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This podcast is the audio version of the SIS4Teacher blog, published weekly. at Strategic Intervention Solutions, we help teachers gain confidence in their instruction by helping them appreciate the importance of numeracy development and the stages of mathematical thinking and application. Our strat…

Shannon McCartney


    • Dec 1, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Screening for Numeracy Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 18:44


    Progression of Conservation: Foundations for Numeracy Development

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 21:18


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

    Rekenrek Activities for Numeracy Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 14:08


    Using Place Value Discs in the Math Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 48:12


    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/

    20+ Ways to Use Place Value Strips in the K-5 Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 39:58


    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/

    What do I put in my Math Salad Bar??

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 14:40


    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/

    Back to School in the Math Classroom: Shannon's Top 5 Tips

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 11:36


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

    Celebrating 112 Shows: Math Might Reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 17:18


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 403-404

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 15:50


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 401-402

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 19:51


    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

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 317 - 318

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 19:52


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 315-316

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 17:07


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 313-314

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 16:14


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 311-312

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 22:27


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 309 - 310

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 17:13


    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/

    Teaching in the Trenches of COVID: Guest Post by Kristin Marczak

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 8:36


    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/

    Teaching in the Trenches of COVID: Guest Post by Tiffany Markavich

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 10:38


    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/

    Teaching in the Trenches of COVID: Guest Post by Sara Katt

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 13:21


    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/

    Addressing the COVID Slide

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 13:40


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 307 - 308

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 20:33


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 305 and 306

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 18:33


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher’s Guide: Episodes 303-304

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 26:22


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher’s Guide: Episodes 301-302

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 26:06


    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.

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 217-218

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 21:13


    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/

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 215-216

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 18:49


    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

    Math Mights Teacher's Guide: Episodes 213 and 214

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 11:50


    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/

    Introduction to Multiplication: Kinesthetic Level

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 9:43


    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/

    Which Math Curriculum is Best?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 14:53


    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/

    Teaching Ratio Word Problems in Middle School starts in Elementary School

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 11:00


    Virtual Strategy Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 6:21


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

    Virtual Manipulatives for Virtual Math Insturction

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 6:51


    Counting Buddy Fun!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 11:52


    Slow to Go Fast: Multiplication Progression

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 10:21


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

    Visual Models: Demystifying Additive and Multiplicative Comparison Problems

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 13:01


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

    Going Deeper with Visual Models: Part-Whole Multiplication/Division

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 7:01


    Visual Models: Your Secret Weapon for Word Problem Comprehension

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 9:30


    Place Value: Rounding with CPA

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 7:20


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

    Place Value: More or Less

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 4:49


    Place Value: Back to Basics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 7:42


    Conservation Milestones: Conservation to Twenty

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 8:52


    Conservation Milestones: Conservation to Ten

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 9:56


    Conservation Milestones: Conservation to Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2020 10:12


    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.

    Back to School: 3 Tips for Math in the Time of COVID

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 10:25


    Math4Littles: Solving Word Problems in Kindergarten

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 13:50


    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:

    Math in the Real World with Littles: Word Problem Story Mats

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 14:03


    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/

    Math in the Real World with Littles: Quantitative Pictures

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 6:00


    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/

    Math in the Real World with Littles: Creating a Math Friendly Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 9:03


    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/

    Working with Fractions: Subtracting Fractions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 13:17


    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/

    Working with Fractions: Adding Fractions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 13:43


    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:

    Working with Fractions: Dividing Fractions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 11:36


    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/

    Working with Fractions: Multiplying Fractions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 12:56


    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/

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