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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

Room full of toys, games and random items scattered around — You don’t want to think about math lesson planning – or anything else school related – for at least a month I understand math lesson planning is the last thing you want to think about right now. Whether you’ve just finished the school year or you have a few more […]

Next year’s math lesson planning done in a day

May 26, 2019 in AnnMaria / Educational Resources / fractions / Math / 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 fractions game playing on Windows computer — Watch this video to learn what fractions have to do with fishing. You can apply fractions to almost everything! Actually, you can use fractions to discover whether your tribe, which depends on fishing, is going to die of starvation.

VIDEO – Fractions and Fishing

May 18, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers tagged Fish Lake by Daniel Mondaca

Native character saying you know how to compare like fractions — You probably know how to compare fractions with like denominators, but what about fractions that don’t have the same denominator?Well, to compare fractions with unlike denominators rewrite the fractions with like common denoinators, making the like fractions! Learn fractions and how to compare them with this video from our game […]

VIDEO – How to Compare Fractions with Common Denominators

May 3, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers by AnnMaria De Mars

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

We know how hard it is to be a teacher. You’re expected to: *Plan a class *Prepare the material *Control over 20 students (or 40!) *Correct exams *and more! Also, we know that you get home exhausted after an intense workday, hoping to have quality time with your family or […]

Make lesson planning quick and easy

April 4, 2019 in 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

Five Principles of Extraordinary Math Teaching Dan Finkel is the Founder and Director of Operations of Math for Love, a Seattle-based organization devoted to transforming how math is taught and learned. Dan is also one of the creators of Prime Climb, a beautiful and colorful, mathematical board game. He contributes […]

MATH TEDx Talk Spotlight: Dan Finkel

March 21, 2019 in Education: Innovation and STEM / Teachers by Julia De Mars