Identifying even and odd numbers begins in the first grade. It is an important math skill to master, as it will be built upon in the academic years to come. You can find great Tips and Tools for Teaching Even and Odd Numbers here but by third grade students will be expected to identify even ...
First grade can be a little overwhelming for a child as this may be the first time in their school career where they have to attend school all day. Math can also be a little overwhelming for a first grader but offering the additional support is easy by printing off the plethora of first grade ...
My Uncle John visited our home frequently. He always loved mathematics. On more than one occasion, he would ask me to quickly give him an answer to this question, “What is one half of seven-eighths?” I was a child at that time, and it seemed logical to me that one half of seven-eighths should be ...
As a child, I remember sitting for what seemed like hours, being drilled on math facts by my dad. It was a no-nonsense approach that kids of my day used to learn important information. And it usually worked. I am grateful to my parents for pushing me to work when I didn’t want to. It ...
Students generally have their first encounters with prime and composite numbers in upper elementary or middle-school math classes. As a middle-school math teacher, I find that asking students to interact in any lesson produces a better learning outcome. This plan for teaching prime and composite numbers always works well with my math students. For Your ...
So many concepts are crammed into a middle-school math curriculum. The students-and the teacher-can easily become overwhelmed. Incorporating student involvement and memory tricks into any lesson is helpful. The distributive property is one math concept that can throw middle-school students for a loop. It is usually taught on the heels of the commutative and associative ...
How to Teach Children Basic Math By LilyMany of our young children today are struggle with mathematics in grade school. Math seems to be too hard for these children and they can’t seem to get how to work basic numbers properly in order to solve math problems and equations. Other children think the math they ...
“Plotting Points on a Coordinate Plane” – the topic sounds dry and boring, but it’s typically one of students’ favorites. At least, that’s what I found to be true in my upper-elementary and middle-school math classes. Remember the game “Battleship”? Moving on a coordinate plane is sort of like putting that game to pencil and ...