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The Most Important Thing About a Square

The Most Important Thing About a Square

I love starting the school year teaching geometry.  I use it as a hook to get my students interested in math.  Not that they aren’t.  But often, kids come into class thinking that math is all about adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.  I know this because it’s the first thing I ask during day 1 math. So I kick off the math school year in geometry.  It’s visual, hands-on, and fun.  All math is…as students will discover through the course…

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A Twist on the Estimation Jar

A Twist on the Estimation Jar

Teachers often use the estimating jar as a way to promote good estimating skills in their students.   Throw a little candy in that jar and now you’ve got students excited and motivated to do math!  The following activities are a twist on the traditional estimating jar and have been done with second through fifth graders. I introduce the estimating jar, filled with Hersheys kisses, by asking students to give a reasonable estimate as to how many kisses they think are…

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