Bridges Blog Archive for February 2011

Number Corner Grade 2 Advice for March

Dennis Adams   |   February 27, 2011
Kids often respond enthusiastically to the fractional parts challenge of this month’s calendar markers. I have found some teachers find these markers confusing in terms of how to write them. You do not have to convert improper fractions to a number (3/2 to 1 1/2). We often do that in adult life, and some of us were trained to believe an improper fraction must always be converted to a mixed number, but there is no rule that says you have to. You will also find 3/3, 4/2, 4/3, and 4/4 this month. Leave them in this form when you write them out.

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Bridges Grade 2 Advice for Unit 5, Sessions 1-22

Dennis Adams   |   February 27, 2011
If you are on track right now, you’re in Unit 5: Branching into Larger Numbers: Money & Place Value, somewhere about a third of the way into the unit. If you look at the Pacing Guide on page 23 of Getting Started you’d see that this unit starts around the middle of February and goes through about the first week in April.
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Number Corner Grade K Advice for March

Dennis Adams   |   February 27, 2011
As in all months since October, you have two choices of calendar markers. You can make the wonderful Frog Toad markers with your kids or download (or purchase) the new Set D7 Measurement - Coins Calendar Pattern. Skills involved using the coin markers are to identify pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters by name and worth, describe and extend simple growing patterns and more.
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Number Corner Grade 1 Advice for March

Dennis Adams   |   February 27, 2011
As in all months since October, you have several choices of calendar markers. You can download (or purchase) the new Set C7 Geometry - Describing 3-D Shapes.
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Bridges Grade 1 Advice for Unit 4 into 5

Dennis Adams   |   February 27, 2011
You’ll probably be doing Penguins for much of the month of March. If you are new to these blog articles, check out last month’s if you didn’t read it on the Penguin unit. Those of you who are really on track may get in a week or so of Geometry at the end of the month.

I have heard from several teachers new to Bridges just how much fun they are having on their trip to Antarctica.
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