Bridges Blog

Marie Smerigan, the K-12 Math Coordinator in Farmington, Michigan Public Schools, submitted a document she created for the alignment of Work Places. The document (pdf) includes:

Shelly Scheafer, first grade teacher from Bend, Oregon, shares an idea for Unit 1 story problems. She writes:

The first grade Bridges curriculum provides many opportunities for students to solve and write story problems on their own. Beginning in Unit 1, students act out bug problems and use plastic bug manipulatives for telling and solving problems.

Last month, Bill Alsdurf submitted the Calendar Grid journal pieces he uses with second graders at Epiphany School in Seattle. Here he shares the pages for October. Thank you, Bill!

October Calendar Grid Journal

In a blog entry, Bad Maths in the Real World, Richard Byrne recounts a visit to McDonalds where apple pies were advertised, two for 99 cents.

Congratulations to Karen, the winner of our Back to School Giveaway, who wrote:

I love all things "penguin".  The January 2011 blog was awesome!  I loved the ideas and the resources.  Mathwire was a great tool to use for games and ideas.  This blog is full of fun ways to expand on the penguin unit.

Cathy Fernan, a 5th grade teacher from Northside Intermediate School is a Wisconsin finalist for PAEMST, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She shares her exciting news by saying, "I used the lessons on fraction equivalents from Unit 4 of Bridges.

Ready for a little rap? Fourth and fifth grade Bridges students will enjoy the beat of this Prime Numbers Rap as they explore related content in Unit 1 lessons (grade 4: session 11-12, grade 5: sessions 9, 11, 12.) Thank you to Jill Widmar for the rap recommendation.