Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Factors and Multiples (Grades 5-8)

Burkhart, Jerry

ISBN 10: 1618212613 / ISBN 13: 9781618212610

Published by Routledge, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Factors and Multiples (Grades 5-8)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1618212613
• ISBN 13: 9781618212610
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

Students become mathematical adventurers in these challenging and engaging activities designed to deepen and extend their understanding of concepts from the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they explore mystifying patterns of colored blocks, analyze paths of pool balls, solve mathematical word puzzles, and unravel a baffling mathematical code. Each activity comes with detailed support for classroom implementation including learning goals, discussion guides, detailed solutions, and suggestions for extending the investigation. There is also a free supplemental e-book offering strategies for motivation, assessment, parent communication, and suggestions for using the materials in different learning environments.

Grades 5-8

About the Author

Jerry Burkhart has been teaching and learning math with gifted students in Minnesota for nearly 20 years. He has degrees in physics, mathematics, and math education. He provides professional development for teachers and is a regular presenter at conferences around topics of meeting the needs of gifted students in mathematics...