Teaching Through Problem-solving
In Teaching Through Problem-solving (TTP), students develop each new mathematical concept by solving a problem that illuminates it.
| Grade Level | Unit/Topic | Unit & Lesson Plans | Video |
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| K | Two numbers together: Making 5 (Teacher: Aubrey Perlee) |
Watch Lesson
Watch Practice Game |
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| K | Two numbers together: Making 7
(Teacher: Samantha Roeth) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson |
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K |
Pick up sticks game: Making tens
(Teacher: Aubrey Perlee) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson 1
Watch Lesson 2 |
| K-1 | Composing and decomposing numbers up to 10.
(Teacher: Akihiko Takahashi) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson 1 Watch Lesson 2 Watch Lesson 3 |
| Calculation of three numbers
(Teacher: Bill Jackson) |
Unit Plan | Coming soon | |
| Solving problems using diagrams
(Teacher: Bill Jackson) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson 5 | |
| 2 | Let’s investigate numbers greater than 1,000
(Teacher: Rebecca Reddicliffe) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson |
| 2 | How can we organize this information?
(Teacher: Meghan Smith) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson |
| 2 | Comparative Subtraction
(Teacher: Rebecca Setziol) |
Watch Lesson | |
| 2 | Using a diagram to identify the operation to solve a word problem
(Teacher: Leslie Monk) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson Clip |
| Area of rectangles and squares
(Teacher: Bill Jackson) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson 1 | |
| A conceptual understanding of multiplication
(Teacher: Joshua Lerner) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson 1 Watch Lesson 2 Watch Lesson 3 Watch Lesson 4 |
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3 (Bilingual) |
Compare 5/10 and 1/2
(Teacher: Karen Cortez-Ramirez) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson |
| Introduction to fractions in a linear measurement context
(Teacher: Akihiko Takahashi) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson 1 Watch Lesson 2 Watch Lesson 3 |
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3-4 |
Ways of counting and mathematical expression
(Teacher: Akihiko Takahashi) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson 1 Watch Lesson 2 Watch Lesson 3 Watch Lesson 4 |
| Finding the area of shapes
(Teacher: Akihiko Takahashi) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lessons 1-3 | |
| Introduction to fractions in a linear measurement context
(Teacher: Joshua Lerner) |
Watch Lesson 3 | ||
| How do mathematicians add fractions with unlike denominators
(Teacher: Alex Johansen-Laughlin) |
Unit Plan | Watch Mock Up Lesson Watch Lesson Watch Comments by Alan Schoenfeld Watch Comments by Akihiko Takahashi Watch Students share about their journal work |
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4 |
Can we turn 7/3 into a mixed number?
(Teacher: Hanna Sufrin) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson |
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4 |
Interpreting the remainder in division
(Teacher: Sara Liebert) |
Unit Plan | Watch Pre-Lesson Discussion
Watch Lesson |
| Multiplication of a whole number by a decimal
(Teacher: Drago Petrusic) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson | |
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5 |
How to subtract fractions with unlike denominators
(Teacher: Alex Johansen-Laughlin) |
Watch Lesson | |
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5 |
How to divide a fraction by a whole number
(Teacher: Alex Johansen-Laughlin) |
Unit Plan | Watch Lesson |
