by Strategic Intervention Solutions | Oct 22, 2020 | Multiplication, Upper Elementary (3-5)
It’s about that time of the year… If you are a 3rd grade teacher, you’ve probably been reviewing addition and subtraction from 2nd grade and working on concepts of place value, and now it’s time to help kids understand their multiplication facts and patterns! If...
by Strategic Intervention Solutions | Oct 15, 2020 | Addition, Lower Elementary (K-2), Multiplication, Problem Solving, Upper Elementary (3-5), Word Problems
Your students are all part-whole problem pros?? Must be time to enter the world of comparison problems using visual models! Some teachers are confused by additive and multiplicative comparison problems, thinking of them as just part-whole multi-step problems....
by Strategic Intervention Solutions | Oct 8, 2020 | Division, Multiplication, Problem Solving, Upper Elementary (3-5), Word Problems
Have you tried visual models yet? Ready for more? Let’s bring in the rest of the Part-Whole family of word problems in today’s blog! Watch this first! Prerequisite: If you haven’t watched our Visual Model Basics video yet, stop – right now! – and go watch...
by Strategic Intervention Solutions | Oct 1, 2020 | Addition, Problem Solving, Subtraction, Upper Elementary (3-5), Word Problems
Tape diagrams, model drawings, visual models, bar, model, unit bar – different names for the same thing: strategies to help with the comprehension of word problems for students. Sometimes in math, each book or teacher takes a name for a really great idea...
by Strategic Intervention Solutions | Sep 24, 2020 | Numeracy, Place Value, Upper Elementary (3-5)
Ever felt like banging your head against a wall as you’re teaching this one? You’re in good company! Usually, we go to that old procedure we were taught where you underline the place you’re rounding to (if you’re rounding to the nearest 10, you underline the 10s...
