Bridges Blog Archive for Tip

Guest blogger Sydney Cohn is a first-grade teacher at Hopkins Elementary School in Gwinnett County, Lilburn, Georgia.

By now we've all heard of the need to reach our bodily-kinesthetic learners. It's such a treat when we are able to do this during our math lessons. Yes, there's the obvious jumping or hopping while you are skip counting, but how about a life size 100s grid outside?

Sherwood, Oregon, teacher Maggie Englund writes in with a fabulous idea for moving manipulatives:

Many teachers have told me that the May calendar pattern is fascinating to the children. If you’re confused, the various patterns that emerge are explained at the top of page 245. If you need a tutorial on 3-dimensional shapes, take a look at pages 245-246, remembering to call all the shapes by their correct names. Don’t miss the bottom two paragraphs on page 246 where discussion ideas are found on the form and function of various 3D shapes in our environment.