Powerful tools for mathematics instruction can make a good lesson great. Simple and accessible, Math tools in action: journals, bringing mathematical practices to life in the classroom on a daily basis. Math journals invite students to relate their own ideas, experiences and prior knowledge to the learning at hand while encouraging them to clarify their thoughts and to use challenging and precise math vocabulary. Watch Chris and 4th grade students...

Franki Sibberson's fourth and fifth grade students use binders to organize their weekly news magazines in a compilation for use throughout the year. In this classroom vignette, the students use these magazines collected and organized over many weeks as part of their social studies curriculum considering the legal system. After the classroom sequence, Franki and Karen Szymusiak, an elementary principal, discuss the many natural curriculum extensions...

The school brought in the staff of Gender Spectrum to provide training for teachers and administrators as well as an age-appropriate curriculum for students. During this step, everyone involved was empowered to look at their own personal confusion, bias and feelings around gender. Parents are brought into the mix next, and add to the spirited discussion about creating a safe place for all of our children to be themselves. A week of classroom activities...

Testing knowledge of world geography by making way around the board, avoiding landslides and volcano eruptions while answering questions.

"The goal of the Technology & Space Module is to build kids' fascination with the solutions of tomorrow and get them excited to look beyond the world they see today. Topics in this module include mechanics, astronomy, robotics, coding, communication. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to things kids see every day." Danger!...

"Come along on a math adventure to discover how percents, decimals, and fractions work, what they represent, how they are connected, and so much more! This fun question and answer book has everything from facts and figures to simple and hilarious illustrations to help you learn how and when percents, decimals, and fractions are used in everyday life and how you can use them too!"--

Kids will use imagination and brainpower to work their way through a galaxy of interactive storybooks, games, math challenges and more! Danger! Low fuel! Danger! Your spaceship is stranded in the middle of an enormous asteroid field. The only way you can get it out is by carefully adjusting the angle of your craft, so your laser can blast away the incoming asteroids. Get ready for out-of-this-world geometry fun! In this fun story, a tornado has...