Use some of the same strategies to teach multiplication for teaching division in 3rd grade. Teaching division in 3rd grade can result in the case of the guzintas. What do you mean, you ask? You remember…4 guzinta 36 or 5 guzinta 25. How many of us use to say it out loud as we learned ... Read more The post How to Successfully Teach Division in Third Grade appeared first on Two Boys and a Dad ..read more

Here are some ideas and tips for coping with the challenges of returning to school in these uncertain times. Our hopes for starting a new school year as a normal year appear to be disappearing as of this writing. Masks will be back for most students. A vaccine for the younger crowd (under 12) is ... Read more The post Helpful Back to School Ideas for Launching a New School Year in these Uncertain Times appeared first on Two Boys and a Dad ..read more

Let me show you an effective way to teach multiplication when you first introduce it in 3rd grade. One of my most vivid school memories from childhood is learning to multiply in third grade. Yep, even back in the 70s, we learned multiplication in third grade. I can still picture Mrs. Bowman, my third-grade teacher ... Read more The post How to be Successful with Introducing Multiplication to 3rd Graders appeared first on Two Boys and a Dad ..read more

If you’re teaching multiplication virtually let me show you how with physical manipulatives, a document camera, and virtual manipulatives. Teaching the concept of multiplication has always been a highlight of the year while teaching third grade. The move from additive reasoning to a new kind of mathematical reasoning (multiplicative reasoning) is exciting to watch grow. ... Read more The post Teaching Multiplication Virtually? Try these helpful and easy ideas! appeared first on Two Boys and a Dad ..read more

Find practical ideas for teaching place value virtually to your elementary students during distance learning. Then sign up for my newsletter to get a FREE Place Value Toolkit. Do you remember as a kid saving up coins in a jar or piggy bank? You probably thought about the toy you’ve been saving up to buy! ... Read more The post Ideas on How to Effectively Teach Place Value in a Virtual Setting appeared first on Two Boys and a Dad ..read more

Increase your student engagement during distance learning with strategies and tools. Were you Zoom Bombed this past school year? Was your student engagement so low you felt you were teaching a ZOOMBIE class? Or did you feel trapped in an episode of Zoomboomafo as your students paraded their pets in front of the camera? You ... Read more The post How to Increase Student Engagement for Effective Distance Learning appeared first on Two Boys and a Dad ..read more

Get the parents involved during this next round of distance learning with these best practices! Did you feel lost, overwhelmed, and somewhat bewildered during school closures in the Spring? We all were. But from the switch to remote learning emerged some solid best practices for engaging parents during distance learning. We know without parent support, ... Read more The post Distance Learning Best Practices for Engaging Parents appeared first on Two Boys and a Dad ..read more

Here’s a resource to become an effective online math teacher. Plus, discover how to get a bonus Google Slides Template for distance learning. I remember the day my class received its own Chromebook cart. 24 brand spanking new Chromebook computers! One for each student – Now I was officially in a 1:1 classroom! I could ... Read more The post How to be the Effective Online Math Teacher You Need to be! appeared first on Two Boys and a Dad ..read more

Children’s Books, student projects, teaching resources and teaching ideas to celebrate Women’s History Month! I heard this riddle back in the late 70s while in high school. Back then, no one ever solved it or explained it. Why? We had ingrained stereotypes! If you don’t know the answer to this riddle, the surgeon was his ... Read more The post The Best Women’s History Month Resources to Inspire Students appeared first on Two Boys and a Dad ..read more

Celebrate Black History Month with some tips for teaching history, ideas for lessons and resources. Did you ever watch the original mini-series Roots as a kid? After the first night of watching Roots, the next day at my high school it was all the students could talk about!  We had watched something that we knew ... Read more The post Are You Uncomfortable Teaching Black History Month? appeared first on Two Boys and a Dad ..read more