Self-Paced Math Stations for Fact Fluency and Mastery
Have you seen my self-paced math stations around Facebook, Pinterest, or TpT and wondered how they could fit into your classroom? I hear
Self-Paced Math Stations As Interventions
If you’ve seen my self-paced Math Stations around over the past several years, you likely know that they are intended for use with a bin
Free Place Value Mystery Picture
Place value doesn’t have to be boring! Place Value Mystery Pictures are fantastic practice for understanding place value AND using a hundred chart! This particular
Effective Alternatives for Long Division
Long division is often identified as the most difficult math concept to teach. If we as teachers struggle with teaching long division, then our students
Effective Strategies for Teaching Addition Facts
If you find your head spinning when you think about all the addition strategies that you should be teaching, you are certainly not alone. Although
Using Friendly Numbers: An Addition Strategy
WHAT IS A FRIENDLY NUMBER? In this case, we refer to friendly numbers as a number that is easy to work with. For example,
Compensation: An Addition Strategy
Compensation is a mental math strategy for multi-digit addition that involves adjusting one of the addends to make the equation easier to solve. Some students
Breaking Apart An Addend: An Addition Strategy
Breaking apart an addend is a mental math strategy for addition. Some students may find this method more efficient than left-to-right addition. This strategy
Try Left to Right Addition: A Powerful Mental Math Strategy
Left-to-right addition (also known as front-end addition or the partial sums method) is one of the most powerful mental math strategies for teaching addition of