https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc en-us 2018-10-19 18:40:49 UTC 2026-03-16 01:09:35 UTC hello@padlet.com christine_mackey https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/294979127 How did you learn basic math operations when you were a kid? Did this help or hinder your learning in this area? How do you teach basic math operations now? ]]> 2018-10-19 18:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/294979127 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295428513 Rote memory and repetition]]> 2018-10-22 13:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295428513 binnmanj0698 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295428840 with drill sheets, not necessarily ]]> 2018-10-22 13:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295428840 fudaandr1196 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295428859 memorization, minute math, drills]]> 2018-10-22 13:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295428859 lj201669 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295428892 Repetition!  Drills!  One strategy! ]]> 2018-10-22 13:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295428892 erik_deland https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429010 I learned by rote and repetition. Concepts were drilled in. In some ways, they really helped, but in other ways did not leave me with a growth mindset for math.]]> 2018-10-22 13:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429010 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429056 Repetition and drills]]> 2018-10-22 13:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429056 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429071 Flash cards and drills]]> 2018-10-22 13:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429071 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429219 I learned basic math operations through rote learning and memorization.  I feel this actually helped my learning, as it gave me the basic tools to solve problems, allowing me to focus on the problem at hand rather than worrying about the calculation.  ]]> 2018-10-22 13:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429219 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429240 mad minutes]]> 2018-10-22 13:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429240 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429480 introduction to basic math operations, repetition]]> 2018-10-22 13:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429480 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429505 In elementary school many of our math lessons focused on memorization, algorithms and with a couple of teachers sporadic strategies, but usually only when you struggled or presented a different way of solving.]]> 2018-10-22 13:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429505 nadine_darnley https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429561 speed practice for times tables and we would win a quarter if we were the fastest! ]]> 2018-10-22 13:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429561 fudaandr1196 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429563 Flash cards and playing "Around the World" (embarrassing for those who didn't know their multiplication facts)]]> 2018-10-22 13:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429563 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429598 memorization  of math facts without relating it to every day problem solving :(]]> 2018-10-22 13:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429598 medesand1836 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429670 Memorization, daily practice every school year, flash cards, games in class, competitions in class]]> 2018-10-22 13:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429670 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429697 Mad minutes/speed math]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429697 susan_fulton https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429740 locked in room until memorized, also used flash cards..  i seem ok ...so far]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429740 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429786 What is around the world? Sounds kinda fun]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429786 nadine_darnley https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429788 algorithms - 'borrowing' from the tens]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429788 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429996 You were taught how to do it and then practice, practice practice]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429996 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429999 drills, drill, drills]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295429999 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430009 drill and kill]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430009 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430043 sheets and sheets of math questions]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430043 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430076 Flash cards and copying math facts off the black board over and over and over...]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430076 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430122 My Grade 4 teacher felt comfortable enough to break down "how" the operations actually worked]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430122 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430150 questions 1-30 a-f for homework]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430150 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430160 math minute sheets ]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430160 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430184 Playing around the world with basic operations.]]> 2018-10-22 13:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430184 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430393 Lots of practice.]]> 2018-10-22 13:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430393 susan_fulton https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430420 around the world.  we never used manipulatives]]> 2018-10-22 13:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430420 lj201669 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430576 My students use the strategies that they are comfortable with.  They learn in different ways and shouldn't be limited to just one strategy.]]> 2018-10-22 13:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430576 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430590 What is around the world!??]]> 2018-10-22 13:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430590 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430717 I teach with showing multiple methods, showing how they are interconnected, and let students have the choice to use the method they feel most comfortable with.  I don't care what way they do it, as long as they give me the right answer]]> 2018-10-22 13:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430717 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430921 Rote memorization and lots of drills!]]> 2018-10-22 13:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295430921 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295431172 Now: my students are introduced to many different strategies, and they choose what they are comfortable with.  They also teach the class strategies they are comfortable with.]]> 2018-10-22 13:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295431172 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295431236 Presenting more than one algorithm,  relating math to every day problem solving, working with peers to learn from others.]]> 2018-10-22 13:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295431236 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295431340 Guided groups, multiple methods, hands on and privately so nobody is embarrassed. ]]> 2018-10-22 13:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295431340 nadine_darnley https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295431480 explicit]]> 2018-10-22 13:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295431480 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295431768 Making connections through math.  How the different strands are connected and how operations are woven through out.]]> 2018-10-22 13:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295431768 https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295432061 Strategy building, centres, math games, video hooks, guided groups, allowing students to show a variety of solutions and then explain their thinking]]> 2018-10-22 13:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/christine_mackey/xs4r0lxwnyvc/wish/295432061