What is ‘number sense’?
We recently sat down with Jessica Shumway to ask her about her new book, Number Sense Routines. In the first part of our interview with Jessica, she defines number sense, talks about why it’s difficult...
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Quick Tip Tuesday: Counting the days in school
We continue our math quick tip series with another idea from Jessica Shumway’s recent book Number Sense Routines. Counting the days in school is a routine that Jessica uses at the end of the day to...
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Quick Tip Tuesday: Using Algebra and Arithmetic Routines to Improve Number Sense
Our math quick tips continue on this sunny Tuesday with another number sense routine by Jessica Shumway, exclusive to the Stenhouse blog. Her new book, Number Sense Routines, is still available for...
View ArticleQuick Tip Tuesday: Data collection tips and ideas
We wrap up our four weeks of math quick tips with Jessica Shumway today with tips and ideas for data collection routines in the classroom. You can still preview Jessica’s book Number Sense Routines on...
View ArticlePreview new video: Daily warm-ups to build number sense
Students who are lacking number sense tend to struggle in mathematics and the gap in their understanding can widen over time. In her book, Number Sense Routines, Jessica Shumway introduced a series of...
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Profiles in Effective PD Initiatives: Teachers Get Fit with Number Sense...
We continue our Profiles in Effective PD series with a visit to Kearney, NB, where teachers are in the middle of a three-year plan to implement the techniques discussed in Jessica Shumway’s recent...
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