Welcome Parents!
There are lots of ways we ask students to show their understanding in math. You can help your child learn to love math. Games and creative play with math make learning fun.
Bancroft Elementary believes that ALL children can learn to become a good mathematician. We teach children to have a growth mindset. Here are a few links to better understand why having a
growth mindset is essential in having success in math.
You Can Learn Anything Video, click here!
If you want to see how your brain works, click here!
This is a link to our math series Houghton Mifflin Expressions
We have included some videos here that show the different ways we ask students to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Below you can find examples of the different strategies your child is learning.
Math Mountain-A tool to help your child add and subtract.
helps prove that you know how to do a drawing to represent the place value of the numbers.
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how regrouping works.
Subtraction Strategies
Subtraction Across Zeros- Subtraction with zeros using proof drawings to better understand what happens when we ungroup 0's.
Situation vs Solution Equations -Problem solving can be difficult for students, however understanding the the situation equation is will help students then be able to use a solution equation to find a final solution.
Comparison Bars
Landmark or friendly numbers are numbers that make computation easy. Examples of these kinds of numbers are numbers that end in 0 or 5, like 20, 50, 120, or 25, 75.
Remember you can do it, keep trying!!!! Watch this video to remind yourself!
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Number Story Bar Models
Spaceship Rounding
Equation Explosion
Math Magician
Games
Fun Brain Math Arcade
Cool Math Games
Fishy Fractions
Find Grampy
Visual Fraction Games
Stop the Clock
Basketball Time
Counting Money
Making Change
Polygon or Not?
Thermo Quiz!
These games include identifying the place value of a decimal, rounding decimals and adding and subtracting decimals.
Paper Route Place Value Game
Place Value Ducks
IXL Place Value Pictures
Billionaire!
Pirate Boats
Decimal Spin