As we are all discovering, the new Common Core Standards for Math stress the importance of teaching students a variety of strategies for a particular skill.  It is then up to the student to choose which strategy they feel most

Ask a student to make a list of what they like least about math and it’s likely that ‘story problems’ will be pretty high on that list. So, for the past 4 years, I have made it a point to

The new Common Core Standards for Math prompted me to create this Divisibility Rules Pack for use in my own classroom. Common Core emphasizes the need to develop mental math strategies with students.  Understanding the divisibility rules will allow students