Math

Estimating fractions can be a challenge for many students, especially those who don’t have a good grasp of number sense. Before you teach students how to estimate fractions, there are some essential skills that need to be taught systematically. Here are the lessons in order that you will need to teach. Identify what fraction the […]

Working at a Title 1 inner-city school, where many of my students are English Learners has taught me a thing or two about working with striving learners.  Some of my students are 2 years or more behind in the core subjects of reading and math.  How do you differentiate your instruction for these students while

Math can be hard and frustrating for students with dyscalculia but with the right scaffolds and support, it doesn’t have to be. Many strategies can be implemented to help students with dyscalculia. But first, what is dyscalculia? What is Dyscalculia? Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability in math.  Students with dyscalculia have persistent difficulties in

Any teacher knows that Math Mnemonics is an essential part of math instruction. There are so many rules to remember in math that it can get overwhelming. Teaching math mnemonics is especially important for your students who have dyscalculia.   What are math mnemonics? A math mnemonic is a tool to improve your ability to remember

Are you unsure of how to teach division using the area or box method using partial quotients? Are you looking for a better way to teach the area method dor division but you aren’t sure how?  Teaching Division for Conceptual Understanding If you are like me, you grew up learning how to do long division

If you would have asked me to draw and explain how to add and subtract fractions when I first started teaching 5th grade before Common Core, I would have had no clue. My response would have been to just find the least common multiple because that was the way I was taught. Now that I

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