Visual Mathematics

Learning to Add 2 Digits in Six Different Ways Using these templates and activities, students will be practicing 2-digit addition in four different ways: • Using ten-frames • Using Base-10 block pictures • Using Money • Using the place value chart • Writing the corresponding number fact subtraction equation • Using the standard addition method Ideas for how to use the templates for practice, cooperative learning, assessment and for playing learning games are included. I have also included som

Addition with Regrouping: A Comprehensive Set of Common Core Learning Games and Critical Thinking Activities This 60-page PDF download includes: • 25 different active learning games specifically designed to support the learning of all the Common Core Standards related to Adding with Regrouping. • Comprehensive mathematical thinking development • A detailed listing of all the 2nd and 3rd grade Common Core standards targeted by the games and instructional activities. • Instructions, variati

Fractions, Decimals and Percents: A Comprehensive Set of 5th 6th and 7th Grade Common Core Learning Games and Critical Thinking Activities (Ask about our on site teacher training at pictorialmath@yahoo.com) This 104-page PDF download includes: • 27 different active learning games specifically designed to support the learning of all the Common Core Standards related to fractions decimals and percents. • Comprehensive mathematical thinking development • Instructions, variations to scaffold a

The following is a review of Pictorial Mathematics that appeared on Teaching Mathematics, a math education journal published by NCTM, the largest mathematics education association in the world. The book is available through amazon for $32.95, but it is available here as a E-book for $20. “Modifying one’s instructional practice to reflect the NCTM’s Standards is challenging. It is particularly true when creating ways for students to “see” mathematics in more than the rote symbolic manner that d

Fractions Bundle of Games and Activities This bundle includes my top 5 Fraction Common Core resources on: 1) Basic Elementary Fractions 2) Understanding Equivalent Fractions 3) Learning to add fractions with uncommon denominators 4) Multiplying fractions 5) Translating between fractions, decimals and percents These are also for sale individually, but if you buy this bundle you save 20% ($13.00)! You get over 100 activities and games to engage your students in these critical topics. None of

Multiplication of 1 Digit by 1 or more: A Comprehensive Set of 3rd/4th Grade Multiplication Common Core Learning Games and Critical Thinking Activities (Ask about our on site teacher training at pictorialmath@yahoo.com and get up to $100 of our materials for every teacher at your school for free!) This 111-page PDF download includes: • 27 different active learning games specifically designed to support the learning of all the Common Core Standards related multiplication for 3rd and 4th grade

When it comes to adding fractions with uncommon denominators, so many students either don't know their multiplication facts or are just simply intimidated by fractions. This Narrated Powerpoint lesson takes you step by step on a strategy that is guaranteed to make it much simpler for these students to add fractions with uncommon denominators. Our goal is to provide teachers and parents with easy to follow, effective strategies and lessons at a bargain price.

Division by Grouping: A Comprehensive Set of 3rd/4th Grade Division Common Core Learning Games and Critical Thinking Activities This 104-page PDF download includes: • 24 different active learning games specifically designed to support the learning of all the Common Core Standards related to division for 3rd and 4th grade. • Comprehensive mathematical thinking development • Matrix with common core standards targeted by each game and activity • Instructions, variations to scaffold and diffe

Money Money Money! A Comprehensive Set of Common Core Learning Games and Critical Thinking Activities Ask about our on site teacher training at pictorialmath@yahoo.com and get up to $100 of our materials for every teacher at your school for free!) This is the only set you will need to teach all the standards about money and the only resource you will need to engage students in problem solving with money. All resources needed are included for grades 2 to 5, and for special education students.

