Math Worksheets and Lesson Plans - Increasing Math Skills

Increasing Math Skills

"At the beginning of each month I cut out shapes according to the season or the holiday. Everyday we write a number on a shape and place it on the wall around the perimeter of the room to count each day of school. We also do some quick calculating using the numbers to increase math skills. For example, 'How many days has it been since day 100?' 'How many days until the end of school?' 'How many months in 180 days?' 'What is the average number of days in a month?' 'How many weekend and vacation days in a school year?' In some instances, the level of multiplication or division we use has not been taught, but I put the problem on the board and we work it through. Now, having reached long division, several students know it already just by doing our daily math."
Submitted by: Clare Delano cdteach98@email-removed, a fourth grade teacher. This tip was published in the NEA's Weekly "Works4Me" Email list.

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