Whether you’re a 5th grade teacher, a homeschool parent, or a parent enriching your child’s education in addition to school, this lesson is the perfect way to start teaching your gifted 5th grade student how to multiply decimals by powers of 10. This lesson includes instructions for assessing your child’s current knowledge of decimals, a …
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I frequently use current events in math class. This is our latest endeavor! China’s Tiangong-1 Space Lab is expected to crash sometime this month. Typically, reentries of large satellites are controlled so that they crash into the ocean. In this case, China’s space agency lost control of the satellite two years ago. The internet is …
“Math is not about numbers.” The first time my prealgebra students hear me say this, they stare at me with confusion in their eyes. I’m sure some are silently thinking “OMG, my parents signed me up to take a class with a crazy woman. Of course, everyone knows that language arts is about words and math …
Few parents of elementary school students are thinking about high school advanced placement options. Unfortunately, class placement as early as 4th or 5th grade may have a profound impact on a child’s ability to eventually take advanced placement classes in high school.
This is the first of a series of articles to explain accelerated math options to parents. This installment will explain the math options available in most NJ public schools and how elementary school math placement determines a child’s high school options.
The first time I saw him, he reminded me so much of Q. The way he rolled his head back when he was thinking. His lack of eye contact when speaking. His abnormally precise language, his obsession with numbers, especially very large numbers resulting from doubling, irrational numbers and those resulting from functions unknown to …
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