This bundle includes my top seven 2nd and 3rd grade curriculum materials. These are also for sale individually, but if you buy this bundle you save 20% ($10.00)! You get hundreds of activities and games to engage your students all year in place value, addition with regrouping, subtraction with regrouping, money, and assessments for both 2nd and 3rd grade. None of my bundles repeat any of the products that appear in other bundles. A product that is included in a 2nd/3rd grade bundle would not

Place Value: A Comprehensive Set of 2nd and 3rd Grade Common Core Learning Games and Critical Thinking Activities This 126-page PDF download includes: • 26 different active learning games specifically designed to support the learning of all the Common Core Standards related to Place Value in 2nd and 3th grade. • Comprehensive mathematical thinking development • A detailed listing of all the 2nd and 3rd grade Common Core standards targeted by the Games. • Instructions, variations to scaffo

2nd Grade Common Core 5 Minute Enhanced Multiple Choice Assessment Templates This 63 page PDF download provides teachers with an unlimited number of Common Core Enhanced multiple choice assessment questions and a system for year-round practice. The questions address each of the major standards for 2nd grade math, including: • Place value • Comparing numbers • Adding • Subtracting • Problem Solving • Simple Equations • Represent and interpret data • Fractions • Measurement • Geometric propert

Subtracting with Regrouping: A Comprehensive Set of 1st and 2nd Grade Common Core Learning Games and Critical Thinking Activities This PDF download includes: • 25 different active learning games specifically designed to support the learning of all the Common Core Standards related to Subtracting with regrouping in 1st and 2nd grade. • Comprehensive mathematical thinking development • A detailed listing of all the 1st and 2nd grade Common Core standards targeted by the Games. • Instruction

2-Digit by 2-Digit Pictorial Multiplication: A Comprehensive Set of 4th, 5th and 6th Grade Common Core Learning Games and Critical Thinking Activities This 84+-page PDF download includes: • 27 different active learning games specifically designed to support the learning of all the Common Core Standards related multiplication to 4th and 5th grade. • Comprehensive mathematical thinking development • A detailed listing of all the 4th and 5th grade Common Core standards targeted by the Games.

When it comes to addition with regrouping and solving word problems involving addition with regrouping, this set is the one that 2nd-4th teachers who attend my workshops rave the most about. Students will use the premade boards and ledgers to sell: 1) Food: burgers, hot-dogs, pizza, tacos, mac and cheese, burritos, burger meals, and fried chicken. 2) Top selling kid-friendly movies 3) Top selling video games 4) Family board games 5) Various types of bicycles 6) Large family games like ping pong

Numbers 1 to 10: A Comprehensive Set of Kinder Common Core Learning Games and Critical Thinking Activities This 108-page PDF download includes: • 27 different active learning games specifically designed to support the learning of the Number Common Core Standards for Kinder • Comprehensive mathematical thinking development • Matrix with common core standards targeted by each game and activity • Instructions, variations to scaffold and differentiate instruction • All the Instructional cards

This PDF download includes: • 13 different active learning games specifically designed to support the learning the Common Core Standards related to Solving One Step Equations. • Comprehensive mathematical thinking development • Instructions, variations to scaffold and differentiate instruction • All the Instructional cards for teaching and practicing translating between a word problem, its equation, equivalent forms, and the equation’s solution. • An Easy cutting guide for the game cards th

This bundle includes my top four 3rd and 4th grade curriculum materials for multiplication by 1 digit, by 2 digit and for division. These are also for sale individually, but if you buy this bundle you save 20% ($7.00)! You get hundreds of activities and games to engage your students all year in place value, addition with regrouping, subtraction with regrouping, money, and assessments for both 2nd and 3rd grade. None of my bundles repeat any of the products that appear in other bundles. A prod

32 Addition & Subtraction Activity Bundle PPT In 8 Different Representations: When I started teaching, I found myself with students who did not know how write being in the same classroom with students who knew how to solve complex problems. My principal used to tell me: “All you have to do is use strategies that address all different learning styles.” – Such an easy phrase for a principal to utter, and such a hard thing to do when we are not given the proper training. This set of four PowerPo

Multiplication by Grouping Level 1 Video Lesson • The grouping strategy taught allows students to multiply without knowing all their multiplication facts; • This video takes you step by step on how to develop the meaning of multiplication; • It guides students to learn the most effective early multiplication strategy: the multiplication by grouping strategy; • It provides a model for a conceptual-focus Common Core lesson; • With this strategy students only have to know how to count by 1,