Seeing the Math You Teach, Grades K-6 : An Elementary Teacher’s Quick-Guide to Meaningful Mathematical Strategies and Representations

Because when you see the math, they can see it too. The role of today’s classroom teacher has evolved from being a disseminator of information to a facilitator of learning.As an elementary teacher, you can guide student thinking to deeper levels of understanding by making connections between and among physical, visual, symbolic, verbal and contextual representations. Seeing the Math You Teach, Grades K-6 is intended to help you help your students.It is an accessible guide for elementary teachers that focuses on making mathematics meaningful through multiple strategies and representations to help foster a love for mathematics in their students.The authors have written this book based on the deep belief that everyone can be good at math.It illustrates the most commonly seen and used visual models of each of the elementary mathematical content areas the way children think about them.Rather than a book full of prescribed problem solving strategies, this book will help you and your students