Multiplication and Division  This session will focus on strategies that grade 3 to grade 5 teachers use to develop a conceptual understanding of mulitplication and division. These stratgies are closely linked to the groundwork k to 2 teachers laid with addition and subtraction. Particpants will become fluent using arrays, chip models, area models, partial products […]

Fractions:  This session will focus on the development of fractions from grades k to 5. Particpants will learn methods to compare fractions, find equivalent fractions, add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. These methods focus on the underlying understanding of the mathematics rather than tricks that students may forget.  Understand fractions better than you ever have […]