teaching little stars to shine brightly
At it’s core, place value is understanding groups of 10. This is a big jump for many students. We are asking them to shift from counting with one-to-one correspondence to counting groups. We are asking them to understand that ten ones are the same as one group of ten. That’s a HUGE jump! Another huge jump with understanding place value is that students need to
How can I buy these in bulk for my classroom? (And I may have some I also need to pass on to some adult friends!)
Best pencils I've seen yet!
A very interesting read about the pressures being put on young children.
'Education policymakers claim to care about children. They don’t – they're making pupils ill'
tes.com
We are driving children so hard we are making them ill, and ministers and policy wonks don’t seem to care, writes one investigative journalist
A great read! Thoughts?
newyorker.com
The U.S. has a tendency, when there’s an economic or social crisis, to affix unfair blame on public-school teachers.
