Skill Mats are companions to any gap in student in learning. The way that I picture it in my head is asking "what part of the process can I hold onto for them as they adjust to process a particular concept?". I put this inside a dry-erase pocket chart and set it out for students to use. I use this a lot in our Operations with Rational Numbers unit. Many students are not comfortable simplifying fractions. When they get to multiplying and dividing fractions, they often end up with really big numb