Math strategies

I develop curriculum for middle school math. I focus on using critical-thinking skills in my content so the math makes sense to the students.

Learn 6 different addition math strategies you can use with your students, especially 1st graders and 2nd graders, all year long!

Math Strategies Books for young mathematicians. Working with numbers, addition strategies, and subtraction strategies help students gain...

Facebook0Tweet0Pin0 Most students sigh at the sight of a story problem. Why? Because they require both reading and math and often involve multiple computations. This is constantly an area data shows students need to grow in. Here are a couple of tips and a resource you can use to support your students in mastering story problems. 1. Identify Key Words Story problems need to be turned into equations in order to be solved. The only way to do that is to identify the important information. It is…

Give your students a visual tool to recall math strategies for problem solving.

I develop curriculum for middle school math. I focus on using critical-thinking skills in my content so the math makes sense to the students.

Could you use a few ideas for teaching divisibility rules in upper elementary or middle school math? Check out the blog post, with ideas for where to use divisibility rules, the divisibility rules themselves, and activities for teaching and applying divisibility rules.

Are you exhausted from trying to get your kids to actually use computation strategies? Try these mental math tips. Your kids will LOVE mental math!