An educator since 1979, Tammy L. Jones has worked with students from first grade through college. Currently, Tammy is consulting with individual school districts in training teachers on strategies for making content accessible to all learners. Writing integrations as well as literacy connections are foundational in everything Tammy does. A variety of resources are offered for mathematics Pre-K through 12 as well as several that are interdisciplinary. Electronic trainings are also offered.
An educator since 1979, Tammy L. Jones has worked with students from first grade through college. Currently, Tammy is consulting with individual school districts in training teachers on strategies for making content accessible to all learners. Writing integrations as well as literacy connections are foundational in everything Tammy does. A variety of resources are offered for mathematics Pre-K through 12 as well as several that are interdisciplinary. Electronic trainings are also offered.
Students at all levels need many experiences with estimating. This third collection of fifteen full color photographs can be used as journal prompts, discussion starters, bell ringers, or for centers, small groups, or learning stations. These pictures have been chosen and formatted with estimation in mind but serve many other academic topics as well as opportunities for making meaning through writing.
Pictures include animals, plants, and inanimate objects and holidays. Facilitation notes are provided.
15 images
3 pages of facilitation notes
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The following collection of 11 photographs can be used as journal prompts, discussion starters, bell ringers, or for centers, small groups, or learning stations. These pictures provide opportunities for students to engage in mathematics through looking at pictures of architecture in the world. Facilitation notes are provided.
This resource is good for students with dyslexia and language-based learning deficiencies.
The following collection of 10 photographs can be used as journal prompts, discussion starters, bell ringers, or for centers, small groups, or learning stations. These pictures provide opportunities for students to engage in mathematics through looking at pictures of sculpture and art in the world. Facilitation notes are provided.
This resource is good for students with dyslexia and language-based learning deficiencies.
The following collection of 10 photographs can be used as journal prompts, discussion starters, bell ringers, or for centers, small groups, or learning stations. These pictures provide opportunities for students to engage in mathematics through looking at pictures of geometry in the world. Facilitation notes are provided.
This resource is good for students with dyslexia and language-based learning deficiencies.
There is a need, a time, and a place for building procedural fluency no matter what mathematical topics are being studied. However, moving students beyond procedural mathematics to developing true understandings of the mathematics with which they are engaging requires students to think.
The Farmer Jones task for middle school students requires students to investigate the relationships between the tangram pieces while working with dimensional analysis. Opportunities for developing spatial reasoning and logical reasoning are provided as students work through the investigation. Questions for moving the learning forward as well as extending the learning and reflecting are provided in addition to facilitation notes.
This resource is good for students with dyslexia and language-based learning deficiencies.
There is a need, a time, and a place for building procedural fluency no matter what mathematical topics are being studied. However, moving students beyond procedural mathematics to developing true understandings of the mathematics with which they are engaging requires students to think.
The Farmer Jones task for primary students requires students to sort shapes and create sorting rules. Opportunities for developing spatial reasoning are provided as students build the tangram square. Questions for moving the learning forward as well as extending the learning and reflecting are provided in addition to facilitation notes.
This resource is good for students with dyslexia and language-based learning deficiencies.
Literacy and art support students’ study of money. This packet contains four literacy connections:
Where the side Walk Ends
The Penny Pot
A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy
Pigs will be Pigs
Activities and suggestions for working with students on developing an understanding of money with the included activities and task cards as well as utilizing items that are your classroom.
Packet includes:
questions, activity extensions, color masters and task cards
Students need many experiences with estimating in their early years. Gumball Estimations offers students an opportunity to connect literacy while kinesthetically engaging in estimation experiences. A variety of suggested facilitation questions are provided as well as extensions to the main activity. Blackline masters are provided for use as needed. Note that the Gumball Estimations Mat is formatted to print on 11X17 paper to facilitate working with small hands.
This resource is good for students with dyslexia and language-based learning deficiencies.
