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I teach my students to make a zero move in with the neighbor so they can borrow from them.

Use prime numbers to find the GCF and LCM by using the ladder method

This is a break down of each step to complete long division. This document uses the DMSBR (Dad, Mom, Sister, Brother, Rover or Division, Multiplication, Subtraction, Bring Down, Repeat/Remaider) method for division

In my remediation teaching, I started noticing more and more that student would not take the time to remember their math facts. As the students progressed through the grade levels, it would be the one thing holding them back. I still stress to study them and remember them. However, now I teach individual tricks for each number so that they can practice in a different way. This has been a welcome resource for the classroom math teachers. I hope you find it as useful.

I have worked as a math specialist, teaching remedial math interventions, for the past 9 years. I have been teaching students tips and tricks to make math stick. Teachers have used my tricks successfully in their own classrooms as well. This book compiles some of those tricks. The skills range from first through eighth grade. Please use this as a resource to help some of your struggling students.

This game follows a format similar to the board game clue. Students roll a die and move spaces around a board. They visit stores and make purchases. Each store has word problems involving sales tax and change back. If the student answers correctly, they can mark the store off on their check list. The sales tax is figured out already so younger students can play. If using with older students, make them figure out the 6% on their own.

Use this word file to print out the information your students need to convert among fractions, decimals, and percents. Add to paper to make a foldable.

These are cute rhymes to helps students remember the rules for fraction operations. Can be used alone or cut to make a foldable.

Use this unit plan to teach the 13 original U.S. Colonies. Includes many resources and original ideas.

This is a traditional I Have Who Has game to review LCM. There are some tricky ones so it may be best adviced to review the game ahead of time and give the more advanced students the more difficult answers. I cut this and laminated it.

These quick rhymes will help students remember their divisibility rules. This a crucial part of math and is confusing for students. This helps in my own classroom with long division and fractions the most. We place them in our interactive notebooks and I have them displayed on the wall.

I was having such a difficult time with long division with many of my students. I always had them list the multiples and it still wasn't enough. A veteran teacher taught me this method and allowed me to type up this document. The students are successful becuase they can see each step. It has helped me tremendously and I hope it will help you.

This is a step-by-step guide to long division. Each step has notes and rationale to explain the process of long division.

This is a fun review game for multiplication facts from 1-10.

This is a board game with 36 mixed number operation cards. It is best if laminated. Includes answer key.

I have tried many things to get my students to remember to place a zero in their second product when multiplying by 2 digits. One day it just made sense when I explained it as tic tac toe. We use this method all of the time now. I watch the students place X's on the digits that they are finished with and an O as a zero. We place these steps in our interactive notebooks.

Use to assess knowledge of estimation in word problems

I try to teach my students to use facts that are easier for them and move on from there. We call them "friendly chunks" and they work with what they know to find facts that are more difficult for them to commit to memory. I use 5 often.

This is a standard board game. The task cards include adding mixed numbers. There is a printable board and answer cards. The answer cards could be laminated with the task cards to create a center. We use it in our class as a standard board game and the teacher keeps the answer key. I noticed that my students were struggling with this concept and they enjoy working these examples out on whiteboards as we play.

Assess students on basic order of operations. No variables.