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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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Math – Measuring Liquids

House of G for Math Memory of cups, pints, quarts, gallaons
The big G is the house, 4 Qs are the windows, each window has 2 Ps for people looking out, and each person has 2 c’s for eyes.
http://www.cherylsclassroomtips.com/2009/04/gallon-story.html
http://kmott.wikispaces.com/Mr.+Gallon
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/math/units052499.html

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Long Multiplication

Here are some sites to help develop a students long multiplication skills.
Long Multiplication http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jhf1ldvP-o
Multiplication of Two Digits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruEHpAiQ_x4
Learn How to Multiply Two Digit Numbers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0gILf9guhI
Homework Helper Double Digit Multiplication http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPF9oOKl_BY Shows two methods – butterfly and window pane methods.
Turtle Head Method for 2 Digit Multiplication http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffB45jcXBHE This is a fun one!

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Rounding to the Nearest …

Rounding
Rounding and Estimating British Style!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/rounding-and-estimating/resources/e1-e2
Round to the Nearest Hundred Using Rounding Rules https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx-XKcgKqzc
Rounding to the Nearest Ten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDbyRzWfJNY

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Math Games – Times Tables

Math Games for Times Tables
Hit the Button http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf This is a game which can be played silently. There are two modes: Hit the answer or hit the question.

The Table Trees http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/tabletrees.html This site gives a problem and the answer is entered and checked. A new problem automatically pops up after the checking.

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Long Division

Steps to Long Division https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uZiqk_ZdcA Here is a visual to help understand this math concept.

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Double Multipliers

Multiplication Facts Song (Double Multipliers) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg0OVOo-PAw This has a catchy tune for the square numbers ie 2 x 2 etc. Good visuals.

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Two Times Table

2 Times Tables – Songs
Online YouTube 2 times table song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmCvTLSdNJo
Online You Tube 2 times table song – problems are all on the screen and then they pop up individually. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0NloNxh4xE
Online You Tube 2 times table rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE_oUqJ41oI
2 Times Table – Multiplication Memorization http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy2RCFEYOjY
2 Time Table – upbeat song and quick problem scrolling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xt-TLg1oQw
The 2 Times Table Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2wBEDDiCzQ (version 1)
The 2 Times Table Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=850t1vjTZGg (version 2)

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Math Games

There are several games on the Cool Math Games site http://www.coolmath-games.com/1-number-games-01.html  including Fraction Splat, FractOne, and Number Balls.  These math games are on the “number” section.

Cool Math for Kids http://www.coolmath4kids.com/   This site has many games including the “Timernator” which is a timed multiplication game.   This game allows you specify the extent of your learning, for example, up to 3 times table.   The “Number Monster for Times Tables” is an untimed version of the game http://www.coolmath4kids.com/times-tables/number-monster-times-tables-multiplication.htm

Cool Math is another site which has math learning games for any one aged 13 – 100!  So enjoy http://www.coolmath.com/  for example, Math Lines xFactor 12 which works on the 12 times table. 

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