By Fred Harwood (in a Math Coach role for a Grade 6-7 Math Club, @HarMath) My Teaching Background: I am known predominantly as a secondary mathematics educator. I took one year of teacher training after a BSc in Physics. I was hired 40 years ago to teach Science, Socials, Math and English (yes there were utility […]
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Queen of the Giants: A Narrative for Guiding Measurement Explorations Through Blogging in Early Primary
By Lindsay Zebrowski (MEd in Imaginative Education, Primary/Elementary Teacher) Look around the room. Which object do you think: is the longest? would cover the greatest area? would hold the most liquid? is the heaviest? The “Queen of the Giants” lesson is not one I sat down and consciously planned out with cognitive tools in mind. Its […]
Place Value And Really Big Numbers
Using Narrative and Heroic Qualities to Teach Place Value: Practicing IE By Christa Rawlings (MEd in IE; Grade 6 Teacher) Note: Are you familiar with Imaginative Education (IE)? Learn more about IE here. I am going to talk a lot about “cognitive tools” in this post. Get more information on those in the Tools of Imagination series.) I always gravitate […]