Number Sense Club: Mental Math Strategies
Come exercise your brain with mental math exercises. Here, we will learn to visualize and manipulate numbers in order to perform computations. "Tricks" will be discovered, explained, and practiced in this club.
Mrs. B (B.S. in Education)
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What's included
2 live meetings
1 in-class hours per weekAssignments
There will be ample opportunity for practice in class, but an assignment will be added to any lesson for additional optional practice as requested.Certificate of Completion
includedClass Experience
US Grade 5 - 7
In this club, we will exercise our brains with mental math computations. Students who possess the skills to visualize and manipulate numbers will not only be more proficient at solving math problems, but they will have a greater ability to comprehend other math concepts.
Each time we meet, the student will be presented with a type of problem that will be our focus for the day. We will draw pictures of the problem and discover the "trick" to solving it together. The student will gradually be encouraged to exchange physical drawings for mental visualizations in order to solve. We will work to increase proficiency of the new skill as well as review past learned skills.
Examples of topics are listed below.
Topic 1: Adding strings of whole numbers
Subtopic A: Rearranging for 10's
Subtopic B: Tricks for ordered sequences of numbers
Subtopic C: Adding larger sums without paper
Topic 2: Multiplying whole numbers
Subtopic A: Multiplying 2x1-digit numbers
Subtopic B: Multiplying 2-digit numbers by 5
Subtopic C: Multiplying factors with a difference of 2
Subtopic D: Multiplying 2-digit numbers by 11
Subtopic E: Rearranging factors to multiply strings of numbers
Topic 3: Fractions and Percents
Subtopic A: Identifying common equivalent fractions and percents
Subtopic B: Finding fractions/percents of whole numbers
Subtopic C: Comparing/ordering fractions
Subtopic D: Comparing/ordering fractions with percents
Topic 4: Visualizing fractions (solving without algorithms)
Subtopic A: Finding fractions of fractions (multiplication)
Subtopic B: Dividing fractions and whole numbers
Subtopic C: Dividing fractions and fractions
Topic 5: Conversions
Subtopic A: Converting length units (ft. to yd., in. to ft., etc.)
Subtopic B: Converting square units (sq. ft. to sq. yd., etc.)
Subtopic C: Converting cubic units (cu. ft. to cu. yd., etc.)
Subtopic D: Converting kitchen unitsLearning Goals
The student will become more proficient in math computations.The student will visualize basic math operations in order to perform mental computations.
Other Details
Pre-Requisites
Understanding of basic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Memorization of multiplication facts through 12's
Supply List
Paper and pencil
Language of Instruction
English
Joined August, 2024
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Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Teaching Certificates
Texas Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Texas Teaching Certificate in Mathematics
My name is Mrs. B, and I primarily teach math and science. During my time teaching in public school, I taught elementary classes (all subjects), junior high math and science, and high school math. Outside of school, I have served in multiple leadership and teaching roles with young learners in various group settings, including book club, quilting club, 4-H club, food challenge (cooking), chorus, and other special interest classes. Being a mom of four children has greatly increased my compassion and understanding.
I believe every student is valuable and has an important purpose in life. As a teacher, it is my goal to help my students not only learn the necessary material, but to help them learn to think and to problem solve. I believe the most effective mode of learning is by making connections with the problem at hand, and allowing the student to discover WHY we solve problems the way that we do.
I am passionate about learning, and I see math and science everywhere! I enjoy playing the piano. Music is so mathematical, from simpler ideas like tempo and rhythm, to the ratios and exponential relationships of soundwaves in pitches. I enjoy sewing, which requires addition and subtraction of fractions, and allows growth in visual-spatial reasoning. I enjoy baking. When baking, we use multiplication and division with fractions, but I also have learned much about the chemistry (and biology!) of ingredients. My family enjoys farming and foraging. It is amazing how much biology there is to learn with these practices! My most recent project has been cheesemaking. Through this, I have been able to learn so much about bacteria cultures. My family also enjoys exploring the outdoors. Clearly, we learn much science from observing nature. I hope to help my students also learn to connect math and science to the world around them.Reviews
Live Group Class
$18
weekly ($9 per class)2x per week
30 min
Completed by 4 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-13
3-7 learners per class
