Idea by Cara, 6th Grade Teacher, Lincoln University, PA To help students remember the steps in division, I use the acronym, “Does McDonalds Sell Chicken” (DMSC).

Idea by Mary, 3rd Grade Teacher, Plainfield, IL “Circles and Dots” is a favorite method I use to teach children multiplication and division facts. For multiplication, I have children look at the problem, then draw the number of circles the first number in the problem represents. I then invite children to look at the second
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1 Product, 10 Ideas:  Idea 5 – Spring Flowers Math Matching Game Write math problems of any sort on the back of the flowers and have students find the matching answer.  You could also do this with equivalent fractions, fractions and decimals, and fact families. We took the Poppin’ Patterns Spring Flower 6-inch Designer Cutouts
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If you missed our deliciously good conversation about using food manipulatives in math, do not worry!  The complete transcript is below; just scroll to the bottom and read UP!  There are some mouthwatering ideas that are practical and fun for students of all ages.  Join us for our next #TeachChat on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
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Idea by Tara, a 5th Grade Teacher, in Rockford, MI. I have a unique way of teaching my students long division. We chant song lyrics that review the steps involved in the process. For instance, for the problem 255/5 we would chant: Five goes into 25 how many times? 5 times 5 is 25,  subtract,
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Idea by Sarah, a 3rd Grade Teacher, from Wise, VA. To help students understand the relationship between multiplication and division I invite them to become part of the problem. For example, I ask five students to come to the front of the room. I give each of these five students four markers and then ask
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