Do you teach students when multiplying by multiples of 10 to just ‘add a zero’ at the end? For example: 4 x 30 –> multiply 4 x 3 and then add a zero. If so, check out this vlog to teach this important procedure more conceptually AND in a way that will always be true …
Vlog: Multiplying Multiples of 10
My Journey with Aboriginal Education – Including Math!
My Journey with Aboriginal Education I recently spent a couple of weeks teaching several classes and groups of teachers the First Nations game Lahal (Slahal). I’d like to share it with you as it was well received in all of the classrooms (grades 6-8) that I visited and it is a great way to …
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Multiplying Decimals Vlog
I had a teacher request for a mini-lesson on multiplying with multi-digit decimals using base 10 blocks and area model so here it is! Understanding this concept is really challenging (the procedure without understanding is actually really easy). Please feel free to send this link home to parents if they are trying to support their …
Basic Number Sense Part 3: One and Two More/Less and Rounding
This is the third blog post in a series about building number sense foundation. I want to ensure that you have read the previous two as this post assumes you understand why you need to go ALL the way back to where students currently are to build that solid foundation as well it assumes …
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Basic Number Sense Part 2: Partitioning and Benchmarking to 5 & 10
Hi All! In the last blog post, I provided a rationale for why we must go ALL the way back to where students are at in order to help them build a solid foundation. If you have not read that post, I urge you to do so before reading this one as this is …
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