Less than $5 5th Grade Applied Math Bulletin Board Ideas (by date, latest first)

The Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract Approach is an effective teaching approach that helps to develop a deep and sustainable understanding of mathematics in students.

When integrated into your classroom it helps to build on your students existing understanding and making complex mathematical concepts accessible to all.

Concrete: refers to the 'doing' stage. Where students manipulate concrete materials to solve problems. This is the first stage of the approach or framework.

Pictorial: refers to the 'seeing' stage. Where students create visual presentations of the concrete objects that they have just used to model the problem. This allows students to make connections between the objects they have just used and the abstract pictures they have drawn.

Abstract: refers to the 'symbolic' stage. Where students use numbers and symbols to model a problem. This is the final stage to mastering a concept. Students will not move onto this stage if they do not have a solid understanding of the concrete and pictorial representations.

It is also important to go back and forth, continually practicing each stage to reinforce mathematical concepts.

Explain the different multiplication strategies used to solve multiplication problems with these posters. These Multiplication Strategy Posters are designed to be used in conjunction with the CPA Approach, to assist students in mastering the necessary strategies and skills to develop a deep understanding of multiplication.

These posters also explain when and why we use different strategies for different problems and numbers. A great reminder to help students to choose the most efficient strategy for their problem/question.

What's Included:

• CPA Posters - Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract
• CPA Steps to success display - Help student's to work through the different stages of mastering multiplication strategies.
• Vertical Multiplication - Abstract Strategy
• Split Strategy - Abstract Strategy
• Arrays - Pictorial Strategy
• Regions - Pictorial Strategy
• MAB - Concrete Strategy

Build you students understanding of the three different dimensions we use when measuring lines, 2D shapes and 3D Objects.

What's Included:

• 1D Poster
• 2D Shapes Poster
• 3D Objects Poster
• PDF version – print and go!

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This resource is designed to aid in the learning of Fractions.

Help your students to grasps what fractions are, how they can be represented and the value of a fraction with the Area, Length and Set Models found on each individual poster.

These visuals are wonderful resource to hang around your classroom, as well as support your learners in making connections in Mathematics.

What's Included:

• Fractions definition and example
• One half
• One third 
• One quarter
• Three quarters
• One fifth
• One sixth
• One eighth
• One tenth
• Two different designs to choose from

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These differentiated subtraction strategy posters will engage your learners and assist them in developing their subtraction strategy bank. These posters have been created to ensure that students have the tools they need solve subtraction problems and experiment with a variety of creative strategies.

With differentiated posters to target students subtraction knowledge and understanding as they progress

What's Included:

• 4 Differentiated Vertical Strategy Posters (Abstract Strategy)
• 2 Differentiated Split Strategy Posters - to included negative numbers (Abstract Strategy)
• Number Line (Pictorial Strategy)
• Tally Marks (Pictorial Strategy)
• MAB (Concrete Strategy)
• CPA Strategy Posters

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These differentiated division strategy posters will engage your learners and assist them in developing their division strategy bank. Help your students understand how to divide numbers into equal groups, show remainders and convert remainders into fractions and decimals.

What's Included:

• 4 Differentiated Short and Long Division Strategy Posters (Abstract Strategy)
• 2 Set Model Strategy Posters - Equal groups and Remainders (Pictorial Strategy)
• Differentiated Length Model - Representing remainders as a fraction and decimals (Pictorial Strategy)
• Number line (Pictorial Strategy)
• MAB (Concrete Strategy)
• CPA Strategy Posters

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