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Introducing fractions can be done with anything , like that 2/8 of these snakes are brown — STANDARD: Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b AAGH! It’s August and almost back to school time. Maybe you are that super-teacher who has everything ready. For the rest of you mere humans, who wish you could have a lesson plan together in just 10 minutes, have […]

Introducing Fractions : Lesson Plan

August 6, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Mathematics tagged examples of fraction problems / introducing fractions by AnnMaria De Mars

Learn division with refrigerator magnets — Intern Diaries contribution from Irma Barcena I remember in kindergarten, I would give my mother my work and she would hang it on the fridge. It varied from art and colored pictures. As I got older, it became assignments and tests where I did well, and eventually only the As […]

From papers on the refrigerator to division magnets

July 23, 2019 in Division / division / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Intern Diaries / Math / Mathematics by Julia De Mars

Meg and Joe teach problem-solving strategies with apples — Don’t I Know It’s Summer? Why am I bothering you? Okay, I know, I know. It’s summer and you don’t want to think about lesson planning. Don’t I know that you only get a few weeks off each year and, for God’s sake, you’d like to take a break! Yes, […]

Resources for Teaching Problem-Solving Strategies

July 2, 2019 in Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / problem-solving / Sixth Grade / Teachers by AnnMaria De Mars

630 divided by 42 — Teaching division isn’t easy. It requires practice from the students and patience from the teacher. There are always students who don’t get it the first time so you need more examples. Maybe students are limited in English so you need some explanations in Spanish. We’ve got you covered with several […]

Division lesson plans for the year in one hour

May 31, 2019 in AnnMaria / division / Educational Resources / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / Third Grade by AnnMaria De Mars

Trail with tree, stream and other objects marking off quarters — Seriously, there's more to teaching fractions than pizza. Fractions are the first abstract concept most students learn and they can struggle to understand the concept. So, here are 10 minutes of animated videos, with explanations, definitions and a range of examples.

Teaching Fractions in 10 minutes

May 29, 2019 in AnnMaria / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Mathematics by AnnMaria De Mars

Ojibwe (Native American) girl from math video

VIDEO – Using a number line in fraction problems

May 25, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers / video by Daniel Mondaca

Fish Lake — Learn about fractions and numberlines with Anookwesens. How was it that hundreds of years ago, Indians traveled all over and met up with one another just the right spot? It’s not as if they had computers to print maps to tell them where to go, and it’s a really big […]

VIDEO – Fractions on a Numberline

April 18, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers / video tagged fifth grade math / fractions / numberline by Daniel Mondaca

Kid playing making camp — One in a series on problem solving tips from our game Making Camp, this short video shows how to make a problem easier by only keeping essential information. What is ‘essential information’, anyway ? In Making Camp, players practice multiplication and division skills while learning math problem-solving strategies. They’ll also […]

VIDEO – Problem Solving Tip: Throw it out

April 17, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / problem-solving / Teachers / Third Grade by Daniel Mondaca

Long Division Teaching 2 — We like this video because it gives students a strategy. By teaching students how to “guess,” we build students’ confidence by showing them that they have the skills to solve even the most difficult appearing problems. Learn how to solve long division problems in minutes! Like this video? You’ll love […]

VIDEO – Solving long division

April 9, 2019 in Division / Educational Resources / Fourth Grade / Long Division / Mathematics / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Hunter walking 3/6 of the way to a meeting place — Most kids want life to be fair. If your sister gets more of the candy bar than you, that’s not fair. If you have to do more of the work than your brother, that’s not fair. To be fair to two people, they should each do or get one-half; 1/2 […]

VIDEO – Is one half fair?

March 31, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Spirit Lake Clip Art Download — Many students struggle with long division but it pops up everywhere, from dividing 420 pages in a book by 20 nights of reading to dividing 756 arrows into quivers with 9 arrows each. Watch this video to learn how to solve word problems that require long division. Get more math […]

VIDEO – How To Use Division To Solve A Problem

March 13, 2019 in 7GenGames / Division / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Long Division / Mathematics / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Math Example — Learn what number lines are all about. How do you solve problems using a number line? What do negative numbers mean on a number line? You have questions, we’ve got answers in this video. Like this video? You’ll love our game Spirit Lake which has many more videos like this. […]

VIDEO – How to use a number line

March 12, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Mathematics / problem-solving / Teachers / Third Grade by Daniel Mondaca