Time for another sprinkling of Magical Math Dust! Shannon answers your questions with quick, practical advice, suggestions, and resources! This post features questions about word problems, counting collections, and area/perimeter. Do you have a question? Submit it...
Fractions, as we know, is a very hard area for students to acquire conceptual understanding. When reading a word problem involving fractions, most kids panic because they don’t know where to start. Thoughts like “we should skip count and find a common denominator” or...
Multiplicative is a really hard word to say! It sounds super fancy and impressive, but in reality, if you understand how to do additive comparison problems, multiplicative problems are a snap! Using Manipulatives The biggest thing when learning to do multiplicative...
Comparison bars are taught as early as first grade. They are actually the reason why the T-charts we talked about in an earlier post in this series can really confuse kids when they are problem solving. Sometimes, when we say “how many more does someone have?” kids...
The residents of Mathville help 1-5 grade students build a solid foundation of problem solving strategies.