TDoss

In Chapter 5, there are lots of activities for teaching place value and base-ten concepts. This is very helpful to read because it is such am important skill for young students to master. If they don't have this concept, it becomes difficult for them to complete higher-level computations using two- and three-digit numbers. We use many of the activities outlined in the chapter and there are some others that I am interested in trying in my classroom. I wish I had had this informations at the beginning of the year.

Chapter 6 was interesting because it gives flexible methods for computing whole numbers. I have always tried to teach students a variety of methods for solving problems, but this chapter takes that idea a bit further. The only problem I have with this is that some students will still have trouble "constructing" the answers for themselves. They will need a lot of guidance. Also, assessment does not match this. We assess students of getting the right answers (CRCT) and not how they come up with those answers.

Chapters 7 and 8 deal with geometric concepts and measurements. Again, there are lots of helpful activities in these chapters to help teach these skills. Lots of activities we already use and many I am going to try in my classroom.