Great Scott! Buckle up and set your DeLorean for a journey through time as we explore the timeless power of spiral review in elementary math classrooms. Just like Marty McFly revisiting key moments in the past to change the future, spiral review allows students to revisit essential math concepts regularly, strengthening their understanding and ensuring long-term mastery.
In this futuristic session, we’ll take on the mindset of Marty McFly and dive into how spiral review combats the “learning flux capacitor”—the natural tendency for students to forget what they’ve learned over time—and how consistent revisiting of concepts boosts retention and increases mathematic achievement.
Teachers will leave this session fully equipped with a structured game plan to precisely power up their math time machines with practical strategies to implement spiral review that’ll have students saying, “Great Scott! I remember this!”
Who’s ready to go 88 miles per hour toward math mastery and ensure a brighter math future for every learner!?!
Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (e.g., 9 × 80, 5 × 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
4th Grade - CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.B.5
Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
5th Grade - CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.B.5
Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
Mathcurious (2024). Spiral Review in Mathematics.
Burns, Marilyn (2015). About Teaching Math