Division Fact Practice for Fun and Creative Minds “Why did the student wear glasses in math class?” To improve di-vision! Ba Dum Tss! Unfortunately most kids do not find division facts practice a laughing matter. In fact many struggle to understand the concept and hold onto basic fast answers. Instant recall and mastering division facts…
We all know the first floor of a house has to be solid before you start building the second floor. (No squeaks or shaky ceilings in my house, please!) The same goes for 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade math students. They need to build a solid foundation in mental math before they can add start working…
My students are always SO excited to learn their multiplication facts. Spouting off random multiplication equations seems to make them feel like a genius even before they have understanding of what this operation actually entails. Division seems a bit harder for students. Seeing the relationship between the two operations can be very helpful. Teaching dividing…
Just a few more weeks of school here in the mid-West. We are continuing to work hard engaging and motivating our students to finish off the year successfully especially considering we haven’t seen each other in numerous weeks due to Co-vid 19. That means lots of digital activities including, my favorite, digital division activities. One…
Mastering and understanding divisibility rules can be helpful for long division and greatest common factor. However, memorizing divisibility rules can be challenging for some kids. I love incorporating fun hands-on ways to teach division in my classroom. You probably know the divisibility rule for 2: any even. number can be divided by 2. What about…
If your memories of math in 4th grade are anything like mine, you might remember struggling to memorize the long division steps. Can you believe I never really understood long division until I became a teacher? Yep. That’s right! To unlock the secret to teaching long division and making it easy for my students (and for…
Today I’m super excited to share with all of you how I teach multiplication and division to my students! So let’s get started!! Having Fact Power Learning multiplication and division facts with fluency and accuracy is crucial to higher math skills. Here are my 3 top ways I teach Multiplication and Division Fact Power Mastery……