Homeschool World - Articles - Arithmetic Fluency: Some Ideas for Achieving It - Practical Homeschooling Magazine Aside from teaching reading, the most frequent curriculum concern for many homeschoolers lies in teaching math. Like other skills, competent math skills require a solid foundation. The foundation for fluent math skills begins with counting skills. We have all seen children who struggle with math problems. Many times we are just not sure what those standards should look like or how we could easily measure them. The major variable we see in how soon and well children reach various math fluencies is the amount of instruction and practice each requires to reach the standard. Counting Skills There are many kinds of counting and children need to learn all of them to succeed at math. The ability to count backwards from 100 or from a number to a number becomes important when you teach subtraction. Using recursive counting patterns for each number is the easiest way to teach skip counting. Children can easily count at 300 counts per minute if they are fluent. Basic Arithmetic Operations
RTI: Digging Deeper Assessments {PAST link updated} Since posting our school's RTI plan and links to the RTI documents we created at Lake Myra, several of you have asked about the Digging Deeper Assessments we use to drill down a child's most foundational literacy level....identified on the Otter Talk Form below (more on this form and the other RTI documents we created in my earlier Response to Intervention post). So, here are the all Digging Deeper Assessments we use in our school & district. Although none of them were originally created by our school/district, they are public assessments for anyone to use: Print Concepts based on Clay's Concept About Print from the Observational Survey use Busy Beavers or Detective Dog from the Story Basket Collection from the Wright Group Letter/Sound Identification, also a part of the Observations Survey Early Names Test Words Their Way Word Study Assessments Here is the binder cover I created for the RtI Digging Deeper Assessment binder...
Connect the Dots | STEM CAMP But first, they must embrace science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to build the skills that will serve as their tool set for the future. For that to happen, we must work together to ignite their curiosity and get them excited about STEM in their everyday lives. So we ask you to join us in connecting the dots between learning and life. Together, we can ignite the spark in students around the clock and around the world. While after-school learning and summer programs provide rich opportunities to keep students inspired beyond the classroom, we know that unequal access to these programs can contribute to disparities in student achievement. STEM Camp combines hands-on labs, engineering challenges, digital investigations, and more - all designed to immerse kids in the grand challenges of science set forth by the National Academy of Engineering.
Grade 3: Using a Multiplication Table: Overview The groundwork for multiplication was laid earlier for students when they used objects, number lines, and arrays to multiply. See Using Arrays to Show Multiplication Concepts. Students are now ready to use their understanding of multiplication to explore number patterns. Look at the multiplication table below. Use the multiplication table below to locate the product of 9 and 7. 9 x 7 = 63 The Commutative Property of Multiplication states that changing the order of the factors does not change the product. 7 x 9 = 63 Following is one of the more dramatic multiplication patterns that you can help students discover by using a multiplication table. 6 x 6 = 36 Note that a square is formed. The multiplication table below shows all the square numbers to 100. Students can explore square numbers as well as other patterns by using multiplication tables. The products in the row and column for some factors are double the products in the row and column for other factors. (1 x 3) x 5 = 15 3 x 5 = 15
Checkbook Registers & More My oldest son and I have been talking for the last two days about how he is managing the money he has earned. Basically, we've been keeping up with it in our heads and have an "estimate" of what he has. Quiet frankly, this is no way to manage money from any perspective. So, he and I developed a little system today that he is going to start using. We worked out a register that we could record his deposits, withdrawals, savings and tithes. So, I made checkbooks, deposit slips and a check register. To begin, print the check register. If you decide that you want to use checks and deposit slips. Once you have stapled the tops, you'll want to create a back and slight cover to cover up the staples. You'll want to be able to fold the top over to just cover the staples...like a real checkbook. Now, we are going to sit down and start entering deposits and withdrawals into his checkbook.
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Multiplication - Times Tables The 12 Times Table Print one and put it on your wall, or paste it in an exercise book. How to Learn Your life will be a lot easier when you can simply remember the multiplication tables. So ... train your memory! First, use the table above to start putting the answers into your memory. Then use the Math Trainer - Multiplication to train your memory, it is specially designed to help you memorize the tables. Use it a few times a day for about 5 minutes each, and you will learn your tables. Try it now, and then come back and read some more ... So, the two main ways for you to learn the multiplication table are: Reading over the table Exercising using the Math Trainer But here are some "tips" to help you even more: Tip 1: Order Does Not Matter Example: 3×5=15, and 5×3=15 Another Example: 2×9=18, and 9×2=18 In fact half of the table is a mirror image of the other! So, don't memorize both "3×5" and "5×3", just memorize that "a 3 and a 5 make 15" when multiplied. This is very important! Some Patterns More Help
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