Kristina S. Kalb and Julie M. Gravett
Second graders experience counting on Planet ZIB and then pack and unpack shirts in a simulated T-shirt factory here on Earth to learn place value and apply their understanding to problem solving.
Catherine J. Nelson
Collaboration between a university and an elementary school gives teacher candidates the chance to present and reflect on math lessons that include the use of children’s literature and manipulatives.
Teruni Lamberg and Lynda R. Wiest
Third graders’ struggles to solve contextualized, student-generated division problems with remainders offer insights to guide instruction.
Janice Minetola, Konnie Serr, and Laureen Nelson
What these first and second graders learned about shapes from real-world experiences proved to be more than their teachers ever expected.
Jeanne White and Linda Dauksas
Second in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics series, this article addresses aspects of the Standards unique to the grade band.