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Foreword by Marilyn Burns
Acknowledgments
Introduction
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Chapter 1
BEFORE THE CHILDREN ARRIVE
Chapter 2 September
P R O B L E M S O LV I N G
Chapter 3 October
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Chapter 4 November/December
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GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT
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Chapter 5 January
M U LT I P L I C AT I O N
Chapter 6 February
D I V I SI O N
Chapter 7 March
FR ACTIONS
Chapter 8 April
DECIMALS
Chapter 9 May
ALGEBR AIC THINKING AND DATA COLLECTION
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A N D A N A LYSI S
Chapter 10 June
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M U LT I P L I C AT I O N A N D D I V I S I O N R E V I S I T E D
Afterword: A Year in Review 365
Blackline Masters 367
Number Cards 369
Writing Prompts for Martha Blah Blah 371
How Many Cubes in Each Object? Record Sheet 372
Thinking in 3s 373
Thinking in 4s 374
Thinking About Thinking in 3s Record Sheet 375
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Close to 100 Directions 377
Close to 100 Score Sheet 378
Digit Draw Directions 379
Digit Draw Record Sheet 380
Parent Information and Involvement Form 381
Place-Value Mat 382
Digit Cards 383
A Million Taps . . . More or Less Record Sheet 384
What Would I Do with One Million? Worksheet 385
Close to 1,000 Directions 386
Close to 1,000 Score Sheet 387
Digit Place Directions 388
What Is a Polygon? Worksheet 389
Polygons: Must Be True and Cannot Be True Record Sheet
Polygon Shapes for Sorting Activities 391
Polygon Sorting Activity: This and That 392
Valuable Property and Target Mat 393
Polygon Sorting Activity: Out of Sorts 395
Polygon Sorting Activity: I Have a Secret 396
Polygon Sorting Activity: Guess My Rule 397
Classifying Triangles Record Sheet 398
Classifying Quadrilaterals Record Sheet 399
The Important Book About Polygons: Cover 400
The Important Book About Polygons: Page 401
The Important Book About Polygons: Author Page 402
Tangram Cutting Instructions 403
Constructing Polygons Worksheet 404
Pent-Tris Directions 405
Brainstorming Web 406
Measuring Up Directions 407
Down the Drain Directions 408
It Beats Me Directions 409
Popcorn Madness Directions 410
Box It or Bag It Directions 411
Measures of Central Tendency Worksheet 412
Target 300 Directions 413
Rio Directions 414
Rio Game Board 415
Multiplication Bingo Directions 416
Multiplication Bingo Game Boards 417
Multiplication Bull’s-Eye Directions 418
Multiplication Tic-Tac-Toe Directions 419
Multiplication Tic-Tac-Toe Game Board, Version 1 420
Multiplication Tic-Tac-Toe Game Board, Version 2 421
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Questions for Snowmen Worksheet 422
Remainders of One Worksheet 423
Remainder Riddle 1 424
Remainder Riddle 2 425
Remainder Riddle 3 426
Remainder Riddles Directions 427
Take Me Out to the Ballgame! Worksheet 428
Leftovers with 25 Directions 429
Division Dash Directions 430
Division Dash Score Sheet 431
Menu Exit Slip 432
Cover Up Directions 433
Uncover, Version 1 Directions 434
Uncover, Version 2 Directions 435
Large Dot Paper Square 436
Small Dot Paper Squares 437
Fabulous Fourths Worksheet 438
Awesome Eighths Worksheet 439
Combining Fractions Worksheet 440
Getting to One Whole Directions 441
Getting to One Whole, Version 1 Record Sheet 442
Getting to One Whole, Version 2 Record Sheet 443
Dot Paper Rectangles 444
Fraction Spinners 445
Place-Value Progression Grid: One Whole 446
Place-Value Progression Grid: Tenths 447
Place-Value Progression Grid: Hundredths 448
Place-Value Progression Grid: Thousandths 449
Decimal Bingo Directions 450
Place-Value Chart 451
Tenths Grids 452
Hundredths Grids 453
Place-Value Riddle Sample 454
Place-Value Riddle 1 455
Place-Value Riddle 2 456
Place-Value Riddle 3 457
Place-Value Riddle 4 458
Place-Value Riddle 5 459
The Place-Value Game Directions 460
The Greatest Wins Directions 461
Decimal Square Blackjack 462
Centimeter Grid Paper 463
Graphing Tic-Tac-Toe One-Quadrant Grids 464
Graphing Tic-Tac-Toe Four-Quadrant Grids 465
Magic Pot Task, Version 1 466
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1-Inch Grid Paper 468
Balancing Number Puzzles 469
Rate Tables Record Sheet 470
Great Rates Worksheet 471
Mammal Heart Rates 472
References
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