by Shannon McCartney | Oct 29, 2020 | *Addition, *Number Talks, *Numeracy, *Subtraction, Audience - K-5
Do you have a Counting Buddy Jr. or a Counting Buddy Sr. in your classroom? Ever wished you used it more? Get ready to explore the many ways this versatile little manipulative can be used, even outside of math! I designed the Counting Buddy nine years ago as an...
by Shannon McCartney | Oct 22, 2020 | *Multiplication, Audience - 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 Shannon McCartney | Oct 15, 2020 | *Addition, *Multiplication, *Word Problems, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Audience - Upper Elementary (3-5)
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 Shannon McCartney | Oct 8, 2020 | *Division, *Multiplication, *Word Problems, Audience - Upper Elementary (3-5)
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 Shannon McCartney | Oct 1, 2020 | *Addition, *Subtraction, *Word Problems, Audience - K-5, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Audience - Upper Elementary (3-5)
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...
