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Ages and Timelines
Subtraction on the Open Number Line
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Ages and Timelines: Subtraction on the Open Number Line is one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3)
This unit begins with the story of Carlos, an eight-year-old boy who is fascinated by his great-grandfather’s thick, beautiful silver hair. His great-grandfather lives in Puerto Rico and Carlos is preparing to meet him for the...
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Beads and Shoes, Making Twos
Extending Number Sense
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Beads and Shoes, Making Twos: Extending Number Sense is one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3)
This unit begins with the context of walking in line—two lines of children holding hands. The context encourages children to explore doubles while also strengthening their understanding of one-to-one correspondence. As the unit...
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Best Buys, Ratios, and Rates
Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
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Best Buys, Ratios, and Rates: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (4–6)
The focus of this unit is the development of equivalence of fractions, proportional reasoning, and rates. It begins with a comparison of the cost of cat food at two stores: Bob’s Best Buys where it is on sale, $15 for 12...
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Bunk Beds and Apple Boxes
Early Number Sense
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Bunk Beds and Apple Boxes: Early Number Sense is one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3)
This unit begins with the story of a pajama party—a sleepover during which eight children play, moving up and down bunk beds, teasing the babysitter who imagines she is losing and then gaining children!
The unit
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics : 3-level Bundle
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The new Contexts for Learning Mathematics series by Catherine Fosnot and colleagues from Mathematics in the City and the Freudenthal Institute uses carefully crafted math situations to foster a deep conceptual understanding of essential mathematical ideas, strategies, and models. Building on the ideals of a math workshop, each unit provides a two-week sequence of investigations, minilessons, games, and other contexts for learning. The series’ 18 classroom-tested units...
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics Level 1 Read-Alouds
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Building learning around rich, instructionally sound contexts was an overarching goal during the development of the Contexts for Learning Mathematics series. Throughout the series context is used to set the stage for learning. It establishes a terrain that will intrigue children and ignite their imaginations. The contexts are situations children can imagine—either realistic or fictional—that enable them to reflect on what they are doing and apply mathematical...
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics Level 2 Posters
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Building learning around rich, instructionally sound contexts was an overarching goal during the development of the Contexts for Learning Mathematics series. Throughout the series context is used to set the stage for learning. It establishes a terrain that will intrigue children and ignite their imaginations. The contexts are situations children can imagine—either realistic or fictional—that enable them to reflect on what they are doing and apply mathematical...
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics Level 3 Posters
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Building learning around rich, instructionally sound contexts was an overarching goal during the development of the Contexts for Learning Mathematics series. Throughout the series context is used to set the stage for learning. It establishes a terrain that will intrigue children and ignite their imaginations. The contexts are situations children can imagine—either realistic or fictional—that enable them to reflect on what they are doing and apply mathematical...
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack 1-2
(Books and Posters)
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The Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack: Grades 1–2 contains 1 Getting Started guide, 3 unit books, and 3 context-setting read-aloud books.
The 3 unit books and their related read-aloud books are:
Unit Book: Organizing and Collecting: The Number System
Read-Aloud Book: The Masloppy Family
In Organizing
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack 2-3
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The Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack: Grades 2–3 contains 1 Getting Started guide, 3 unit books, 2 context-setting read-aloud books, and 5 context-setting posters.
The 3 unit books and their related read-aloud books and posters are:
Unit Book: Ages and Timelines: Subtraction on the Open Number Line
Read-Aloud Book: El Bisabuelo Gregorio
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack 3-4
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The Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack: Grades 3–4 contains 1 Getting Started guide, 3 unit books, and 9 context-setting posters.
The 3 unit books and their related posters are:
Unit Book: The Big Dinner: Multiplication with the Ratio Table
2 Posters: The Turkey, The Big Dinner
In The Big Dinner the preparation
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack 4-5
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The Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack: Grades 4–5 contains 1 Getting Started guide, 3 unit books, and 11 context-setting posters.
