Using a Money-Based Discipline or Reward System in an Elementary Classroom / Ryan Faulk -- Number of the Year Award / Terry Castoria -- Technology Enhanced Second-Grade Math / Helen F. Melvin -- Getting Zoned-Out Students to Tune In / Sharon Andrews -- Letting Student Strengths Lead Math Problem Solving / Steven Wyborney -- Using Animated Learning Icons to Capture and Enhance Instruction / Steven Wyborney -- Honoring the Middle School Student / Heather Sullivan -- Sweet Solutions in Math Make a Difference in the World / Pam Roller -- But ... Does It Make Sense? / Patricia F. Clark -- Keeping Math Alive After State Testing / Dianne M. Peterson -- Teaching and Learning Math Vocabulary With Meaning / Deborah Gordon -- I Became a Facilitator as Well as a Teacher / Mary Jane Short -- Human Number Line: Make Yourself a Fraction / Joyce Wolfe Dodd -- A Systematic Approach to Factoring Trinomials / Jim Miller -- Engaged Students Love Math / Donna Henry -- Letting Everyone Shine / Carol Amos -- From Angst to Aptitude: Math Is More Than a Four Letter Word / John P. Pieper -- Lesson Study: A "Win-Win" Professional Practice / Debra Rose Howell.
Summary
Join Stone as she visits the classrooms of award-winning teachers to observe their best practices for teaching math to elementary, middle school, and high school learners. The book is packed with lessons that work and ideas that will expand the instructional repertoires of new/veteran teachers.