Our brand new “curriculum experts” blog series will feature people who have knowledge skills or experience in a particular subject area that relates to classrooms or may be of interest to teachers. These may be classroom practitioners or experts outside of school. If you know of anyone that you think would be good to feature –
Let’s All Be Math People
When is the last time you bought 42 watermelons? A student at Woodlawn Beach Middle School in Florida told us recently that she saw a textbook that had a math problem about buying 42 watermelons. “Who does that?” she asked. Unless they own a grocery store or a fruit stand, the answer is: no one.