How useful is the math textbook in your current classroom setting?
Math textbooks are often used in k5 and higher, but not as much in k4 nor k3. For K5 teachers and students, the math book is essential. It has excellent activities that are already linked to standards and provides guidance and ideas to make teaching a bit easier. However, many textbooks' activities often is designed in one or two ways to teach a new skill, neglecting different learning abilities, so it is important to supplement instruction with additional games, materials, and activities that will reinforce the new skill. The first video bellow, from Khan Academy, the teacher uses pizzas to provide an introduction on fraction equivalence, which is important for students to know before trying to compare fractions. On the second video the teacher uses a pie method to compare fractions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCtXyhepAmQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1X0vf5PUz4