As teachers, we often see students who are not very confident in math. They have a preconceived idea that math is hard or they are bad at math. In my experience, the first step is to begin at the basics. Allowing students to have access to a math chart for easy reference is an easy solution.
Confidence
Most of the time when I am working with a student in math, I begin by building up math confidence. I give them that feeling of success by creating a comfortable learning environment. Depending on the age of the students, I have found that if I lift the burden of math fact recall, my students can dive into harder, more challenging math concepts. For third through fifth grade levels, I’ve created several drafts of what I refer as a Math Reference Chart or “The Math Chart” as my students call it. I have designs for lower and upper elementary. Lower Elementary concentrates on hundreds chart, place value, and skip counting. Upper elementary focuses more on multiplication/division charts, place value including decimals, and formulas.
Visuals
For third through fifth grade levels, I’ve created several drafts of what I refer as a Math Reference Chart or “The Math Chart” as my students call it. I have designs for lower and upper elementary. Lower Elementary concentrates on hundreds chart, key words, even/odd, estimating, and money. Upper elementary focuses more on multiplication/division charts and place value including decimals. I have found that my students are able to have confidence understanding hard concepts if I lift the challenge of math fact recall. In my classroom, I copy this on a colored card stock and laminate and students use it all year!
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If you are looking for more in depth math resources, check out my Math Chart Resource. This resource has everything an elementary student needs! It is full hundreds charts, multiplication charts, skip counting, money, key words in word problems, and MORE! It has both full size and smaller task cards for easy access. There is not a day goes by that I don’t use something in this resource with my students! The Math Chart resources also has a math chart that is more detailed than the freebie.
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