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"Ganizers" and elevators
Four activities designed to reinforce students' basic math skills. Some major math objectives can be learned and then practiced, using ordinary...
Teaching Pre K-8, 05/01/00 by May, Lola · More from publication -
Another look at decimals and percent
Some shortcuts that will help students read decimals and solve percent problems. Decimals are a subset of fractions. All fractions whose...
Teaching Pre K-8, 04/01/00 by May, Lola · More from publication -
Keeping fractions alive
Many students have a hard time mastering the art of working with fractions. That's why the meaning of fractional numbers must be reinforced at each...
Teaching Pre K-8, 03/01/00 by May, Lola · More from publication -
What's the question?
Some new strategies for solving word problems. Teaching students to solve word problems can be troublesome for teachers at all grade levels....
Teaching Pre K-8, 02/01/00 by May, Lola · More from publication -
Developing mental math
Three tactics that will help kids learn to "Think Math. " Mental math is one of three tools that we use to solve everyday problems. (The other two...
Teaching Pre K-8, 01/01/00 by May, Lola · More from publication -
Problem-solving games
Presenting Krypto and Baby Krypto - two games that are guaranteed to motivate your students. A numbers game that involves the whole class can...
Teaching Pre K-8, 11/01/99 by May, Lola · More from publication -
"Zipping around" with math facts
An easy-to-make activity that will sharpen math skills in all operations. This activity, known as the Zip Around drill, can be used to replace...
Teaching Pre K-8, 09/01/99 by May, Lola · More from publication -
A new look at area and perimeter
Timing is everything when you teach the concepts of area and perimeter. "Change" is a key word in teaching math today. I don't mean "change" that...
Teaching Pre K-8, 05/01/99 by May, Lola · More from publication -
Ways to assess understanding fractions
Three activities that show the difference between the parts and the whole. In the primary grades, geometric shapes are used as models to teach...
Teaching Pre K-8, 04/01/99 by May, Lola · More from publication -
Increasing mathematical power
Some topics you can teach to extend students' power over numbers. Students who can compute with whole numbers at a high rate of accuracy have...
Teaching Pre K-8, 03/01/99 by May, Lola · More from publication
