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Harper, Bill – Mathematics Teaching, 2001
Describes the Circle Scribe Disk Compass and explains its use in helping children to explore patterns and geometry. Topics include Fibonnacci's spiral and regular polygons. (MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Geometry, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Murray, Jenny – Mathematics Teaching, 2001
Presents activities designed to be worked on by parents and children together, and describes experiences in using the activities in school and home settings. Reviews patterns and arithmetic. (MM)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction

Cloke, Gayle; Ewing, Nola; Stevens, Dory – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2002
Presents mathematical calculator activities used by students individually, in small groups, or as problems of the week. Suggests using calculators to enhance and stimulate student learning. (KHR)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Calculators, Concept Formation, Elementary Education

Olson, Melfried; Sakshaug, Lynae; Olson, Judith – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1998
Presents a mathematics problem on patterns. Outlines and discusses the general problem-solving procedures. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction

Burke, Karen; Kelly, M. G. (Peggy) – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1998
Presents an activity for identifying patterns in the book "The Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle. The book is appropriate for teaching many concepts including time, developing an alternative story line, and constructing a new book to involve children in thinking about how time passes on a clock as part of exploring patterns. (ASK)
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities

Wickett, Maryann – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1997
Presents an activity introducing probability and patterns to multigrade students. Uses the storybook "The Thirteen Days of Halloween" to demonstrate numbers, patterns, and probability. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts

Schnur-Laughlin, Julia – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Describes a kindergarten teacher's experiences in using the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" to increase students' awareness of basic number sense and understanding of patterns. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction

Olson, Melfried – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Presents responses to a division problem appearing in the September, 1998 "problem solvers" section of this journal. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction

Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 1998
Presents mathematics activities on tangrams to study geometrical shapes such as polygons, symmetrical shapes, and tangram jigsaws. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Constructions, Mathematics Activities

Kubota-Zarivnij, Kathy – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Describes a lesson in which second grade students learn about data management, number sense, and patterns as they analyze, classify, and describe their fathers' shoes. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 2, Mathematics Activities

Mistretta, Regina – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Presents weekly activities that focus on strategies derived from generalizations and patterns found in explorations using hundreds charts, manipulatives, and other models. (KHR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Activities

Bird, Elliott – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Describes a problem-solving lesson involving 24 attribute blocks in which students discuss relationships between patterns, colors, shapes, and quantity. (ASK)
Descriptors: Color, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities

Sakshaug, Lynae – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Presents responses to the pattern problem that appeared in the November 1998 "Problem Solvers" section of this journal. (ASK)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities

Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 1997
Presents four lessons on tessellations which create environments for children to engage in exploration and working mathematically. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Constructions, Lesson Plans

Smith, Lyle R. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Utilizes dragon curves which are made with three tiles and can be used to create fascinating patterns to help students understand the concepts of length, area, and perimeter of regions as defined by dragon curves. (ASK)
Descriptors: Area, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts
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