Student-Centered Math Lessons
Let maneuvering the middle® curriculum do the planning while you enjoy the results!
Our curriculum was designed by teachers who struggled to find resources that engaged their students and met the standards. So they designed their own and changed the culture of their classrooms.
With hands-on cooperative learning activities, students are excited to work together to solve problems — even if it’s just in math class! All of the standards are grouped into smaller units to scaffold the content and streamline your planning process.
Let's discuss strategies for teaching math concepts using the CRA framework. Remember that the CRA framework has proven to help students grasp difficult math concepts. If you are scratching your head asking yourself, “What is the CRA framework?” be sure to go back and read this post. What is the CRA? I like this definition best. “The CRA is a three-stage learning process where ...
The CRA framework is an instructional strategy that stands for concrete, representational, and abstract; it is critical to helping students move through their learning of math concepts. To fully understand the idea behind CRA, or concrete representational abstract, think about a small child learning to count. They may learn counting to 10 by memorizing a song. Then, these numbers ...
Higher level thinking is a goal for many teachers. Students retain knowledge when they have thought deeply about it. And in order to get our students to think at a deeper level, we have to be asking questions that require them to access those parts of the brain. Encouraging higher level thinking is so interconnected to your classroom culture, the rigor of your content, and then ...
