Math Wise! Over 100 Hands-On Activities that Promote Real Math Understanding, Grades K-8 [Paperback]

A fun, easy-to-implement collection of activities that give elementary and middle-school students a real understanding of key math concepts

Math is a difficult and abstract subject for many students, yet teachers need to make sure their students comprehend basic math concepts. This engaging activity book is a resource teachers can use to give students concrete understanding of the math behind the questions on most standardized tests, and includes information that will give students a firm grounding to work with more advanced math concepts.

• Contains over 100 activities that address topics like number sense, geometry, computation, problem solving, and logical thinking.
• Includes projects and activities that are correlated to National Math Education Standards
• Activities are presented in order of difficulty and address different learning styles

Math Wise! is a key resource for teachers who want to teach their students the fundamentals that drive math problems.

About This Resource v

About the Authors ix

Suggestions for Using Math Wise! xi

I. Making Sense of Numbers 1

1. Toothpick Storybooks 3

2. Number Combination Noisy Boxes 5

3. Everyday Things Numberbooks 7

4. Under the Bowl 9

5. Cheerios and Fruit Loops Place Value 11

6. Beans and Beansticks 13

7. Incredible Expressions 19

8. Number Cutouts 22

9. Celebrate 100 Days 27

10. Paper Plate Fractions 30

11. Bean Cups to 1,000 33

12. Dot Paper Fractions 36

13. Fraction Cover-up or Un-cover 43

14. Post-it Mental Math 47&ll#2