Long Division

Did the title frighten you?

Yesterday I taught my class Long Division. Today I have Covid. Coincidence?

LOL but actually, we had a really good time with it. I started by sharing the first two examples in the video by Mr. J where he uses the Box Method to solve long division. Then I went through a few examples with my Sprouts (They are Ms. Russell's Sprouts, of course) and then they were ready to tackle it on there own! I guess I will find out tomorrow how successful we were!

One of the things that I did with the kiddos that helped them buy in, was taking the time to come up with a mnemonic device to help them remember the order of steps for a long division problem(Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring up, Repeat). Mnemonic devices have a 0.76 Effect Size according to John Hattie's research, so I was pretty confident it would aid the Sprouts in their Long Division endeavours!

Some of the ones we came up with were:

• Drac Made Sus Bacon Rhymes

• Daniel Missed School Because of Rage

• Dogs Must Stand Behind Rabbits

• David Made Some Bad Risotto

and some other equally ridiculous ones! One of my students had previously learned "Dad, Mom, Sister, Brother, Rover" which is a common one that I tend to avoid because it doesn't really help us remember the ORDER of the steps (who is to say that Dad comes before Mom, after all?)

With great fortitude,

-M💗