We learned this as βyours is not to question why, just invert and multiplyβ so I did this procedure without knowing what I was doing.
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We learned this as βyours is not to question why, just invert and multiplyβ so I did this procedure without knowing what I was doing.
12.01.2025 20:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Halve 12 to 6 and double 25 to 50; 6x50 is 300
23.12.2024 21:08 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@jbrickwedde.bsky.social Nicely done!
07.12.2024 03:00 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excellent video! Thanks for helping me make sense of MP2 @sarahmoffett.bsky.social
05.12.2024 01:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Some had experience and for some it was their first time. We didnβt teach them anything upfront. Just get into it, find out what you can, choose a tool and model the subtraction problem.
23.11.2024 03:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I would love to hear more about your ideas for this!
22.11.2024 13:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We put the prompt in a shared google doc with a link to Polypad. Nothing formal so donβt have anything to share.
22.11.2024 13:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We do that too. I hear from HS teachers they can tell who skipped a grade because they end up with gaps in their understanding. So hard to shift a system entrenched in this practice.
21.11.2024 03:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0MN Math Leaders solving 72-46 using PolyPad and sharing strategies during awesome PLC session. Check out how the same tool was used to model in very different ways. So cool! #MNmath #MCTM #polypad #iteachmath
21.11.2024 02:44 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 3 π 1What are your thoughts on a 3 in 2 course in middle school so they donβt skip an entire grade level of content and are subject accelerated by 8th grade?
21.11.2024 00:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Excited to read the blog Marilyn!
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