Welcome to my math page!!! 

I started this blog to provide parents with information about what we do during our group times as well to share sites and other useful tips to help you best help your child at home. I've listed several sites on this page that I've found to be useful for kids to go on to help them with their math skills. As you know, it is essential that students know their math facts automatically!! Many of these sites have games that your child can play to help them become more fluent with their facts. No matter what your child's level, a few minutes EACH day of fact practice will make a huge difference!!!

I'm happy to have been able to add 1st grade groups recently! My main focus in these groups will be to increase the students' understanding of numbers. We will engage in many hands-on activities, using manipulatives, to help them build their awareness of numbers and  number concepts. 

We will also be working towards improving number sense with the 2nd grade groups, with an emphasis on place value. We use place value blocks to help build this understanding, which is critical as they work on addition and subtraction with regrouping.

The emphasis in the 3rd grade groups has been on multiplication. It is important that the students not only know their facts, but understand what 4 x 6 means (4 groups of 6). This is crucial as we move towards division.

During the 4th and 5th grade groups, it has become very apparent that they need to know their facts in order to be successful with double digit multiplication and long division. A great site to help with the complicated steps of long division is kidsnumbers.com. When you go that site scroll down and click on division and then click on Snork's long division. This is a fun and interactive game that will also help your child learn the steps!