If you haven’t read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series on multiplication fluency, here’s a recap. The multiplication fluency strategies fall into two types: foundational strategies and derivative strategies. The foundational strategies include…
In the first part of this series, I wrote that we need to teach mental math strategies for multiplication. This is similar to what we do for addition and subtraction. But first, students need to…
Have you’ve encountered the student who doesn’t study the multiplication facts? Or the student who learns one multiplication table and then seemingly forgets most of the facts? Or the student who studies but has a…
The gateway to learning algebra and higher forms of mathematics is multiplication. It is critically important that elementary school children learn the concept of multiplication as well as, just learning the multiplication facts. I am…
What are some of the strategies you teach your students or children to add two and three digit numbers? Do you use compensation? Or do you begin teaching with the standard algorithm? Teaching students to…
