Mental Math Workshop Handouts

All-Day Workshop

Handouts and PowerPoints from the workshop

• Agenda - Macomb
• Agenda - Atkinson
• The Top Six Reasons Why Mental Math is Important and Useful
• Making (Informed) Decisions PowerPoint
• Relevance Rings
• Summary Outline
• 81 Mental Math Strategies
• A Peek Behind the Curtain of Many of the Mental Math Strategies
• Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

Worksheets - can be cut into half-page handouts. Six strategies (6 half-page handouts) in each file.

1. Set 1: 6wkshtsCntingOn-Mult-Div10.100-FrontEnd-DoubleUpTo20.docx
2. Set 2: 6wkshtsCompatible-BreakApt-DivideBy5-Compensation-EqualAdditions-ProptnsWithDoublingHalving.docx
3. Set 3: 6wkshtsDropZerosAddSubMult-Rounding-SubCompatibles-DbleNoUpto50-FrontendEstimation-Clustering.docx
4. Set 4: 6wkshtsPartPartWh100-UseDoublingWhen2-MultByUnitFraction-25.50.75Percent-PartPartWh1Frac-ThinkQuarters.docx
5. Set 5: 6wkshtsPercentW.OneNonZeroDigit-ZoomFocus-GreaterThan100Percent-TeensTimesTable-DiffOfSquares-HalfOfAFraction.docx

Prezi Presentations

• Keys for Mental Math Learning in 7-12
• Mental Math, Fluency Objectives, and Context
• Teaching Mental Math Strategies

Jim Olsen, Ph.D. ~ Western Illinois University ~ JR-Olsen@wiu.edu
Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Atkinson Regional Office of Education #28 ~ Atkinson, IL
Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Macomb Regional Office of Education #26 ~ Macomb, IL