The 3 unit books and their related posters are:
Unit Book: The Box Factory: Extending Multiplication with the Array
3 Posters: Cube Boxes, Box of Oranges, Packing Box
The focus of The Bo
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack 5-6
(Books and Posters)
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The Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack: Grades 5–6 contains 1 Getting Started guide, 3 unit books, and 8 context-setting posters.
The 3 unit books and their related posters are:
Unit Book: Best Buys, Ratios, and Rates: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
4 Posters: Maria’s Pet Emporium, Frank’s Fresh Farm Produce, Bob’
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack K-1
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The Contexts for Learning Mathematics Teacher Pack: Grades K–1 contains 1 Getting Started guide, 3 unit books, and 3 context-setting read-aloud books.
The 3 unit books and their related read-aloud books are:
Unit Book: Bunk Beds and Apple Boxes: Early Number Sense
Read-Aloud Book: The Sleepover
In Bu
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics, Level 1
Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction
(Books + CD-ROM)
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The new Contexts for Learning Mathematics series by Catherine Fosnot and colleagues from Mathematics in the City and the Freudenthal Institute uses carefully crafted math situations to foster a deep conceptual understanding of essential mathematical ideas, strategies, and models.
Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3) is the first level in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics series.
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics, Level 2
Investigating Multiplication and Division
(Books + CD-ROM)
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The new Contexts for Learning Mathematics series by Catherine Fosnot and colleagues from Mathematics in the City and the Freudenthal Institute uses carefully crafted math situations to foster a deep conceptual understanding of essential mathematical ideas, strategies, and models.
Investigating Multiplication and Division (Grades 3–5) is the second level in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics series. In this pac
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Contexts for Learning Mathematics, Level 3
Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
(Books + CD-ROM)
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The new Contexts for Learning Mathematics series by Catherine Fosnot and colleagues from Mathematics in the City and the Freudenthal Institute uses carefully crafted math situations to foster a deep conceptual understanding of essential mathematical ideas, strategies, and models.
Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (Grades 4–6) is the third level in the Contexts for Learning Mathematic
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Exploring Parks and Playgrounds
Multiplication and Division of Fractions
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Exploring Parks and Playgrounds: Multiplication and Division of Fractions is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (4–6)
The focus of this unit is the development of students’ understanding of multiplication with rational numbers. The context of parks and playgrounds is used to introduce the double number line and the array models as...
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Field Trips and Fund-Raisers
Introducing Fractions
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Field Trips and Fund-Raisers: Introducing Fractions is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (4–6)
The focus of this unit is the development of fractions. It begins with the story of a class field trip. The class is split into four groups and each group is given submarine sandwiches to share for lunch. Upon returning from their trip, the...
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Games for Early Number Sense
A Yearlong Resource
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Games for Early Number Sense is one of three yearlong resource guides in Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3)
Games for Early Number Sense contains 24 games that you can choose from as you consider the needs of your students. The unit includes notes for each game describing the mathematical landscape—the possibilities and openings for learning...
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Groceries, Stamps, and Measuring Strips
Early Multiplication
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Groceries, Stamps, nd Measuring Strips: Early Multiplication is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Multiplication and Division (3–5)
The focus of this unit is the introduction and early development of multiplication. By making use of realistic contexts, the unit invites students to find ways to mathematize their lived worlds with grouping structures. The unit uses many...
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Minilessons for Early Addition and Subtraction
A Yearlong Resource
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Minilessons for Early Addition and Subtraction is one of three yearlong resource guides in Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3)
Minilessons for Early Addition and Subtraction is a resource of 78 minilessons that you can choose from throughout the year. In contrast to investigations, which constitute the heart of the math workshop, the minilesson is...
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Minilessons for Early Multiplication and Division
A Yearlong Resource
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Minilessons for Early Multiplication and Division is one of two yearlong resource guides in Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Multiplication and Division (3–5)
Minilessons for Early Multiplication and Division is a resource of 75 minilessons that you can choose from throughout the year. In contrast to investigations, which constitute the heart of the math workshop, the minilesson is more...
