Resources for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teachers

Many of these materials were generally part of Georgia State University endorsement courses facilitated by Dr. Stephanie Smith and Dr. Susan Swars Auslander. Others were in Dr. Geoff Clement's dissertation study. Live and learn!

Mini-Course Materials
Singapore Modeling Method (Word Problems)

SMM & CGI-CCSSM/GSE Connections/SMM Research Overview/PISA Results

Standards for Mathematical Practice

Centimeter Grid Paper/Unifix Cubes Activity (Collaborative Groups), Grid Paper

CGI Problem Types (+, −, ×, ÷)

Singapore Modeling Method Steps

SMM PowerPoint

Thinking Blocks (http://www.mathplayground.com/wordproblems.html)

SMM Classwork/Homework

Test Extras

Strip Diagram Activities

Centers Activity (4 stations/themes)

Final Exam Extras/Assessment
Number and Operations/Cognitively Guided Instruction Analyzing Cognitively Demanding Tasks, WMT Task Analysis Guide

Standards for Mathematical Practice

Rethinking Mathematics Education TEDx Talk: Tisha Jones

Counting Assessment

CGI Sort, CGI Sort Cards
CGI Problem Types


CGI-CCSSM Connections, Operations Domains, Website
CGI Teacher Guide
CGI Introduction

CGI Addition Subtraction IDs
CGI Add Subtract Problem Types

Double Compare

CGI Multiplication Division IDs
CGI Multiply Divide Problem Types
CGI Remainders in Division

CGI Base 10 Place Value
CGI Base 10 Trajectory
CGI Base 10 Understanding
CGI Evidence-Based Trajectory for Base 10
CGI Implementation Checklist

Salute!
Rational Numbers & Early Algebra

Analyzing Cognitively Demanding Tasks, WMT
Task Analysis Guide


Standards for Mathematical Practice

Rethinking Mathematics Education TEDx Talk: Tisha Jones

Early Algebra-CCSSM Connections Website

Algebra Readiness

Salute!

Benchmarks for Conceptions of Equality

Basic Properties of Real Numbers/CCSSM Properties

Number Sentences to Encourage Relational Thinking

Algebra Scales
Balance Scales
Balanced Scales Tasks
Balancing Act
Guess the Weight
Three Balanced Scales Tasks
A Growing Caterpillar Problem
How Does It Grow?
The Hexagon Pattern Task
The Matchsticks Problem
The Square Vertices Task
The Triangle Dots Task
The Tiles Problem
Dinner Tables

Understanding Equality and Relational Thinking Interviews

Hundred Board Wonders (Hundred Board)

Calculations Using Properties of Operations

Double Compare
Operating with Odd and Even Numbers
The Painted Cube Row Problem
The Farmer’s Market Problem

Bucky the Badger
Building Houses
The Gift Choice Project

Equations with Multiple and Repeated Variables

Sub Sandwiches Supplement
Fraction Exploration
Clock Fractions
Tangram Fractions/Fourths on a Geoboard, Geoboard Grids
Fraction Grid Patterns
Build It Fraction Game, Card Deck, Game Board
Modeling Operations with Fractions Activities (1 Fill the Hexagons & 2 Seeing Shapes within Shapes; 3 Making Cookie Shapes), Fill the Hexagons Game Board, Hexagon Cookies Worksheet
Fill Two/Fill Four, Decimal Cards Set A, Set B, Grids
Repeat or Terminate
Linking Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

Catch of the Day
Additive and Multiplicative Comparisons
Exploring Proportional Reasoning
Matching Data to Circle Graphs
Geometry & Measurement

Analyzing Cognitively Demanding Tasks, WMT Task Analysis Guide

Standards for Mathematical Practice

GSE/CCSSM Connections for Geometry and Measurement,
Website

Geometric Vocabulary Terms

The Make the Shapes Tasks
Match My Grid
Where’s Abe?

Tangram Tasks/Tangram Activities/Tangram Discoveries

Van Hiele Levels of Geometric Reasoning
Geometry Interview

Pattern Blocks Activities
Angles & Quadrilaterals
Geoboard/Dot Paper Activity, Dot Paper
Geo-Explorations: Triangles & Parallelograms
Polygon Capture Game,
Cards

3-D Vocabulary Terms
Counting Parts of Solids
3-D Shape Sort, Property Cards
Block Structures
Building Pentaminoes & Nets of an Open Cube
What’s in the Lunch Bag?

The Geometry of Letters
Quadrilateral Discovery Tasks
The Hexagon Pattern Task
Reflections and Rotations

Alphabet Symmetry
Crazy Cakes Activities (Symmetry)
Xs and Os

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Finding Nonroutine Areas Tasks
Finding Nonroutine Triangle and Polygon Areas Tasks
Ordering Rectangles

The Home Improvement Tasks
The Fencing Task
Changing Garden
Pythagorean Theorem Problems
The Wheel of Theodorus Task

The Painted Cube Challenge
Researching Box Designs
Data Analysis & Probability

Analyzing Cognitively Demanding Tasks, WMT Task Analysis Guide

Standards for Mathematical Practice

Measurement & Data-CCSSM Connections Website

The Buttons Task_Zoss

Conversation Activity

The Free-the-Prisoner Strategy Problem

Dice in a Bag

The Eleven Penny Game
Exploring Data/Guess My Rule & Quick Survey Activities
Today’s Question
How Many Pockets?
1-2-3-4 Activity, 1-2-3-4 Strips
The Mean Caps Task_Cai
The Balancing Act Tasks
The Balancing Towers Task
The Mayoral Race Tasks
The Sharing Tips Tasks
The Weight Gain Program Tasks

Lost Teeth Data

Stem-and-Leaf Plots

Box Plots

The M&Ms Tasks

Data Terms Glossary