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Tag Archives: exploration
Discovering the area of a trapezoid
Below is a guest post by Dmitry Bryazgin (originally written in Russian). Dmitry runs a small math circle near Princeton for students in grades 3-5. On the particular day described in the post, there were 4 students present. The main … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd grade, 4th grade, area, exploration, geometry, guest post
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A number talk that turned into an investigation
It all started out with 12+12+12 a problem that was not particularly difficult for any of my 1st/2nd grade students. The students took turns suggesting strategies for doing this computation and I recorded them on the board (this was an … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st grade, 2nd grade, arithmetic, exploration, Main Line Classical Academy, number talk
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Exploring Rectangles
Friday is a special day in our math classes at the Main Line Classical Academy. We read and discuss mathematical stories and we do exploration projects. Here is the project that we did with the 2nd-4th grades last Friday. It … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, area, discussion, exploration, geometry, Main Line Classical Academy, multiplication
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