Singapore Math

This summer I am taking 2 math classes.  The first one (An Intro to Singapore Math) started this week.  Our district does not use Singapore Math, but I'm always looking for new ideas.  So far what I like about Singapore Math is how they go from contrete to pictorial to abstract.  Reflecting on how I teach math I have to say that the pictorial part is lacking and now it makes sense as to why students struggle with the abstract.  I really think that this sequence gives students a solid understanding of basic concepts and relationships before working at the abstract level. 

After searching the internet for ideas I came across these websties:
 Number Bond Machines 
Bonds of Ten
 Number Bonds Game 
Math Word Problems

Well that's it for now

Testing

This morning I finally decided to start up a blog.  I'm not sure how much time I will have to work on the blog over the summer, but I'm looking forward to learning more about this. As from the looks of how my blog looks in my preview.  I have some tweaking to do.