Welcome fellow Recovering Traditionalists to Episode 23.  Today we are looking at creating a Bottoms Up Hundred Chart.

 

Today’s insight comes from the article Bottoms Up Hundred Chart? by Jennifer Bay-Williams and Graham Fletcher.   As you start to prepare for school to start back up, a common thing in elementary classrooms is the Hundred Chart.  There are things I don’t like about using a hundred chart, but one thing they are great for is investigating patterns.

However, the traditional way that a hundred chart is set up actually causes confusion for students instead of insights. Get all the info here: buildmathminds.com/23