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Teaching Division Concepts

Teaching Division Concepts

February 6, 2022 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

Before teaching my 4th grade division unit, I like to spend a little time teaching division concepts. I've found that most students are fairly confident and solid with multiplication concepts. But, most students need a little division review before moving into multi-digit

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Teaching Division

Teaching the Concept of Division

March 14, 2021 by Ashleigh | 5 Comments

Division can be a tricky and confusing concept for many students. When I was teaching 3rd grade, this was the unit when a large group of students would begin to fall behind. There are so many potential reasons for this struggle: lack of number sense, multiplication facts, and not

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Teaching Word Problems

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Word Problems

September 13, 2020 by Ashleigh | 1 Comment

It’s no secret that addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division word problems present a considerable challenge to students. Students often rush through word problems and immediately try to find an answer, rather than thinking about the meaning of the problem. Students see

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How to Teach Long Division

November 3, 2019 by Ashleigh | Leave a Comment

As I began teaching long division through the area model and partial quotient, I became concerned that while my students were learning the procedures they weren’t adequately learning the concept behind the procedures. I did not want the area model strategy and partial quotient

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Division Escape Room Lesson

September 8, 2019 by Ashleigh | 2 Comments

This Division Escape Room Lesson is one of my favorite culminating activities to my 4th grade division unit. It incorporates so many skills and concepts into a fun and exciting format for students. I consider any lesson where students are so engaged and motivated that they don't

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Why I Love Teaching Long Division

November 26, 2016 by Ashleigh | 13 Comments

When I found that I would be moving from third grade to fourth grade, one of the units that scared me most was long division. Yes, I had taught fourth grade in the past, but that was way before I ever heard of partial quotient or area models. All I ever knew as a student and

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