by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
Do your students struggle to explain their math thinking? Do they freeze up when faced with word problems? Teaching math vocabulary words can make all the difference! When students truly understand math terms, they can approach problems with confidence and clarity....
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
Are your students struggling to understand multiplication? Teaching with multiplication models can transform how they grasp multiplication facts. When you use these models, it turns memorization into meaningful learning! Because of multiplication...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
Giving your students quality math test practice is the way to go in 2nd grade. When my 2nd graders took their first unit math assessment of the year, they completely bombed it. I felt like a failure as a teacher. But then I realized the real problem… The...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
Repeated addition activities in 2nd grade are the best way for students to work with equal groups to gain the foundation for multiplication. In third grade is when students will actually use the multiplication symbol and memorize multiplication. But in 2nd grade, we...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
I think what makes teaching odd and even numbers to kids so fun is helping them discover patterns within our number system. Our brains love patterns. Patterns help us make connections and help us remember things. So when we help students use patterns to learn even and...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
End of year math activities are important to keep your students engaged until the last day of school. They allow you to review and reinforce key math skills from the year. We all know that teachers are exhausted at this point of the school year and students are extra...
