The metaphor of a balanced diet is used in literacy to describe the components of literacy instruction that are vital to growing readers and writers (NRP 2000). In a balanced literacy diet, the components work in tandem to give students multiple contexts to practice and transfer their understanding, knowledge, and skills. Similarly, the Math Diet provides an instructional framework to grow proficient mathematicians based on mathematics education research (NCTM 2014; NRC 2009). (See the more4U note at the end of the article for how to access a summary table of the Math Diet that is available online.) The Math Diet for students in kindergarten through fifth grade includes five components.
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Kateri Thunder and Alisha N. Demchak
Sally Moomaw, Victoria Carr, Mary Boat, and David Barnett
Consider using a game-based assessment of number sense in young children, including those at risk because of socioeconomic level, disability, or the necessity of learning a second language.
Amy Noelle Parks, Tomoko Wakabayashi, and Beth Hardin
Common preschool routines increase opportunities for children to develop important skills.
Bridget Christenson and Anita A. Wager
The Balanced Mathematics framework addresses differential needs of all learners.
Alison Sternal, Lisa Milligan, and Melissa M. Soto
Students often rely on keywords in word problems without understanding the task. In this article, sample comparison problems are presented to encourage students to focus on understanding context rather than keywords. Postscript items are designed as rich grab-and-go resources that any teacher can quickly incorporate into his or her classroom repertoire with little effort and maximum impact.
Candace Joswick, Douglas H. Clements, Julie Sarama, Holland W. Banse, and Crystal A. Day-Hess
Modify activities according to these principles and suggestions.
Mary Murphy
Showcase students' in-depth thinking and work on problems previously published in Teaching Children Mathematics.
Jennifer Suh
Post Script items are designed as rich “grab and go” resources that any teacher can quickly incorporate into their classroom repertoire with little effort and maximum impact. This article shares ideas for using a clothesline number line to build understanding of number relationships across the elementary grades.
Amy Noelle Parks and Diana Chang Blom
Capitalize on opportunities for mathematical concepts to emerge in common preschool contexts, such as doll corners and block centers.
Ann H. Wallace, Mary J. White, and Ryan Stone
Observing in Mary White's kindergarten classroom is like watching a beehive: hustle and bustle all around. Children work puzzles, create artwork, build with blocks, read books, and write their own stories.
