K. Owen, Lynn Kaiser, Sarah B. Bush, Kristin L. Cook, Melissa Soto, Mollie H. Appelgate
{"title":"A STEAM investigation: Making giant strides","authors":"K. Owen, Lynn Kaiser, Sarah B. Bush, Kristin L. Cook, Melissa Soto, Mollie H. Appelgate","doi":"10.5951/teacchilmath.25.2.0122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.25.2.0122","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, the authors share how a class of fifth-grade students from an urban elementary school channeled their creativity and critical thinking in an engaging STEAM investigation. Contributors to the iSTEM (Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) department share ideas and activities that stimulate student interest in the integrated fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in K–grade 6 classrooms.","PeriodicalId":90976,"journal":{"name":"Teaching children mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48824382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reflecting on the Cloud Clock problem","authors":"Diana Farjou","doi":"10.5951/teacchilmath.25.2.0072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.25.2.0072","url":null,"abstract":"This problem scenario explores the analog clock, a rich source of tasks associated with angles and angle measures. The Cloud Clock problem is an opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of analog clocks, angles, and time and angle measurement. To access the full-size activity sheet, go to http://www.nctm.org/tcm, All Issues. Each month, this section of the Problem Solvers department showcases students' in-depth thinking and discusses the classroom results of using problems presented in previous issues of Teaching Children Mathematics.","PeriodicalId":90976,"journal":{"name":"Teaching children mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49000762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NCTM announces new MTLT Editorial Board members","authors":"","doi":"10.5951/teacchilmath.25.2.0113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.25.2.0113","url":null,"abstract":"An announcement of the Editorial Board lineup for NCTM's new journal","PeriodicalId":90976,"journal":{"name":"Teaching children mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46307426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Path to Discourse-Rich Communities","authors":"Kathryn B. Chval, R. Pinnow","doi":"10.5951/TEACCHILMATH.25.2.0104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5951/TEACCHILMATH.25.2.0104","url":null,"abstract":"A third-grade teacher orchestrates mathematical materials, tasks, and talk to engage her emergent bilingual learners and foster both academic content and linguistic development.","PeriodicalId":90976,"journal":{"name":"Teaching children mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46048928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"By Way of Introduction: Moving beyond show & tell: Intentional math discourse","authors":"Susie Katt, Zachary M. Champagne, Cathery Yeh","doi":"10.5951/teacchilmath.25.2.0070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.25.2.0070","url":null,"abstract":"Welcome to the 2018 Teaching Children Mathematics (TCM) Focus Issue. Engaging students in meaningful mathematical discourse has long been identified as an essential component of students' mathematics learning. Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All calls for teaching practices that—","PeriodicalId":90976,"journal":{"name":"Teaching children mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42761490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's my rule?","authors":"Liz Haut","doi":"10.5951/teacchilmath.25.2.0128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.25.2.0128","url":null,"abstract":"A game of What's my rule? allows students to explore operations while developing familiarity with patterns and functions. Postscript items are designed as rich grab-and-go resources that any teacher can quickly incorporate into his or her classroom repertoire with little effort and maximum impact.","PeriodicalId":90976,"journal":{"name":"Teaching children mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42339549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foster Fact Fluency with Number String Discussions","authors":"W. Bray, L. Maldonado","doi":"10.5951/TEACCHILMATH.25.2.0086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5951/TEACCHILMATH.25.2.0086","url":null,"abstract":"Talking about a structured series or string of basic fact problems is a strategy that presents collaborative opportunities for students to explore relationships among related reasoning strategies.","PeriodicalId":90976,"journal":{"name":"Teaching children mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41448161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Hunt, Beth L. MacDonald, Rachel Lambert, Trisha Sugita, Juanita M. Silva
{"title":"Think-Pair-Show-Share to Increase Classroom Discourse","authors":"J. Hunt, Beth L. MacDonald, Rachel Lambert, Trisha Sugita, Juanita M. Silva","doi":"10.5951/TEACCHILMATH.25.2.0078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5951/TEACCHILMATH.25.2.0078","url":null,"abstract":"Anticipating and responding to learner variability can make using talk moves complex. The authors fuse Universal Design for Learning (UDL), differentiation, and talk moves into three key planning and pedagogy considerations.","PeriodicalId":90976,"journal":{"name":"Teaching children mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43048299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letters to the editor","authors":"J. Lott","doi":"10.5951/teacchilmath.25.1.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.25.1.0006","url":null,"abstract":"Lyrics from the ever-so-popular 1980 song by Kool and the Gang seem to be a fitting way to kick off the twenty-fifth year of Teaching Children Mathematics (TCM). This milestone volume year will be one of joyous celebration as we commemorate the journal's numerous contributions to elementary school mathematics education during the past quarter of a century.","PeriodicalId":90976,"journal":{"name":"Teaching children mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48605778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Problem solving with the Greek gods","authors":"Molly Fefolt, Terri L. Kurz","doi":"10.5951/teacchilmath.25.1.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.25.1.0014","url":null,"abstract":"Math by the Month features collections of short activities focused on a monthly theme. These articles aim for an inquiry or problem-solving orientation that includes four activities each for grade bands K–2, 3–4, and 5–6. In this issue, students explore mathematical challenges within the context of the Greek gods. Activities are provided for elementary school children to support their exploration of mathematics in everyday situations.","PeriodicalId":90976,"journal":{"name":"Teaching children mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43503246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}