by Sherry McElhannon | May 24, 2019 | *Math Manipulatives, *Math Mights, *Subtraction, Audience - K-5
Finishing out our subtraction Math Mights characters, today we introduce…D.C. and T-Pops! They aren’t new faces in Mathville, but today you’ll see how these Math Mights function in Subtraction World! A few weeks ago, you met Springling, and saw how she used the open...
by Sherry McElhannon | Apr 27, 2018 | *Addition, *Math Mights, *Subtraction, Audience - K-5, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2)
This week, allow me to introduce Abracus! The second of our Math Mights featured in the Math Mights 8-in-1 Flip Chart: Addition Strategies, Abracus holds a magic wand and uses the strategy of compensation. Many times people confuse the strategies of...
by Sherry McElhannon | Sep 28, 2017 | *Addition, *Early Intervention
I love listening to kids and their math reasoning when you give them an opportunity to tell you how they think! They have masterful minds. I love the ways they come up with to tell you how their brain is thinking, and even if they aren’t sure how their brain is...
by Sherry McElhannon | Jul 19, 2017 | *Addition, *Math Mights, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Audience - Upper Elementary (3-5)
Ever get confused by all the strategies out there for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division? What if there were a fun, friendly, character that you could associate with each strategy to help you keep them straight?? Introducing the Math Mights! Strategic...
by Sherry McElhannon | Oct 5, 2016 | *Addition, *Math Practices
How did you learn addition? It was probably pretty straightforward, something like “start in the 1s column and add those first,” then “carry” if necessary, and move on to add the numbers in the 10s column. Many children today use the...