Michelle's Products

For more information about the products listed, read descriptions below and to place an order contact:
Lori Fast
ESSDACK
1500 E 11th
Hutchinson, KS 67501
620-663-9566 lfast@essdack.org
or contact Michelle at 620-728-8587 or michelleflaming143@gmail.com
 

DVD  and Teacher Guide

Developing and Assessing Number Sense -

In this workshop PreK- 2 teachers will be exposed to the necessary building blocks
necessary for a child to develop true number sense. Many times in education we attempt
to solve a symptom, when we need to be addressing the core of the problem. The focus
of this workshop is to provide teachers with the understanding necessary to identify the building blocks in developing number sense and to provide teachers with appropriate lessons and a diagnostic tool in which to measure students number sense. During the workshop we will also be looking at specific student cases to diagnose their level of understanding of numbers.

Hands-On Math Write-On Models and Activity Book
This 200+ page book is loaded with 2nd - 5th grade math activities and multiple choice assessment items to address the 2005-2006 Kansas Mathematics assessed indicators. This book can be used as a stand alone or in connection with the Math Write-On Models Placemats. The Kansas mathematics Standards ask students to use models in all standards. These 11" x 17" laminated placemats incorporate many of the suggested models by the state. Each packet includes 10 laminated Write-On Models.

Books -

1. Solve It Through Stories - Collection 1
Creation of integrated curricula, rather than segmenting education into distinct subjects,
has several advantages. Literature is a marvelous tool for supporting problem solving
learning. The use of a book is especially valuable for making children aware of the many
ways mathematics is used in their everyday lives and thus promotes the MCTM curriculum standard on mathematical connections. Collection 1 uses 15 literature stories to speak to the heart of the child. Three of the stories include a multicultural perspective. Included in the book are all of the necessary blackline masters needed for the activities.

2. Sharing Math Stories (Story Problems for All Students)
This guidebook is designed to support teachers who use Cognitively Guided Instruction or
would like to enhance problem solving in the classroom. Included in this resource are
tools that can be used as is or can be adapted for your classroom. The original idea was
to provide teachers with CGI Problem types. Each problem is on it’s own individual
page which can be copied for each student. Each journal page includes: type of problem,
the problem itself, multiple choice numbers (to put into the problem), an area for students
to record their thinking, and an assessment grid for teachers to mark the instructional
strategy of the student.

3. Hands-On Numbers is an easy, step-by-step activity book designed for Kindergarten -
Third grade teachers. This book is loaded with games, investigations, and blackline
masters that are as easy to prepare as jell-o. The focus in all of the games and investigations
is on helping primary grade learners develop number sense. If you are as busy, stressed
and pressed for time as most teachers, this book will quickly become a new best friend.

4. Hands-On Algebra: Patterns, Equations, and Functions is an easy,
step-by-step activity book designed for Kindergarten - Third grade teachers. The book is loaded
with games, investigations, and blackline masters that are quick and easy. The focus is to provide all
children with hands on approaches to understanding algebraic concepts. Included in this activity book
is also a diagnostic assessment on algebraic concepts according to the NCTM standards. If you are
as busy, stressed and pressed for time as most teachers, this book will quickly become another best friend.

5. Hands-On Geometry is an easy, step-by-step activity book designed for
Kindergarten - Third grade teachers. The book is loaded with lesson plans, investigations,
and blackline masters that are quick and easy to use. This book is loaded with ideas to
teach the concept of geometric shapes and their properties, transformational geometry,
and visualization. Included in this activity book is also a diagnostic assessment on
geometric concepts according to the NCTM standards. If you are as busy, stressed and
pressed for time as most teachers, this book will quickly become another best friend.

6. Hands-On Measurements is an easy, step-by-step activity book designed for Kindergarten - Third grade teachers. The book is loaded with lesson plans, investigations, literature connections and blackline masters that are quick and easy to use. This book is loaded with ideas to teach the concept of standard and nonstandard measurements. If you are as busy, stressed and pressed for time as most teachers, this book will quickly become another best friend.

7. Just Say "NO" To Worksheets is an activity packed book which focuses on hands-on activities for Kindergarten students through 6th grade students. Numbers and computation, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data activities are packed into this 42 lesson book.