for 6 classes

Lucky Mathematician: Division Basics

Completed by 1 learner

Ages 6-8

Live Group Class

A three-week course exploring what division is, how it works and strategies for solving basic division equations

Alison Myers

Average rating:

4.9

Number of reviews:

(20 reviews)

Live video meetings

2x per week, 3 weeks

2-6 learners per class

40 min

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What's included

6 live meetings

4 in-class hours

Class Experience

Division may look like the scariest of the four arithmetic operations, but it can be surprisingly fun! Join me as we explore what division is and how it works through a mix of hands-on experiments, games and puzzles. 

[Lesson 1]  Division: What is it?
This class explores what division is, how to talk about it, and a couple of ways that mathematicians write equations. Make sure to check out the Class Materials List, because we will spend a lot of time doing practical exercises!

[Lesson 2] Game Time
The best way to get comfortable with something is to do it over and over, so that is what we will do! Again, make sure to check out the Class Materials List. We will be doing a mix of exercises, games, and puzzles to prepare for the next part.

[Lesson 3] Strategies: Grouping
This class starts exploring some of the common grouping strategies you can use to solve equations. There will be several printouts for you to use in this class, but feel free to get creative if you would rather make your own. We will go over all of the approaches before we each pick our favorite to explore in more detail.

[Lesson 4] Strategies: Math
This class will explore several math-based approaches you can use to solve division problems. Just like in the Grouping Strategies class, we will go over all of the approaches before we each pick our favorite to explore further.

[Lesson 5] Practice, Practice!
This class will be all about practice and preparing for the end-of-unit game, Lucky Mathematician. Our time will be spent on a mix of exercises, equations to solve, games, beat-the-clock drills and puzzles.

[Lesson 6] Lucky Mathematician
Kind of like Uno, Lucky Mathematician lets you practice your division skills by building off of the equation already on the board. Be careful, though! Wild cards and an Evil Teacher! mean that you will need all of the skills you've developed. The winners of this game really do earn the title Lucky Mathematician!

Learning Goals

This course will introduce students to the basic concepts and terminology behind division. By the end of the course students should be fully comfortable with the basic principles, terms, and simple equation formats. Students will also be familiar with the standard strategies for solving simple division equations and fully comfortable with at least 2 of these strategies.

Other Details

Supply List

1) Students will need a set of 20 objects they can handle during each class. These can be anything from markers to Legos to hair ties. Smaller items will be better, especially for the exercises in the 3rd and 4th lesson.
2) Printouts will be available for the 3rd lesson, but students are welcome to create their own versions. Just make sure they have one of each
3) Something to write on/with will be needed during all of the lessons.

External Resources

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:

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Meet the teacher

Alison Myers

Joined November, 2020

4.8

20reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

Please Note: I will be taking a few months off to deal with some family medical issues. I hope to be back by the summer. 

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Hello everyone! My name is Ally, and I really look forward to working with you.

I have been working as an online ESL teacher for two years now, and utterly adore it. My favorite part of teaching is guiding young learners through the learning process and getting to watch as the lightbulb turns on when a concept clicks. My current teaching background focuses largely on the English language, but my dearest loves are math and science. As such, I will be offering a variety of courses across all three topics.

While the core of my experience in teaching comes from my ESL work, I have a long background of tutoring and mentoring as a volunteer for churches and after-school programs. I also have over 10 years of experience in the corporate world, which is an invaluable guide when determining which skills my students should focus on developing.

I strongly believe that every child is capable of learning, and that it is the teacher's responsibility to make the material accessible to every student. I also firmly believe that the best way to learn is to have fun. Thus, my classes use a mixture of physical demonstrations, lectures and discussions to teach, and plenty of games and practical exercises to practice.