math: Fun math trick and a visual representation of multiplication that actually makes sense and goes pretty quickly (aka students don't have to draw 25 groups of
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Today is Pi Day, for obvious reasons. Pi is a Greek letter representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, a mathematical constant. If a circle's diameter is one, its circumference is approximately Happy Pi day.
This perimeter song would be good even for my fifth graders-----I need to put this on SmartBoard or make an anchor chart. (didn't see it on the link but could be operator error.
Multiplication the Fast Way! Tables of 8 and 9 in your hands ~I heard this trick on the radio and it saved my life. Since then I've taught it to many other kids. I passed such a bad time at school