When I'm making them I imagine kids struggling with a certain concept or algorithm and being completely stressed out about it. Then I imagine my cheat sheet maybe helping alleviate some of that pressure. This is what drives the work I do. I know that anxiety pretty well and it's no fun.
Teachers are everything and no cheat sheet will ever take their place. Every free math cheat sheet I make is meant to help kids who are struggling with a topic and whose self-confidence is starting to wear down because of that struggle.
A couple teachers had asked for a multiplication cheat sheet, one saying that my long division cheat sheet helped her son. I had been imagining what that sheet would look like and today finally hashed it out.
I have posted more math cheat sheets in this post:
MATH CHEAT SHEETS
All are free to download.
And here is a fun math pennant for multiplication. It has a ghost theme for Halloween.
I included multiplication with the area model on my 4th grade math word wall. I like this method a lot, especially because it connects to high school math when students multiply polynomials.
For the winter holidays, I made this set of multiplication ornaments.
So where's the free multiplication cheat sheet?
You can find the free multiplication cheat sheet here.
Yikes....this free cheat sheet is in need of an edit. :)
ReplyDeleteI knew it! Back to the drawing board!
DeleteAll fixed. This is what I get for not triple checking... happens to me with everything. I appreciate your super quick response! All fixed now. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
DeleteI would correct the step verbage too - maybe add something in there about adding zero placeholders.
DeleteThis would be a great class conversation. Maybe even have the kids use red crayon to write their own zeros in that blank space.
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