Strategic Intervention Solutions

Read whole blog post: https://sis4teachers.org/2022/05/progression-of-conservation/

See how to use these versatile, non-proportional manipulatives to help students deepen understanding of math concepts from addition through division!Visit the blog for visuals, and additional resources: https://sis4teachers.org/2022/01/using-place-value-discs-in-the-math-classroom/

From Kinder through 5th grade, find out how to incorporate place value strips into your instruction in the classroom to deepen conceptual understanding in so many different areas of math! For pictures, downloads, and videos, visit the blog: https://sis4teachers.org/2021/10/22-ways-to-use-place-value-strips-to-teach-math-k-5/

Get the answer to this common question (along with a free download!) on the blog this week:https://sis4teachers.org/2021/09/what-do-i-put-in-a-math-salad-bar/

See blog post here: https://sis4teachers.org/2021/08/5-tips-for-back-to-school-in-the-math-classroom/

What a year! 112 shows in the books and a look back at the past crazy, exciting year we've had at SIS4Teachers!https://sis4teachers.org/2021/05/celebrating-112-shows/

Episodes 403-404.Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/05/math-might-teachers-guide-episodes-403-404/

Episodes 401-402.Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/05/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-401-402

Episodes 317-318.Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/05/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-317-318/

Episodes 315-316Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/04/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-315-316/

Episodes 313-314Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/04/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-313-314/

Episodes 311-312Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/04/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-311-312/

Episodes 309-310Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/04/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-309-310/

We all have stories of how this past year has changed or grown us, and in this blog series, I want to highlight a few of those stories. I hope you can identify with and be encouraged by the teachers in our series as they share challenges, victories, and the tips and tricks they’ve learned along the way.This week, we feature an interview with Kristin Marczak, a 1st grade teacher from the UP.  She’s an expert at doing numeracy talks, being able to really look at students in her classroom and figure out where their needs are best met by bringing in concrete, pictorial, and abstract means.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/03/teaching-in-the-trenches-of-covid-guest-post-by-kristin-marczak/

We all have stories of how this past year has changed or grown us, and in this blog series, I want to highlight a few of those stories. I hope you can identify with and be encouraged by the teachers in our series as they share challenges, victories, and the tips and tricks they’ve learned along the way.This week, we hear from Tiffany Markavich, 1st Grade teacher. If you’ve watched any of the 1st grade Math Mights shows, then you’ve seen Tiffany at work! She is an amazing teacher! I’ve had such fun working with her on the show, but I also know she is a rockstar in her classroom as well. https://sis4teachers.org/2021/03/teaching-in-the-trenches-of-covid-guest-post-by-tiffany-markavich/

We all have stories of how this past year has changed or grown us, and in this blog series, I want to highlight a few of those stories. I hope you can identify with and be encouraged by the teachers in our series as they share challenges, victories, and the tips and tricks they’ve learned along the way.This week, we hear from Sara Katt, 5th Grade Math Teacher. Sara teaches 100% virtually and is amazing at it! Through all the change and uncertainty, however, Sara has embraced the virtual teaching platform and continues to fulfill her calling as an educator, even if it looks a little different these days.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/03/teaching-in-the-trenches-of-covid-guest-post-by-sara-katt/

Teachers around the world are in the trenches, experiencing the effects of COVID and the pandemic on their instruction, and many are left wondering where their kids actually are in their understanding.Read more: https://sis4teachers.org/2021/03/addressing-the-covid-slide/

Episodes 307-308.Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/02/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-307-308/

Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/02/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-305-306/

Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/02/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-303-304/

Episodes 301-302.Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.

