Thank you for this video, Susan! I’m a homeschooling mom and have learned so much from your videos. My favorite math curriculum, Singapore Math, uses a concrete to pictorial to abstract approach which has worked really well for my kids. I wish I had learned math this way!
This is a great strategy for all students. I used this strategy with my entire class in 4th and 5th grade. It definitely helps students understand the math they are doing rather than jumping straight to the abstract. I now use this strategy as a math interventionist.
My grandson just turned 5 a month ago. The just finished figuring out for me there’s 1440 mins in 24 hours. Check out the Number Blocks series on RUclips. Nothing crazy, it’s mainly the music and way the blocks are presented. Never seen anything like it after raising 7 kids and enjoying 9 grands.
Thank you for this video, Susan! I’m a homeschooling mom and have learned so much from your videos. My favorite math curriculum, Singapore Math, uses a concrete to pictorial to abstract approach which has worked really well for my kids. I wish I had learned math this way!
I have never heard of this before. I will definitely be using it in my first grade class this year! Thank you for explaining it so well.
I do follow CRA way of teaching math but loved the video.
Awesome Job!
I've been advocating for this method all through Primary (CRA or CPA)
I came across it after discovering Jerome Bruner :)
We used CRA all the time at the school I student-taught at. That school was Montessori though, and I haven’t seen it really since
This is a great strategy for all students. I used this strategy with my entire class in 4th and 5th grade. It definitely helps students understand the math they are doing rather than jumping straight to the abstract. I now use this strategy as a math interventionist.
I've never heard of CRA. I'm going to use it to teach my 3rd graders about multiplication. Thank you!
Representation is also using provided pictures like we use with students with disabilities. We also use number chart
Yes!! That’s an excellent point!! Thank you for bringing that up
Thank you, this is very helpful
Yes! Students need a solid foundation before moving to abstract. It allows students to understand and conceptualize vs just doing
I love your videos!!! Can you make a video about balancing equations for 1st grade?
Thank you!!!
My grandson just turned 5 a month ago. The just finished figuring out for me there’s 1440 mins in 24 hours. Check out the Number Blocks series on RUclips. Nothing crazy, it’s mainly the music and way the blocks are presented. Never seen anything like it after raising 7 kids and enjoying 9 grands.
Great reminders, as my 4 and 5 year olds are all over the place with different math skills and I struggle to gauge where they are with certain skills!
Hi! I love your videos! They are so helpful! I am incorporating a lot of the math techniques. Thank you for sharing!
You are excellent teacher,learnt alot from you I from Pakistan mam
What are your feelings on fact memorization? Is that more/less important than conceptualization?
First year teacher thanks for the tip
love this video a lot!
Thank you so much!👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
You're welcome 😊