Division Strategies and Fluency Station | Conceptual Understanding Activities

Do your students struggle with the basic division facts? Do you struggle to meet the needs of all of your students and ensure that each person is appropriately challenged? Do you want to teach more strategically to target your students more effectively? This is going to be the solution that you have been looking for.

The Division Station integrates simple principles of student engagement including power, fun and choice. These basic principles will engage, motivate, and ensure success for all learners in your classroom.

So, how does it work?

Well, it’s really quite simple. Students work through a series of division activities for each level. They complete the activities, self-check using the prepared answer keys, and keep track of their progress using their personal tracker. At the end of each level, the student asks the teacher for a quick, informal, oral quiz. If he knows his facts/strategies, he moves to the next level. If not, he simply practices a bit more until he feels ready. There are no negative consequences.

This process is entirely student-run. It is a beautiful thing to sit back and watch your students “running the show.” After the first week of this program, you will notice your role switching from that of teacher to that of facilitator.

Why do students love this approach so much? It’s easy: they have power! They have freedom! They are truly in control of their own learning. And THAT results in highly motivated students who love to learn.

Add to that an effective order of teaching the facts that really makes practical sense, and you will have students who feel smart, successful and engaged. It’s just that simple. Your students are going to love this.

You are going to be noticing some pretty big changes within your math instruction once you start using this resource:

- Your teaching will become more effective, as you teach in a practical order where the easiest facts and strategies are learned first.

- Your teaching will become strategic. Finally! An organized, effective way to focus on division. The work is done for you.

- The amount of marking that you have to do will decrease, as students are responsible for their own assessment. (Of course you’ll be doing observational assessment throughout, but you will be doing NO marking.)

- Once you prepare the Division Station, it can be used for at least a couple of months – that’s one less center that you need to worry about!

- Your students will become reflective as they develop metacognition.

- Your students will become motivated mathematicians. Finally, they can all work to a level that is appropriate for themselves.

- Your students will experience success on a regular basis, as a result of working to a level that is appropriate.

- Your math class will become student-centered. Your students are truly in control of their own learning.

This resource includes:

- strategic, progressive, division activities for the facts from 1-12 (to 144 divided by 12); each set of facts is first isolated and then integrated with previous facts to result in maximum understanding and mastery

- easy-to-understand instruction for each set of division facts, that focuses on the relationship between multiplication and division

- answer keys

- an accompanying video to help you prepare and understand your Division Station (I want to support you the best I can!)

- clear set-up instructions

- parent resources and home practice charts

- classroom posters

- student and teacher assessment trackers

- Division Passports

- Supplementary Activities that can be used throughout the year to reinforce division skills

Teacher support is very important to me and I do everything possible to guide you through the process of creating your own Division Station. Within the document you will find checklists, set-up guides, as well as a support video to guide you through the set-up process.

Please see the free preview for more details and pictures.

Thank you for your interest,

Shelley Gray