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Fostering Learning During School Shut Downs

Fostering Learning During School Shut Downs

School closures. Teaching remotely. Being unsure of when students will return to school after the Coronavirus closures. These are unprecedented times. My heart goes out to you all during these difficult times. I wanted to do some little thing to help out so I created a set of free calendars and newsletters to help you stay in contact with your… Read More

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Division Strategies Made Easier – Partial Quotients Method and More!

Division Strategies Made Easier – Partial Quotients Method and More!

Do your students groan when you say you’re going to be working to learn division strategies?  With better understanding and easy to use methods, that won’t be the case.  If you teach Common Core division, you probably know about the partial quotients method, but what about the box method, area model, and grid model.  How about rectangle sections division or… Read More

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Writing to Explain Thinking in Math Problem Solving

Writing to Explain Thinking in Math Problem Solving

Have you ever heard your students say, “Ugh, why do I have to write about how I solved the math problem?”  If students can TELL you what they did to solve the problem, they can WRITE about it.   It seems like a daunting task to get students writing, but step by step you can do it.  This blog post is… Read More

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About Mrs. Renz

Hi there, I’m Heather, a retired teacher from Oregon, now living in Vermont, with 34+ years of experience mostly with 4th and 5th grades and middle school math. I love helping other teachers!

I’ve always said, “Teachers work way too hard not to share what works with others.” Since around the year 2000, I’ve been helping make teachers’ jobs easier by sharing what worked for me in my classroom.

I also have an Etsy shop called, Mrs. Renz Designs, with Bunco party sets. www.etsy.com/shop/MrsRenzDesigns

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