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How much does the sequence of topics matter in Math?

I’ve always thought that place value concepts separated students who really “got” math and those that didn’t.  Unlike learning algorithms for multiplication or long division which can just be memorized, place value really tests a child’s basic understandings about the meanings of numbers.  And while I haven’t used one in about 8 years, in every

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Reflections on my first year as a teacher… 20 years later

The other day I was looking through my file cabinet and stumbled across an old newspaper article from my first year teaching.  It was about me, just out of college, receiving the Sally Mae First Class Teacher Award, a state award given to an outstanding first year teacher.  My very supportive principal, Dave Hilborne, had

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