Rooster's Off to See the World by Eric Carle, is a beloved children’s book. Not only does the story engage children it can also serve as a foundation for many mathematical investigations for primary mathematicians. These lessons draw from the counting and cardinality standards as well as those dealing with positional relationships.
Questions are provided that can be used during the development of the activity to determine the desired focus of the lesson. It is very important that young mathematicians understand that numbers are quantities represented by numerals, pictures, numerals, etc.
Materials are listed for each of the activities. The 12 pages include both black line masters as well as color masters have been provided. Suggestions for preparing the materials have been noted as well to facilitate making classroom sets for long term use.
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Secondary mathematicians are developing functional fluency in their study of mathematics. One of the primary representations of functions is the graph. Here is a set of ten graphs of points through which students can try to create functions that will “catch” the most points with the graph. Some of the graphs have points that appear to be quadratic in nature, some linear, and some exponential. The type of graph created can depend upon the student, their level, the mathematical topic being studied, or the teacher’s desire.
These make nice journal prompts as well as activities for learning stations. Encourage students to use their graphing technology, TI-Nspire, TI-84 family, etc, as a tool of investigation. Students need to record each of their trials and discuss their thinking as they made refinements to their original function.
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Number charts support the investigation of and discovery of many number patterns as well as serve as an aid in developing fluencies with composition and decomposition of numbers. This 59 page packet offers aids for investigations from a 10 frame, 20 frame, 100 chart, 300 chart, up to a 1000 chart (counting by 10s) support students as they are further developing their understandings of the base ten number system. Multiple charts per page are provided that will fit nicely into the Mathematician’s Notebook.
Literacy and art connections, as well as geometric connections, provide opportunities for students to build understandings as they are working with fractions, decimals, and percents.
Activities for three different centers or learning stations for fractions, decimals, and percents. All directions and color masters are included.
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Fractions, Decimals and Percents Centers
Perfect resource for RtI/Intervention, small group instruction, centers and/or learning stations. Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, as well as support ELL/ESL students.
A MUST HAVE book for all elementary teachers. Several activity sheets and blackline masters are included as well as tables identifying keywords, topics, and suggested manipulatives.
Book not included.
Perfect resource for RtI/Intervention, small group instruction, centers and/or learning stations. Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, as well as support ELL/ESL students.
A MUST HAVE book for all elementary teachers. Several activity sheets and blackline masters are included as well as tables identifying keywords, topics, and suggested manipulatives.
Book not included.
Perfect resource for RtI/Intervention, small group instruction, centers and/or learning stations. Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, as well as support ELL/ESL students.
Book not included.
Perfect resource for RtI/Intervention, small group instruction, centers and/or learning stations. Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, as well as support ELL/ESL students.
Book not included.
Perfect resource for RtI/Intervention, small group instruction, centers and/or learning stations. Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, as well as support ELL/ESL students. Several activity sheets and blackline masters are included as well as tables identifying keywords, topics, and suggested manipulatives.
Book not included.
Perfect resource for RtI/Intervention, small group instruction, centers and/or learning stations. Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, as well as support ELL/ESL students.
Book not included.
Perfect resource for RtI/Intervention, small group instruction, centers and/or learning stations. Incorporating literature into the mathematics classroom at any level can increase student engagement, as well as support ELL/ESL students.
Book not included.
Primary mathematicians first model “put together” and “take apart” situations using concrete objects, drawings, etc. These concepts are then expanded to composing and decomposing numbers additively. A connection to students’ prior work with building sets is important as students are developing fluencies with their addition and subtractions facts. Children need many opportunities to experience these situations.
Incorporating seasonal manipulatives allow children to practice these mathematical ideas in a contextual setting. To effectively facilitate these activities, be sure to cover the common addition and subtraction situations found in Table 1, CCSSM, page 88. Color masters are provided for both activities, the seasonal objects as well as the counters. Hyperlinks are also provided for manipulatives when applicable.
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