a group of children are sitting at their desks in a classroom with a man in a red shirt standing behind them . ALT: a group of children are sitting at their desks in a classroom with a man in a red shirt standing behind them .

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The store has 12-packs of soda pop for $11.99 each

Today’s offer:
If you buy 2, you get 2 more free

If you buy 4 cases, how much per case are you paying?

Remember in school someone asking, “When would you ever need math in real life?”

Making Sense of Word Problems I am sure we have all seen it happen at one time or another in math class. We give a student a story problem to solve and after a quick skim, the student pulls the numbers from the problem, compute…

"Taking out the numbers and question allowed every student to think about the meaning of the sentence, the implied mathematical connections, and plan a solution pathway before jumping into a solution attempt." #StoryProblems #NumberlessWordProblems #MathematicalAgency

How Many Nivelsnorts: Assessing Silly Story Problems This morning in grade 4, we asked students to write a story problem and solve 104 ÷ 8. I told students that they could write what they want, but it needs to make sense and show that they understand…

"When we focus on what math we see, and what math we want to see, we may allow some additional student agency to creep in, and that’s fine with me." - @jennalaib.bsky.social #division #storyproblems #nivelsnorts #flyingtomatoes

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I'm in for a world of hurt. I have 58 pages front and back in a notebook that I need to break down into 2 or more chapters. 😩
I need to get a lot out. This story is already way too long. 💔🙃

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