Strategic Intervention Solutions

Fractions got you frazzled? Shannon explains how to teach students about multiplying fractions, beginning with a conceptual knowledge of multiplication and using manipulatives to help students visualize the process.

Read more: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/03/working-with-fractions-multiplying-fractions/

Uncover/Cover is a simple fraction game that can be easily differentiated in your classroom and uses some great fraction tools - fraction tiles and area model papers. Players try to be the first to either cover or uncover their whole with fractional parts rolled on a die. This helps students visualize the relationship between fractional parts and eventually equivalent fractions as well.

The Subtraction Edition of Math Mights Showdown features Springling, Minni and Subbi, D.C. and our beloved T-Pops. Students can use these characters to show off their problem solving strategy skills with subtraction problems!

Read More: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/02/math-mights-showdown-subtraction-edition/
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Math Mights have had made a tremendous impact on the level of problem solving I'm seeing in the students in our project schools! Math Mights Showdown is a simple addition game that uses the Math Mights pencil toppers and Addition/Subtraction dice to help your students practice and show off their problem solving skills - either in a number talk, in a Math with Someone station, or in groups. Math Mights Showdown was designed to help you continue to reinforce the Math Mights and their strategies in the classroom while making it fun and exciting to solve problems!

Read the blog here: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/02/6823/

Strategy games are an important strand of math games that are designed to help kids become more strategic in their thinking and should be threaded throughout our math workshop. Bonus: these games are fun, fast-paced, and simple to play anywhere!

Read the post here: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/02/math-game-tutorials-strategy-games/

Learn how to play two more multiplication games - Speed! and Tetris. Speed helps students learn to recognize patterns, which then solidifies fact fluency. Tetris helps students begin to understand the commutative property of multiplication. Both games are easy to set up, easy to play, and fun for students!

Read the full blog post here: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/01/making-math-with-someone-easy-with-math-game-tutorials-speed-and-tetris/

Building on the foundation of Bump Addition, Bump Multiplication will be a breeze for students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade! Get all the rules, tips and tricks, and a free download on our blog post: https://sis4teachers.org/2020/01/making-math-with-someone-easy-with-math-game-tutorials-multiplication-bump/

Move your students towards independence and buy back time in your Math Workshop using video tutorials for math games! See how that looks practically in a classroom and learn about today's spotlight game: Bump!

Face those fraction units head-on, armed with a fully stocked and organized Math Salad Bar full of manipulatives, such as fraction tiles, colored paper/area model paper, and pattern blocks, to help fractions make sense to your students!

Ever wish your manipulatives would organize themselves?? You're not alone! With a few tips and tricks, organizing your Math Salad Bar doesn't have to be painful!

Read the blog here: https://sis4teachers.org/2019/12/organizing-your-math-salad-bar/