When half of the fifth graders selected 0.45 as the smallest of 0.8, 0.45, and 0.125, I had my work cut out for me. I planned a lesson that went wonderfully. Those are the days that remind me of how good it is to be a teacher. The post Comparing and Ordering Decimals appeared first on MARILYN BURNS MATH.| MARILYN BURNS MATH
The fifth-grade class I’m working with this year is studying addition and subtraction of fractions, and I asked to “borrow” the class to see how they would view Amber’s solution. I describe how I structured the lesson and have also included students’ writing. The post How Was Amber Reasoning? appeared first on MARILYN BURNS MATH.| MARILYN BURNS MATH