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=Hi Justice!=

Addition
Here are some of my former students explaining addition in a way that may help you understand why we do it the way we do: Addition Video 1

Multiplication
Here's a video of me talking about "Partial Products" multiplication. I'm not sure if your teacher showed you this way to multiply. Really, it's the same way that most people multiply just broken down in to simpler steps. Most of my students have found this a little easier to understand, even if it takes a little bit longer. Partial Products Video

Division
Here's a video explaining the "Partial Quotients" way of dividing. Again, this is a little easier to understand than "traditional" division, even though it takes a little longer. It's really the same thing only we skip steps in traditional long division. It's those skipped steps that make it harder to understand. Partial Quotients Division Once you understand this, you can make the jump to long division.

Other resources you may want to check out:
If you have an iPod or iPad, go to iTunes and find "iTunesU" - this is a place where you can find free podcasts and videos about any topic you want to learn more about at any grade level. If you want to know more about College level accounting, you can find it there (I'm sure you don't). If you want to find out more about 4th grade math or Pennsylvania history, you can find it there, too. Just do a search. Then you can download it to your iPod and listen to it on the bus or whenever you have some free time. It sure beats reading out of a textbook.

A great podcast to subscribe to is the "Math Dude Podcast." Some of it is pretty advanced stuff, like for high school kids, but some of it is perfect for elementary school kids. If you look it up on iTunes, you can look at past episodes and just download the ones that you are interested in. The Math Dude really explains stuff well. My students used to like listening to him when they were done with their work early.

For short videos about lots of different topics, including 4th grade math, check out the [|Khan Academy]. They also have an app. The videos are about 5-10 minutes long.

Great math app - [|Math Doodles]. Fun games that will help you build number sense. My 5th grade daughter and 2nd grade son really like it.

Another app that's fun -[| MyScriptCalculator]. It won't really help you learn anything new, but it's free and a really cool way to check your answers.

You can click on "Mr. Soskil's Class" above and see what my students have done over the past few years. They were 5th grade, but you may find some stuff to help you out. It's not all that easy to find what you are looking for, though. A lot of it is decimals and fractions, too.

If you are having trouble with something, have your mom let me know the topic and I'll do my best to add to this page.