Frequently Asked Questions Thousands of web sites for educators and students. Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. This book is designed to develop grade 4 to 6 students' communication skills in mathematics through 24 lessons that involve the use of Color Tiles. Students develop the language of mathematics as they engage in opportunities for comparing, analyzing, drawing conclusions, and problem solving.
Activities often involve multiple solutions.
Specific mathematics skills incorporated in activities include ordering, odd and even numbers, whole number operations, prime and composite numbers, ordered pairs, multiples, factors, square numbers, triangular numbers, fractions, geometry, area, perimeter, number theory, statistics, probability, patterns and relationships, and counting. Each lesson consists of a two page format with teaching information and answers on the left and a reproducible student page on the right. Exploring and Communicating sections include discussion starters that encourage students to express and generalize their understanding of concepts. Extending sections encourage students to apply and transfer new concepts to novel situations. The lessons are followed by reproducible grid paper of various sizes, some with blank squares and some with numerals imprinted.