Math Strategies You Can Count On: Tools & Activities to Build Math Appreciation, Understanding & Skills

by Char Forsten

Your students will be eager for math class to begin when you get them involved in these engaging, classroom-tested activities. Learn how you can introduce more and more complex concepts by keeping things based in the concrete and visual, and by guiding students in their discovery of math patterns and relationships. Char offers fresh new ways to capture students` imaginations by showing them the math in what they already love--whether it`s games, sports, or the clothes on their backs. With this full-color book in hand, you`ll have everything you need to make math meaningful--and fun!--for all your students. Includes reproducibles, photos, and a chart of suggested group sizes for each activity. (Grades 2-6)

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2005