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Tips for Teaching Times Tables

Skip Counting – Students count up by the number. Example 4 times table – Students count 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48

Stories – Use Learn Times Tables the Fun Way by CityCreek.Com. There are many stories to help students remember their times tables. The colorful pictures aid in the students’ learning. For example, 6 x 8 – It is Eight’s birthday. Chef Six bakes a cake for Eight (forty-eight). See their website to purchase story book, work book, music and story disks and more. The illustrations are fabulous and students with a photographic mind and artistic intelligence will enjoy this way of learning the times tables.

Clock – Use the clock for learning the 5 times table.

Fingers – Use all ten fingers for learning the nine times table. For example, 6 x 9 – with hands on the table count from left to right up to finger 6, bend that finger down. Then count in tens from left to the bent finger 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. Lastly, count in single digits after the bent finger – 51, 52, 53, 54. So 6 x 9 = 54

White Board – various times tables put on small and large white boards for students to answer

Apps – Use Nook App Math Timed Pro

Online – CoolMath4Kids.com

Flashcards – Use the story prompt flashcards connected with Learn Times Tables the Fun Way.

Other – 4 times table is doubling the 2 times table

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Math Assessments

Math Mammoth – is a website that offers assessments to determine a student’s grasp of particular math concepts or lack thereof. Further, it offers remedial math concept books, math grade level curriculum review books, and worksheets (grades 3-8, Pre-Algebra and Algebra). As a matter of interest, there is a South African version of the curriculum. However, in the regular curriculum the money section includes: Australian, Canadian, South African, European, and British money. The developer notes that the regular curriculum is “slightly above” the common core standards. There is a discussion related to changes to the common core curriculum. For example, http://www.mathmammoth.com/complete/grade_5.php

Here are the links to the assessments for grades 1-6.

6th Grade
Assessment http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade6.pdf
Answers http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade6_Answers.pdf

5th Grade Math
Assessment http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade5.pdf
Answers http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade5_Answers.pdf

4th Grade Math
Assessment http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade4.pdf
Answers http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade4_Answers.pdf

3rd Grade Math
Assessment http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade3.pdf
Answers http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade3_Answers.pdf

2nd Grade Math
Assessment http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade2.pdf
Answers http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade2_Answers.pdf

1st Grade Math
Assessment http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade1.pdf
Answers http://www.mathmammoth.com/preview/tests/End_of_Year_Test_Grade1_Answers.pdf

Regular Curricula (Light Blue Series) on Mammoth Math website
In addition, grade level curricula are available for purchase individually or as a bundle. See https://store.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID=5KN_LIVE&page=Math_Mammoth_LightBlue_Series

Worksheets (Golden Series)
Here is the link for obtaining worksheets http://www.mathmammoth.com/worksheets/
Testimonials: See the Testimonials written by tutors, parents, and teachers, including one from Africa and one from a co-ordinator of children with learning disabilities. There is a comment from a high school special education teacher affirming the use of worksheets with higher functioning special needs students. http://www.mathmammoth.com/worksheets/free.php

Note: This site has been recommended by Cathy Duffy (January 2014)

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