November Resources for Math Teachers.

Looney Math Consulting offers resources for math educatorsin the form of word problems, book recommendations and helpful links.

Math Resources Website:

yummy math - math problems and resources for educators

Search RICH TASKS by grade level at Yummy Math

Yummy Math provides teachers with an easy way to bring real-life into their math classrooms. When math is explored in contexts that are familiar and of interest to students, students will be more engaged to do math, reason, think critically, question and communicate. Activities are written to correspond with the NCTM Process Standards and the CCSS Standards for Mathematical Practice.

Featured Mathematics Blog:

Differentiated Kindergarten - a Peek at November Math Stations.

(Not just for Kindergarten!)

"Welcome to Differentiated Kindergarten! I’m Marsha, a teacher-mom committed to the journey of creating a differentiated classroom for my students. It’s my goal to meet the needs of all my students through fun, engaging and developmentally appropriate activities.Read more ...

Book Recommendations for Math Educators:

" This resource applies familiar reading comprehension strategies and relevant research to mathematics instruction to aid in building students' comprehension in mathematics. Building Mathematical Comprehension demonstrates how to facilitate student learning to build schema and make connections among concepts. In addition, this resource provides clear strategies to help students ask good questions, visualize mathematics, and synthesize their understanding. This resource is aligned to the interdisciplinary themes from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and supports the Common Core State Standards."

"Powerful Problem Solving shows what’s possible when students become active doers rather than passive consumers of mathematics. Max Ray argues that the process of sense making truly begins when we create questioning, curious classrooms full of students’ own thoughts and ideas." Available from Heinemann

Thank you for visiting the Looney Math Consulting Resources Blog. Each month we offer math problems, websites, books and other publications with the intent to connect mathematics teachers to valuable resources.