When I tell parents that their third grader is going to learn to divide, I am often met with looks of trepidation. It does seem like a very ...

One of my favorite concepts to teach is multiplying by multiples of 10's and 100's. Once I teach students The Meaning of Multiplic...

Properties, properties. So many to teach and so little time. Not to mention what an abstract concept it is for students to understand. Here ...

Hocus Pocus with a Giveaway Focus!!  Halloween's just around the corner, and I have to admit it's one of my favorite holidays!  Ghos...

Multiplication has come a long way since we were in elementary school. We were handed a list of facts and told to memorize. I don't thin...

In my previous post, I discussed different ways of teaching addition with regrouping. One strategy I teach is the Give and Take Method. It a...

Wow! We have come along way from when we were growing up and learning how to add. When we were learning facts, we were just told to memorize...