mmasc 2,188 Report post Posted April 5 I feel like there are threads that I’ve read in the past where people have discussed methods and curriculum for teaching long division to struggling students, specifically when it’s the procedure/steps that are messing them up. My search isn’t coming up with anything. Can anyone link me to one/some? Because I need them!!! TY! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
displace 3,967 Report post Posted April 5 (edited) I think unboxed does a great job with this. Are you familiar with the unboxed website? eta - http://www.educationunboxed.com/ Edited April 5 by displace 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmasc 2,188 Report post Posted April 5 1 minute ago, displace said: I think unboxed does a great job with this. Are you familiar with the unboxed website? eta - http://www.educationunboxed.com/ I’m not, but I will definitely check it out this weekend. Thank you! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heathermomster 4,894 Report post Posted April 5 A personal favorite... Partial quotients method... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmasc 2,188 Report post Posted April 6 Thank you for the video links. I’m going to watch them all this weekend and see if teaching it different ways will help him. Usually, I’d be ready to bail on the curriculum, but I really think I just need to hit it from a different angle. I’ll re-think the curriculum switch once we finish Delta. He already doesn’t like watching the videos and thinks it’s confusing. And just when I thought I’d found a method that works for him... what *does* work with math u see is the repeated practice on one thing and the abundance of white space. I swear I’m about to just make up my own math sheets for this kid! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heathermomster 4,894 Report post Posted April 9 (edited) I struggled with Demme’s white board management, shortcuts, and lack of appropriate math language. Your DS should not watch the videos if he finds them confusing. BTW, I have rewritten math problems for my kids in a coil bound notebook to provide more space countless times. We have also used a whiteboard. Edited April 9 by Heathermomster 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HomeAgain 15,563 Report post Posted April 9 I used Montessori to blend with MUS and create a more enhanced math curriculum for kids who have struggled. I make my own materials using MUS colors/sizes, but Montessori presentations. Some of it is as simple as creating colored graph paper to do multiplication and division - it kept the numbers straight and visually enhanced what unit was being divided and how to shift them over. We started with a colored mat (old pillowcase I painted) to show the shift over and over again before moving to the graph paper. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kristin0713 364 Report post Posted April 11 When my DD struggled with long division, we moved on to whatever was next in the curriculum, but I continued to give her one long division problem a day. I talked her through the steps every day until she got it. It was probably weeks before she could remember the steps on her own, but she did eventually get it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
square_25 703 Report post Posted April 13 Or you can not do long division for a bit ;-). How would your son do a division problem right now, not using it? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
***** 251 Report post Posted April 13 Maybe try a kinesthetic approach. I like the way Landmark School teaches math to those with severe dyscalculia. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9igdQnPnAo&list=PLpZYuoduwBZ_6a8pDiqAb_oBj4PFCQXbs&index=15&t=0s Here is a link to their website and their Woodin Math book (although I have never purchased it, so I can't give feedback.) https://www.landmarkschool.org/elementary-middle/academics/woodin-math 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jess4879 833 Report post Posted April 22 We used this: https://denisegaskins.com/2010/04/12/the-cookie-factory-guide-to-long-division/ It worked wonderfully for my dyslexic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
