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Contact UsThe Great Homework Debate
Where Do You Stand on Homework? It seems that many have set up camp as either the pro homework or no homework these days with terrific reasons for both…
Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits focuses on all elementary subject areas with a passion for elementary math content and resources. On our elementary math blog, you can learn new ideas, sift through easy but practical tips, and expand your education knowledge.
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Illustrative Math
Discussions relating to illustrative math concepts and practices. Explore the latest math ideas that address standards and methodologies for math students in K-5. Find resources that help prepare students for problem-solving, communication, and reasoning.
Build critical thinking skills among students and help them achieve an excellent proficiency level. Ignite the inner mathematician in each of them through engaging ideas and techniques that help you share your passion for math and learning.
Elementary Math
Browse a repository of information focused on all kinds of elementary learning. Help your students explore the most fundamental ideas that build math literacy and help prepare them for further education and life beyond school.
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Color-Coded Learning: Numbers Notebook
Numbers Notebook: A Record of Learning I began implementing a math journal in 2013. It was not something I set out to do at the beginning of the school…
Gingerbread Science
I always vow to have an academic and calm December after I am rocking myself in the corner trembling in tinsel. There’s such a fine line between embracing the…
20 Ideas for Teaching Coins
This post is all about teaching about coins! The pictures and lesson ideas in this post come from the guided math units K-2, but I have 3rd and 4th grade…
Fact Fluency: Friend or Foe?
Fact Fluency in the primary grades can become a heated topic and for good reason. Let’s dive into it a bit together! Are you tensing up yet? Perhaps having a flashback…