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Minilessons for Extending Addition and Subtraction
A Yearlong Resource
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Minilessons for Extending Addition and Subtraction is one of three yearlong resource guides in Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3)
Minilessons for Extending Addition and Subtraction can be helpful in grades 2–3 as you work with addition and subtraction beyond the basic facts. These minilessons are crafted with computation problems that, when...
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Minilessons for Extending Multiplication and Division
A Yearlong Resource
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Minilessons for Extending Multiplication and Division is one of two yearlong resource guides in Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Multiplication and Division (3–5)
Minilessons for Extending Multiplication and Division can be helpful in grades 4–5 as students work with multiplication and division beyond the basic facts. This guide contains 77 minilessons structured as strings of related...
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Minilessons for Operations with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
A Yearlong Resource
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Minilessons for Operations with Fractions is a yearlong resource guide in Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (4–6)
Minilessons for Operations with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents is a resource of approximately 75 minilessons that you can choose from throughout the year. In contrast to investigations, which constitute the heart of the math workshop, the...
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Muffles' Truffles
Multiplication and Division with the Array
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Muffle’s Truffles: Multiplication and Division with the Array is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Multiplication and Division (3–5)
The focus of this unit is the development of the open array as a model for multiplication and division. This unit uses a series of investigations based on the context of Muffles’ Truffles shop. The questions posed in the first...
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Organizing and Collecting
The Number System
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Organizing and Collecting: The Number System is one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3)
This unit begins with the story of the Masloppy family—an endearing, large family that finds it difficult to keep track of things. Everyone is forever losing, misplacing, and looking for things. One of the children, Nicholas, decides to sort,...
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The Big Dinner
Multiplication with the Ratio Table
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In The Big Dinner the preparation of a turkey dinner introduces early multiplication strategies and supports automatizing the facts, using the ratio table, and developing the distributive property with large numbers. Strings of problems guide learners toward computational fluency with whole-number multiplication and build automaticity with multiplication facts by focusing on relationships.
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The Box Factory
Extending Multiplication with the Array
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The Box Factory: Extending Multiplication with the Array is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Multiplication and Division (3–5)
The focus of this unit is the deepening and extending of students’ understanding of multiplication, specifically the associative and commutative properties and their use with computation, systematic factoring, and the extension of...
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The California Frog-Jumping Contest
Algebra
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The California Frog-Jumping Contest: Algebra is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (4–6)
This unit uses the context of the famous short story by Mark Twain— The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County —to develop equivalence and its use in solving algebraic problems. The context of a frog jumping along a track is used to...
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The Double-Decker Bus
Early Addition and Subtraction
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The Double Decker Bus: Early Addition and Subtraction is one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3)
This unit begins with the story of a double-decker bus—a bus that has two decks with ten seats on each. Five seats on each deck are red and five seats are white. The bus goes by quickly and the little girl in the story, sitting at...
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The Mystery of the Meter
Decimals
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The Mystery of the Meters: Decimals is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (4–6)
This unit begins with the story of Zig—who discovers five mysterious dials on the side of his house. The dials are part of the electric meter for his house. At first Zig does not know this and he sets out to investigate how the dials work. As he collects...
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The T-Shirt Factory
Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction
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The T-Shirt Factory: Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction is one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3)
This unit begins with the story of Grandma Eudora’s T-Shirt Factory. Grandma Eudora is part of the Masloppy family—a large, endearing family that finds it difficult to keep track of things. Everyone is forever...
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The Teachers' Lounge
Place Value and Division
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The Teachers’ Lounge: Place Value and Division is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Multiplication and Division (3–5)
The focus of this unit is division. It begins with the story of a teacher noticing a service person in the teachers’ lounge fill two different vending machines with beverages. In the first machine, there are bottles of water only. The machine...
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Trades, Jumps, and Stops
Early Algebra
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Trades, Jumps, and Stops: Early Algebra is one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics’ Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K–3)
The story The Masloppy Family Goes to New York City sets the stage in this unit for a series of investigations to develop several big ideas and strategies important in the algebra strand. Seven-year-old Nicholas Masloppy (fondly known as the...
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