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Black Friday Classroom Activity and Lesson Plan: Teaching Math and Money

This Black Friday classroom activity can teach students about spending and budgeting as well as decimals and percentages. The Black Friday lesson plan is appropriate for elementary students.

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3 Kindergarten Math Games and Activities for the Classroom

These math activities for kindergarten focus on addition and counting. Use these kindergarten math games for the classroom to show how mathematics is found everywhere in students' world.

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Celebrate STEM Using Hands-On Experiments and Science Stories

On November 8 (and every day), try these quick, simple and easy STEM Day activities for elementary students—created by the Kitchen Pantry Scientist and author of STEAM project books, Liz Heinecke.

Liz Lee Heinecke
STEAM Author; The Kitchen Pantry Scientist

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Shapes, Patterns, and Arrangements: Math Activities for Preschoolers

Since your students have a basic knowledge of colors and shapes, Pre-K is a good year to start tackling concepts such as patterns.

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How to Prepare Elementary School Students for Algebra

Ease elementary school students' transition from arithmetic to algebra by introducing them to algebra concepts throughout the elementary grades.

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Prime Numbers, Trapdoors, and Cracking Codes: A Math Puzzle—Part 2

Have your students try their hand at basic RSA enciphering with these downloadable math activities.

Ally Zmijeski
Associate Learning Architect, Math

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4 Math Patterns Activities for Preschoolers

Use these patterns for preschool students to teach your earliest learners about an important mathematical topic.

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6 Careers That Involve Math: From the Classroom to the Real World

Do your students ever ask how they will use what they learn in the math classroom in real life? You can answer by looking at these jobs that involve math.

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Math Activities for Preschoolers: Discovering Addition Concepts

Download these activities for preschoolers to teach early learners about addition using visual representations.

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3 Math Activities for Preschoolers: Addends Worksheets

Use these downloadable math activities for PreK students to teach your early learners about addends and number partners.

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What One Middle School Math Teacher Learned at NCTM 2019

Joe Barry, HMH's Numeracy Counts ambassador, recalls his trip to the annual National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2019 Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Joe Barry
Teacher, Hopkins Middle School

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Prime Numbers, Trapdoors, and Cracking Codes: A Math Puzzle—Part 1

Surprisingly—or maybe unsurprisingly to some—staying safe in the digital age has a lot to do with math.

Ally Zmijeski
Associate Learning Architect, Math

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Math Talk Moves: Engaging Students Through Discussion in the Math Classroom

Students should be engaged in solving and discussing tasks that promote reasoning and problem solving.

Dr. Matthew R. Larson
Past President, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM); Senior Fellow, Math Solutions

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HMH Honors Five Educators Who Helped Striving Students Succeed

These winners showed that with perseverance and persistence, you can help students overcome personal and academic challenges.

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6 Fun Math Activities for Middle School Students

Explore 6 fun math activities for middle school from HMH's GO Math! program. These middle school math games and projects for grades 6-8 will keep your students engaged.

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Address 3 Challenges to Teaching STEM as an International Educator

Examining these challenges is essential to establish a pragmatic foundation upon which a STEM program can be constructed.

Michael DiSpezio
Author, ScienceFusion and HMH Science Dimensions Programs

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Supporting Teachers to Promote Mathematical Discourse in the Classroom

A curriculum that includes math discourse in daily lessons has several learning benefits.

Andy Clark
Math in Focus Grades 1-Course 3 U.S. Consultant and Course 2-Course 3 Writer

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Math by Touch: A Braille Puzzle for Your Students (Part 2)

With this two-part blog series, teachers can incorporate learning Braille with math through creative scenarios, historical details, and fun puzzles.

Ally Zmijeski
Associate Learning Architect, Math

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