Speak positively about math and reward effort rather than grades or ability. Think about how important reading is and how we are told to model this behavior for our children. We need to place math in ...

Students put all of their addition and subtraction skills together to solve equations. In this lesson, students put all of their addition and subtraction skills together to solve equations. Julia ...

Write and tell time on analog and digital clocks. OBJECTIVE: I can write and tell time on analog and digital clocks. This lesson will feature the book Time Word Problems by Lisa Colozza Cocca. / Julia ...

Mathematicians, are you ready? This second-grade math problem is a doozy—and it seems like no one can figure it out. (By the way, if you can solve this math puzzle, you’re probably a genius.) Angie ...

Teaching elementary school math just got trickier, or at least deeper. The new Common Core State Standards require students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of math concepts, which means teachers ...

Researchers report that children express the stereotype that mathematics is for boys, not for girls, as early as second grade, before gender differences in math achievement emerge. Children express ...

Based on market share and states’ recommendations, EdReports.org selected 20 math instructional series to review for common-core alignment. (For reporting purposes, K-5 and 6-8 texts from the same ...

Update: After waiting on the edge of our seats, Ayla's math teacher finally revealed the answer to the question that left parents scratching their heads: 42.5. And if that doesn't seem right to you ...

Early in the second grade curriculum in Virginia, children are introduced to the basics of inequalities: 1 2, 4>3 and so forth. I asked my second-grader the other day if these were difficult concepts ...