Sara Bashir Malik

Struggling to get students to use mental math addition strategies? Use this product to get them going and acing mental addition strategies in no time. The product is based on 4 mental addition strategies; front end addition, compensation, compatible numbers and break up and bridge. The resource includes the following: 1. Posters (colored and grayscale) 2. Notebook inserts (colored and grayscale) 3. Math talk ideas and resources 4. Games (BINGO and Board Game) 5. Interactive Notebook insert 6. W

Snakes and ladders game for a centre to practice +1, -1, +10 and -10. All resources required provided. Just print and go! Includes: - Instructions sheet - Snakes and ladders board - Recording sheet - Dice for rolling - A black and white version of the board

Halloween themed, double-digit multiplication problems with extra information where students have to choose the right information and ignore the irrelevant information provided.

Use this worksheet to encourage students to explain their thought process when approaching addition problems mentally. This will help you, as a teacher, to understand their mathematical process and where they struggle, or where they can be introduced a better strategy to make them more efficient with mental math. As students, this worksheet will help them communicate their strategies better, moving from just doing math to being able to explain math. This product is part of a bigger lesson plan a