• Should 5th Grade Students Get Homework?

    Student with laptop and text that says "The Homework Debate"

    The homework debate about whether students should be assigned homework or not is a hot topic. Depending on your school, you may or may not assign it.  Some schools have a strict policy that homework should not be assigned, while others don’t. There has been a huge movement toward not assigning homework but as a […]

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  • How to Teach Decimal Place Value

    Decimal place value and rounding. Teach decimals with a number line meter tape

    So what is place value? It’s fairly simple: It’s the value of a digit in a number, right? The problem is kids need hands-on experience to understand this!    Learning the concept of place value is a foundational skill that will help students perform all four math operations: multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.  So it’s […]

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