scaffolding
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1 Step Word Problems Addition and Subtraction – Scaffolded
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Change Word Problems – Scaffolded
The Jamboard incorporates scaffolded handouts. The compare problems has two separate scaffolded sections. The first is to unpack the concepts of difference and compare, followed by writing a math sentence. Here is an introductory Jamboard to help students visualize and conceptualize change situations. Here is a video you can show to help students see movement…
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Graphing System of Inequalities – Scaffolded Handout
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Multiplying by 6, 8, 9
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IXL.com – Excellent Tool for Differentiation
IXL.com is a site that provides online practice for math (and other topics). It has a hidden feature that allows for very effective differentiation. This can be highly useful in a general ed math class and in settings for special education services. This includes special ed settings with students working on a wide ranges of…
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Handouts for Multiplication and Unit Rate Word Problems
Here are excerpts from two handouts I use to help students understand how to write multiplication and rate word problems as math expressions. The image, below at top, shows a problem from the first handout I present. The students draw a single group represented by the rate expression (for elementary school word problems the term…
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Slippery Slope – 3rd Grade Multiplication Word Problems to Slope in Algebra
Top left is a scaffolding I use to help students learn to solve math problems using multiplication (3rd grade). The situations are typically rate problems (e.g., 5 pumpkins per plant or $2 per slice of pizza) although the term “rate” is not used yet. The same concept of rate plays out in high school with…
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Simplifying not so Simple Equation Solving
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Learning Math – The Patting Head and Rubbing Belly Phenomena
In education, math especially, there exist a learning situation I call the patting head and rubbing belly phenomena. In this phenomena students are presented a math problem that consists of several steps they know how to do and then maybe one or two additional steps that are new. Adding the additional step is like adding…