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March 25, 2025 27 mins

What should the bulk of math class look like? In this episode Pam and Kim discuss sequencing tasks to build foundational relationships that develop into major strategies.

Talking Points

  • Major relationships that build the major strategies
  • Problem Strings are one kind of task
  • Foundational Relationships for young learners
  • Rich tasks that get kids messing with relationships
  • What does practice look like? (See Episode 38 for more information on Hint Cards)
  • Check out pre planned sequence of tasks in the Foundation for Strategies small group kit 

Order information for Foundation for Strategies here: https://www.hand2mind.com/item/foundations-for-strategies-multi-digit-addition-subtraction-small-group-kit  

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