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Addition Strategies - Partial Sums addition math skills Sep 22, 2022

In second grade students are learning to add within 1000 using strategies based on place value.  (CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.B.7).  So what does that mean to use a strategy based...

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Science and Math With Apples Sep 13, 2022

Have you taken your kids apple picking?  It is one of our favorite fall things to do.  We come home with bags and bags of apples and then we have fun figuring out what to cook...

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Help Your Child Develop a Mathematical Growth Mindset math skills parenting for success Sep 08, 2022

Many believe that some people are born with a “math brain” and some are not.  However, recent work by Jo Boaler and Carol Dweck has shown us that there is no such thing as a...

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Best Virtual Math Manipulatives for Elementary Students manipulatives parenting for success Aug 23, 2022

Students are using math manipulatives to support their thinking at school.  When they are doing math at home, it would be great for them to have the same tools available.  This...

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Best Math Manipulatives for Elementary Students manipulatives parenting for success Aug 16, 2022

When I taught second grade, I always helped my students to create a math kit that they would keep at home.  We filled it with manipulatives and math games.  With these kits,...

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Using Arrays for Division division math skills Aug 04, 2022

Now that you have learned the importance of arrays and learned how to build them for one digit and two digit numbers, let’s take a look at how arrays can also help support...

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Math Array Example for Larger Numbers math skills multiplication Jul 28, 2022

Think about the problem 13 x 14 for a moment.  Does your brain tell you to reach for a piece of paper?  A calculator?  Do you start solving for partial products in...

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What is an array in math? math skills multiplication Jul 11, 2022

When learning multiplication, students are encouraged to use arrays to organize their objects. If you learned math by memorization and without visual models you might be asking, "What is an array...

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Using Grams, the Metric Unit for Weight eating for success math skills measurement Jul 07, 2022

Think about a gram for a moment.  Can you identify something that weighs one gram? Can you visualize the approximate size of something that would weigh a gram?  When you look at...

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Building Math Skills With Habit Trackers math skills parenting for success Jun 28, 2022

Summer vacation is here!  When my kids were in elementary school, I would always get nervous at the thought of all those endless hours and the laments of, “Mom, there is NOTHING to...

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What is a Ratio Table? division math skills multiplication Jun 21, 2022

When I was in school I never learned how to use a ratio table.  You might be asking yourself, "What is a ratio table?" I started using them as a teacher and have found them to be such a...

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Math With Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars eating for success fractions math skills measurement Jun 14, 2022

Now that school is over, my kids and I are busy going on adventures – berry picking, afternoons at the pool, and trips to the park.  We are always toting a cooler filled with snacks...

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