone with no prior exposure to Algebra and raise their scores significantly!
Pressured by standardized testing and rigid pacing guidelines, many schools are forced to cover too much content too quickly, without being able to meet the needs of individual students. In this powerful book from acclaimed author and presenter Bob Sornson, you’ll learn how shifting from curriculum-based instruction to competency based, personalized learning can help students become more successful, confident, and engaged learners. Each chapter is easy to digest and provides compelling research, strategies, and anecdotes to inspire conversation and action. This second edition provides updated statistics and examples of schools successfully using competency based learning models to help you bring about meaningful change. Teachers, administrators, and community leaders will all find practical resources and a clear rationale for transforming our current educational system into a new, dynamic model of teaching and learning.