Digital Interactive Journals Interactive journals are a great way to engage students in writing and note-taking in ways that will really click with them. Interactive journals have not been as popular it seems the last couple of years with Covid …
Using Manipulatives to Teach Elementary Mathematics
Using Manipulatives to Teach Elementary Mathematics With elementary school students, hands-on learning is one of the most important things that we can do to help students actually have real learning experiences. If kids are having real learning experiences they …
How to Teach Multiplication to Struggling Students
How to Teach Multiplication to Struggling Students Multiplication is one of the most important things for kids to learn in their math journeys. However, multiplication can be intimidating especially if it takes a student longer to memorize or to have …
New Year’s Resolutions for Teachers
New Year’s Resolutions for Teachers The new year is right around the corner, and I don’t know about you but I’m not quite sure how it is possible that another year is already here. With COVID, I don’t think that …
How to Memorize Multiplication Tables Fast
How to Memorize Multiplication Tables Fast Multiplication is one of the few things that I think that everyone should memorize if at all possible. The reason for this is that all math from the 3rd grade forward is heavily …
Double Digit Multiplication Strategies
Double Digit Multiplication Strategies After students have mastered their single digit multiplication it is time for them to move on to double digit by single digit then to double digit by double digit which is what we are going to …