Mrs. Mac and I have been a little frustrated. At BYU we have
taken two semesters of how to teach elementary math. We learned how to use
manipulatives as well as unix cubes to help students truly understand
multiplication, addition, subtraction, division, as well as fractions. Even as
a college student, when I was taught these methods it made it so much easier
for me to comprehend the word place values to a-whole-nother level. When using
the sticks of ten cubes, or the square with one hundred cubes, then showing
students what it really means to count by 100’s or by 10’s. Unfortunately,
these methods are not used in this classroom. So when the students are not
understanding, and the teacher is not understanding why, Mrs. Mac and know how
much these manipulatives could help these student not only have a visual aid,
but understand why skip counting words.
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