Using a number line to plot fractions
Number lines are a powerful tool to help students understand relationships between fractions. This video shows how we can use number...
Fraction basics
Today we started our first unit of fractions. We will be reinforcing the facts that fractions consist of EQUAL parts of either one whole...
Division Strategies -
As with multiplication, we use some simple strategies to build our understanding of division. This teacher demonstrates several...
Multiplication Strategies - Partial Products
This is another step in the road to using the standard algorithm. Students, Please remember to use graph paper to keep all of your digits...
Using the Expanded Version of a Number in Multiplication
How do we multiply a single digit number by a 4 digit number? Using the expanded version of the 4 digit number makes it easy! Just...
Multiplication Strategies - The Area Model
The area model is much the same as the Box Method, but you will notice that the "boxes are drawn differently with the total "area" in...
Multiplication Strategies - The Box Method
In the 4th grade we are exploring different strategies for multiplying numbers with multiple digits. One of the strategies we have...
