I am so thrilled to be guest posting today over at Minds in Bloom, Rachel Lynette’s awesome blog! In the post I talk about how I noticed a misconception that my students had about the equal sign. I decided to use candy to help my students understand what the equal sign *really* means.
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Beyond Traditional Math 
Great post! This is a fabulous way to help students understand the true meaning of the equal sign. Very creative. I’m going to try this with my first graders. I think the misconception of the equal sign happens pretty earlier, maybe I can help at least one class get it straight a little sooner.
Brandi
The Research Based Classroom
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Thanks Brandi! I appreciate the compliment! Do you have Smart Notebook? If so, email me and I can just send you the file if you want. 🙂 (beyondtraditionalmath@gmail.com
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Just found your guest post on Minds in Bloom. Sounds like we have a lot in common! Can’t wait to check out your blog.
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Hi! Same to you, right back at you! I’ll be over in a jiffy. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Find the Factors and commented:
What a wonderful lesson! Teachers or parents can easily follow Jen’s lesson plan. I’m certain children will always remember what an equal sign means forever after. (It may be necessary to click twice to get to the lesson.)
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