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Explicit Teaching in the Fifth-Grade Math Core
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A fifth-grade teacher describes explicit step-by-step approaches to teaching division of fractions. She emphasizes vocabulary teaching, demonstration, scaffolding, partner sharing, and checking for...
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Pacing Instruction in Tier 3
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In this Tier 3 intervention lesson, the instructor reteaches a lesson on place value after it is clear that students have not grasped the concept of bundling ones to form a ten. Students create...
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Organizing for Differentiation in the Core Classroom
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A second-grade teacher demonstrates a lesson on subtraction with regrouping. Through small group instruction she differentiates for struggling students and provides immediate reteaching after...
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Concrete to Abstract Sequence
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A middle-school special education teacher demonstrates a lesson on solving two-step equations. She shows how to begin with concrete materials and then represents the same concepts on the SMART...
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Teaching Students Math Problem-Solving Through Graphic Representations
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In this article, the author provides many examples of the use of different types of visualizations to teach mathematics concepts. Examples of visual representations are linked to solving word...
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Solving Algebra and Other Story Problems With Simple Diagrams
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The article illustrates examples of word problems of increasing difficulty accompanied by the types of visualizations that help students analyze the problem statements and find solutions. The...
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Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA) Instructional Approach Summary Report
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This document describes the CRA instructional strategy with examples of its use in teaching fractions. CRA is a framework for creating connections about levels of under
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