Spotlight on the Crew — Mental Math Strategies for Early Elementary

{This week’s Spotlight on the Crew article is brought to you from Julie, at Creatin Classical Chaos.}   Mental math is not only about being able to do the problems in your head, but more importantly understanding what strategies are used to solve the problem. Adults use mental math for everyday calculations more than 75% of the … Read more

Math 911 Reviews

This article is in collaboration with Math911. Professor Martin Weissman has been teaching Mathematics for 50 years. Passionate about the subject, he desires to help students overcome their fear of Mathematics and to master it.  In his years of teaching, he felt that students needed fewer explanatory textbooks and more illustrative examples to help them … Read more

Math Essentials Review

This article is in collaboration with Math Essentials. Math Essentials shared their new No-Nonsense Algebra with Schoolhouse Review Crew Members. With short, concise, self-contained lessons, No-Nonsense Algebra is written in a way that is easy to understand and eliminates distractions. Review is built into each lesson to ensure mastery of topics. Examples are given with … Read more

CapJaxMathFax Reviews

This article is in collaboration with CapJaxMathFax™. CapJaxMathFax™ is a fun computer program designed to give students practice and drill on math facts.  Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are included in the facts practice.  The program was designed by Jack Fretwell of Starboard Training Systems.  “Mr. Fretwell earned a Masters degree in Educational Technology and … Read more

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