Episodes 217-218.Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/01/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-217-218/

Episodes 215-216.Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why.https://sis4teachers.org/2021/01/math-mights-teachers-guide-episodes-215-216

Episodes 213-214.Get the most out of the Math Mights Shows with these teacher notes! We’ll bring you into our planning process a little bit, help you learn what each show is about, what strategies we use and why, and even what manipulatives we choose and why. https://sis4teachers.org/2021/01/math-mights-teachers-guide-213-214/

Multiplication isn’t a new topic for our blog - we’ve talked about our multiplication journals and lots of games like Multiplication Bump! or Multiplication Speed! But, today, we’re going to rewind to the very beginning - how to introduce multiplication!To really introduce multiplication correctly, I think it's important to add the K (kinesthetic) to the CPA or Concrete, Pictorial, and Abstract. Today, I want to show you how to do that at the beginning of your multiplication unit as students are just starting to learn the concept. https://sis4teachers.org/2020/12/introduction-to-multiplication-kinesthetic-level/

That is the question that I am asked most often when going to schools. There are so many different options out there, but is there a perfect math series?Read the whole post: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/12/which-math-curriculum-is-best/

https://sis4teachers.org/2020/11/virtual-strategy-games/

https://sis4teachers.org/2020/10/slow-to-go-fast-multiplication-progression/

https://sis4teachers.org/2020/10/visual-models-demystifying-additive-and-multiplicative-comparison-problems/

Read the Post: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/09/place-value-rounding-with-cpa/

In this back-to-school blog series, we're going to go through the different types of conservation milestones that we want kids to hit, as well as how we will know they have the early foundations of numeracy in place before we start building number sense.

Each step in the developmental journey to confidence in problem solving is important so that we help our littles arrive in the proper way instead of trying to force application of word problem skills too soon. To help students in this step, we’ve created the My Math Word Problem Journal, which is developmentally appropriate for kindergarten students at the end of the first semester or the beginning of the second semester. Every journal page takes students through this entire process, so by the end of 75 days, it should be ingrained in their brains! This will help our Kindergarten littles as they head into 1st grade, where they’ll continue to build on higher levels of understanding. Watch the videos, get the free downloads, and read more here:

As students master the first two developmental stages, we can move them into the next stage which is acting out story problems using CPA. This has nothing to do with the person who does your taxes, but everything to do with getting kids to express their knowledge of mathematics concretely, pictorially, and abstractly. Story mats are an excellent way to help children solve problems with different types of real-world scenarios. Get a sample of the story mats, watch the video tutorials, and read the rest here: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/04/math-in-the-real-world-with-littles-word-problem-story-mats/

The next step in building a foundation for problem solving with littles is to use what we call quantitative pictures - pictures with lots of things to count! Find out how to use quantitative pictures and ask different types of questions (from beginning to challenging) to help students think about numbers. Quantitative pictures aren't just for little either! See how you can use them beyond early childhood by applying any math concept!Read the blog, see the videos, and get the downloads: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/04/math-in-the-real-world-with-littles-quantitative-pictures/

Mathematical Practice 2 states that children should be able to “Reason abstractly and quantitatively.” What does that even mean?? It means that students need to apply mathematics into real world scenarios, or word problems. However, word problems can be intimidating for teachers and students alike. See how we can start building the foundation for story problems for our littles by creating opportunities for intentional math-focused conversations about things that happen in our daily routines.Read the blog, see the videos, and get the downloads here: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/04/math-in-the-real-world-with-littles-creating-a-math-friendly-home/

Journey through the process of learning to subtract fractions, from the beginning of developing conceptual understanding through common denominators, uncommon denominators, and mixed numbers. Meet Springling, the fanciest of the Math Mights who helps students work with an open number line to find the distance between two numbers, and learn why it's not actually borrowing - it's renaming!Read the blog post and watch the videos: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/03/subtracting-fractions/

Learn how to establish a conceptual understanding of addition fractions - both with common and uncommon denominators. Shannon explains how to simplify or reduce improper fractions (or fractions larger than one), and how to add fractions in a way that will help students truly understand the why before the how of a memorized procedure.Watch the videos and learn more here:

Fractions don't have to be scary! By establishing (or re-establishing!) what division is REALLY all about, you can help students transition easily into dividing fractions. This week, Shannon uses pattern blocks to walk you through the process of teaching students how to divide with fractions, beginning with dividing a whole number by a fraction and then naturally progressing to dividing two fractions. Watch the videos and read the post here: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/03/working-with-fractions-dividing-fractions/

Fractions got you frazzled? Shannon explains how to teach students about multiplying fractions, beginning with a conceptual knowledge of multiplication and using manipulatives to help students visualize the process.Read more: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/03/working-with-fractions-multiplying-fractions/