Sorry for the delay. Things have been stressful!
In math class on Monday, we went over the three parts of Multiplication and Division. I don't feel as overwhelmed trying to remember the framework because there isn't as much as in the Addition and Subtraction (which I'm still trying to get down flawlessly, but it's definitely taking me a while). I am trying to remember a way to remember them, like the "chunking" and "dealing".
We watched a video of a second graders who did division problems! That's so crazy for me to grasp! I remember in third grade you learn multiplication, and in fourth/fifth you took care of division. Its exciting for me to see young students do these "complex" processes.
Question I have though: In kindergarten, what would you do? Would you show them how to use manipulatives and how to figure out the math problems using them? Or would you just give them the problem and the manipulatives and hope they can figure it out?
In K: just give problems that are easy to direct model. Get them familiar with the manipulatives.
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