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long division
By sandy

I don't know if these ideas will help, but they worked for me in the past...I try to get the kids to think of expanded form when we're doing division. Ex. 358=300+50+8 Then we talk about how we are going to deal with one
part at a time, so if I have 358 div. by 3, first I'm going to look at how many 3s are in the 3 hundreds, then in the tens, then in the ones. Sometimes I've even used graph paper to help them keep everything lined up.
Also, to get them to remember and apply the steps of division (div. mult. subt. check, bring down) I teach them a mnemonic to help them. We use "Does McDonalds Sell

Cheese Burgers?" It's something they'll remember, and it has worked pretty well.
I don't know what I'll be doing to teach division this year, since we've moved into Saxon.
Good luck!