Ask a second or third-grade teacher what their students are struggling with and you might hear subtracting with regrouping. Ask an upper elementary teacher the same question, and you may not hear a different answer. Their answer may just involve fractions. Regrouping is difficult and when you add fractions, it can seem like an insurmountable challenge. Just like any arduous math concept, interactive notebooks, manipulatives, and games can make Keep Reading...
Swim Meet Printable Rounding Game {FREE}
Last summer I spent a few weeks hosting a summer math camp for a small group of third graders. We practiced and reviewed a ton of important math concepts, but there was one thing they struggled with in particular that caught me off guard: rounding. In our review of large numbers, I expected to have to focus on adding and subtracting with regrouping. Rounding, on the other hand, was supposed to be a simple review. This turned out to be quite a Keep Reading...
{FREE} Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins Board Game!
As you may know, we love reading at our house, and I especially love using children's literature to teach math. There are so many great and engaging books out there, and while reading and discussing them is a great way to talk about math with your kids, I love taking the learning a step further! A book that we've had fun with lately as we prepare to go to the pumpkin patch is Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins by Dianne Ochiltree. This book is a great Keep Reading...
