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Yearly Archives: 2016
5 Summer Math Tips
Summer Slide is a term often used to describe the backwards slide in academic skills that can happen over a long summer break. Spending a little time several days a week on Math skills can help your child keep his/her skills sharp and be ready when school starts in the fall.
5 Summer Reading Tips
Summer Slide is a term used to describe the slide backwards that often happens if children do not spend time on academic related skills over the Summer. There are many fun ways to keep your child reading over the Summer to prevent them from getting behind and to even get them ahead of the game! Continue reading
Top Tips for Simplifying Fractions
How do you help your students really understand the “why” behind the “how” when it comes to simplifying fractions? Here are a few strategies I find helpful:
Compose & Decompose Freebie!
Are you looking for FREE resources to help teach your students how to compose and decompose numbers? Well, I have a great resource for you here! This is set of notes and practice problems for composing and decomposing 3 digit through 5 digit numbers. The target grade level is 2nd – 5th.
Terrific Place Value Practice
Looking for resources to help your students practice writing numbers different ways?
Understanding Place Value
Have you ever had a student who seemed to understand place value initially, but then when questions were asked just a little differently couldn’t really answer correctly? Younger students need a lot of hands on practice and a lot of discussions before moving on to pictorial and abstract. What about middle and upper elementary? As the learning targets get higher and the numbers get bigger, most students need to revisit basic place value concepts with hands on experiences and discussions to build or review understanding before moving on to bigger numbers. Continue reading
5 Fun Ways to Practice Math Facts
It is important for kids to be fluent with their Math facts, but sometimes the same old pencil paper routines can get boring! And, let’s face it, some kids just need to move around while they are learning! Here are a few ideas to get your kids moving while practicing Math Facts:
End of Year Fun!
So, we have almost made it to the end of the year! We are on the final countdown! Many of us have had our state tests and some have had finals… but we still have school! Here are a few ideas to make the end of the year fun, but still keep it academic:
How to Solve Multi-Step Word Problems
After many years of teaching I have put together a “tool box” of tips and tricks to help students really understand and solve word problems, even the all complicated multi-step problems. Today I would like to share some of those tips! Whether you are a teacher, home school parent, or a parent helping your child with homework, these tips should help! Continue reading
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