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$Teaching math concepts so struggling learners understand can be possible! Are you doing all these ideas and tips to help your students understand math concepts in your elementary classroom?$

Teaching Math so Students Get It!

5 Essential & Easy Ways to Represent Math Ideas

Every day, you present new math ideas to students. From strategies to solutions to entirely new concepts, your kiddos can’t escape learning about math ideas

The Plane Truth on Polygon Misconceptions and Strategies to Fix Them

Geometry is a subject that can be fascinating for upper elementary students. But sometimes it can be challenging too. Some children can’t wrap their heads

Math is Fun Again: 10 Engaging Math Activities for Upper Elementary Students

It can grow tiring using the same math activities over and over that don’t engage your upper elementary students like they once did. With trends

$Enhance any concept of your math lessons with this huge list of page-turning children's literature ideas for your upper elementary class.$

Page Turning Children’s Literature for Your Math Lessons

If you were to search the internet for children’s literature for any math concept, you’d likely find several posts to help you out. I know

Children find word problems difficult but this post provides 7 tips to help your students conquer them and feel more confident in math.

7 Tips for Mastering Word Problems

I have a word problem for you: There was this girl who was given well over 100 math word problems in her lifetime. She learned

$Tackling fractions with different denominators can be a huge challenge for upper elementary students, but it doesn't have to be. Check out this post where I provide ideas to help your students add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators without any problems!$

Help Your Students Better Understand Fractions with Different Denominators

This post contains affiliate links In the world of fractions, numbers seem to have a split personality. You know, they get to represent part of

Partitioning shapes is an important concept in geometry that involves dividing shapes into equal parts. This post gives you some ideas on how to teach it and gives you some fun ideas too.

Teaching Perfect Partitioning: A How-To Guide

Despite the many (many) math courses I took waaaay back at university, I had still managed to never encounter the word “partitioning” until my first

Engage Students with Picturesque Problem Solving

When I mention picture books in the classroom, I’m sure your first thought is of a lower-elementary read-aloud. My kiddos always loved those days–relaxing in

$Help your fourth graders practice comparing fractions with these 12 games that will engage your students and work well with your math lesson plans!$

12 Exciting Games to Practice Comparing Fractions

Fourth grade and fractions: name a more iconic duo. Sure, students learn all about the basics of fractions in third grade, but fourth grade is

Problem solving isn't a math topic that teachers jump for joy over when it's time to help students with it, but it doesn't have to be this way. Check out this post where I give you the secret to painless problem solving lessons!

The Secret to Painless Problem-Solving in Math

I’m going to say it: problem-solving in math can be difficult. Consider walking into your classroom an hour from now and launching into a problem-solving

5 Effortless Tips for Teaching Divisibility

Divisibility. It’s an intimidating word, isn’t it? And I don’t just mean because you have to check several times to make sure you spelled it

5 Captivating Ideas for Teaching Factors & Multiples

If DNA is the building blocks of life, then factors and multiples are the building blocks of math. Everything from algebra to trigonometry to geometry

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