(If you haven't noticed, along with my color coding obsession, I also have a small affinity for alliterative titles.) The past few weeks, we have been hitting multiplication hard! Our school is focusing a lot on mathematical computational fluency, so it is a main focus area for us this year (and last year). While I ... Read more

(If you haven't noticed, along with my color coding obsession, I also have a small affinity for alliterative titles.) The past few weeks, we have been hitting multiplication hard! Our school is focusing a lot on mathematical computational fluency, so it is a main focus area for us this year (and last year). While I ... Read more

Factors vs Multiples Anchor Chart

This fun multiplication art project comes from Looking From Third to Fourth! Kids construct a city of arrays! Check out her site for details and a printable.

Anchor chart: four models of multiplication.

A great multiplication anchor chart!

Multiplication anchor chart

We began learning about arrays in math today! Arrays are a foreign concept for us, they were added to our math curriculum this year due to switching over to the CCSS. For my very first lesson ever teaching arrays, I thought it went great! Here's how our lesson went down. 1. We started off with a great Brain Pop Jr. Video to gain some knowledge of what exactly an array is and what it is used for. (Gotta love Moby and Annie!) 2. Then we made a colorful anchor chart to put on our math wall…

Multiplication strategies anchor chart

Anchor chart inspiration for elementary teachers. Use my Not-So-Pinteresty Anchor Charts for Reading, Math, Grammar, and Writing.

On the surface, math appears to be one of those types of topics that some people "get" and other people don't. Part of the difficulty is in the fact that there are so many subtopics within a math topic. A student that gets one math word problem correct might struggle with the next math problem that is on the same worksheet. A lot of this has to do with the fact that word problems are not often organized by their subtopics (rate, comparison, groupings, etc.). Another reason for word problem…

Distributive property anchor chart 3rd grade

Teaching Multiplication Arrays with a Hole Punch

Multiplication: 2 digit by 2 digit Anchor Chart

First Baptist Christian School is an elementary and middle school on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, and is part of the First Baptist Church.