"This resource is every teacher’s dream! The organization and layout is very user-friendly. My favorite parts are the hints provided for helping teachers ask key questions, differentiate their instruction, and support ELL learners."

Christine Sanchez, first-grade teacher
Beneke Elementary, Houston, Texas

"Clear, concise, complete! This resource provides teachers with easy-to-follow teaching directions for compelling, engaging lessons, including key questions to explore with students, suggestions for support of ELL students, management tips, assessment, correlation with NCTM Focal Points, insights into how children learn or how they might respond, and teacher reflections. It Makes Sense! Using Ten-Frames to Build Number Sense provides rich opportunities for professional discussion."

Maryann Wickett, classroom teacher, Encinitas, California
coauthor of This Is Only a Test: Teaching for Mathematical Understanding in an Age of Standardized Testing

"Teachers are always searching for engaging activities and strategies to use with students that help build conceptual knowledge in math. With this resource, teachers will find fun and interactive games that help build number sense with students. The detailed directions, purposeful assessments, and real life examples make this resource easy to use for all levels of teachers, whether novice or experienced."

Eric Waldorf, K-8 Math Instructional Specialist
North Little Rock School District, Arkansas

Melissa Conklin, an elementary classroom teacher, is currently an education specialist with Math Solutions. She designs and provides professional development, sitebased coaching, and ecoaching with classroom teachers, math coaches, and administrators. Her interests include how young children develop number sense, integrating technology into the classroom, and how to effectively use formative assessment. Melissa lives in Irving, Texas, with her husband, Jacob.