Division is an operation that my students still struggle with from time to time. They struggle with LONG DIVISION especially. So this week I researched different strategies to assist my students with division
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.A.1: Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
Reflection: What I like about the different strategies is that it will expose my students to different ways they can master division. Growing up I was expected to learn division one way and that is all. I believe that using place values and models to help students divide will also help students build on their conceptual understanding. What exactly is happening when you divide? I am excited to try some of these strategies with my students and hope this was helpful.
I think it is a great strategy to teach students different methods for long division. This subject is also something many of my students struggle with, I think it is important we teach them other strategies so they can learn to grasp and understand this topic one way or another. You made a good point saying we learned it one way and that's it, so teaching more ways to do something is so important because every student learns differently. Something that may work for one student may not work for the rest! Great job!
ReplyDeleteHi Kristine,
DeleteThank you for your thoughtful feedback! I agree that different strategies are so important to teaching. -Marlee