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Richard Blankman

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As a marketing director for HMH, Richard develops content to promote the brand and its products, specializing in mathematics and copywriting. He has 20 years of experience in education, including teaching, product development, product management, and marketing. Previously, he was an instructional designer for HMH and for Scholastic, and before that, a high school math teacher. He has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and has appeared as a math expert in videos from HMH.

 

 
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A Hand Span Measurement Lesson

Hand span measurement lesson where teachers have students measure their hand spans and use that to describe and compare distances

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Math Formative Assessment Examples

This article discusses different math formative assessment examples to inform both your teaching and your students' learning.

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True, False, and Open Sentences in Math

In this article, we investigate true, false, and open sentences in mathematics, including how to tell whether a sentence is true and false and how to solve open sentences.

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What Is Pi Day and Why Do We Celebrate It?

What is Pi Day and why do we celebrate It? Learn about the history of the holiday and how to celebrate Pi Day in the classroom.

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6 Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Middle School Math

This list of differentiation instructional strategies for middle school math teachers gives ideas for students of all backgrounds to engage in math.

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Gamification in Education: The Fun of Learning

This article breaks down the question, what is gamification in education? Gamification of learning means that educators apply game design elements to an educational setting.

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8 Free Elementary Math Activities

Get your elementary students hooked on math with these games and activities.

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Math Meets Sports: How Is Math Used in the Summer and Winter Games?

In a special Olympic edition of the Math at Work web series, paired with activities based on the Olympic Games, students will learn how important math is to the world of sports.

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7 Math Small-Group Instructional Strategies

These small group instructional strategies for the math classroom will help ensure your small groups in math class are effective for you and beneficial for students.

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A History of Pi: Global Calculations

A history of pi is given, showing how mathematicians across the West and East have contributed to our understanding of the constant pi.

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Teaching Mean, Median & Mode Graphing Using a Dot Plane

Teach your students about the different ways to describe data, including the concepts of mean (average), median, and mode.

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Teaching x- and y-Axis Graphing on Coordinate Grids

Teach students about graphing along the x and y axis on coordinate graphs as a visual method for showing relationships between numbers.

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Teaching Solid Figures: Vertices, Edges and More

In this lesson, students will explore the parts that make up solid figures, including edges, faces, and vertices.

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7 Strategies for Teaching Math to English Language Learners

These ELL strategies for math instruction will help you with teaching math to English language learners and supporting math learning for multilingual students.

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Teaching Quadrant Numbers on a Graph

With this math lesson, you can teach students about coordinates, integers, coordinate planes, and functions on a graph.

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Teaching about Classifying Polygons

Teach students about the different types of polygons in mathematics, which can be described as flat, closed figures with three or more sides.

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