Using videos to add variety to your math lessons

Before starting a new concept, it can be useful to show your students a recap video to ensure that everyone is on the same page. For example, you could have them watch Alloprof’s video on equivalent fractions before moving on to operations on fractions:

• Play the video on an interactive whiteboard (IW)
• Ask students to raise their hands to answer the questions in the video
• Find the equivalent fraction

Some Alloprof videos conclude with a challenge. You can use these challenges to review the featured concept and get students to tackle the proposed exercise. Give this idea a try with our video on least common multiples (LCMs) (French only). It’s a great icebreaker! Will your students be up to the challenge?

Most of Alloprof’s videos explain how to get to the right answer using an example. Why not introduce these examples as problems to solve? Try doing the following:

• Ask students to try to solve the problem on their own
• Watch the video as a class and use it to demonstrate the correct solution

Many of Alloprof’s math videos contain explanations with examples. When incorporated into your lessons, these videos are an excellent tool for helping students understand the key steps to different math processes as soon as they’re presented and before starting to work on exercises.

What better way to teach a new concept than by applying it to real-life scenarios? Some of Alloprof’s videos provide concrete examples drawn from everyday life. You can use these kinds of videos to go through examples that will resonate with your students. To get a better idea of what we mean, check out our video on multiplying numbers.

Alloprof’s French and English YouTube channels feature dozens of video tutorials on essential math concepts. For your convenience, we’ve made a list of the top 10 videos for Cycle 3 elementary students.

1. Subtracting Fractions
2. Comment diviser des nombres décimaux?
3. Comment multiplier des nombres décimaux?
4. Diviser des nombres avec reste
5. Calculer le volume
6. Calculer l’aire
7. Le plus petit commun multiple (PPCM)
8. Le plus grand commun diviseur (PGCD)
9. Factor Tree
10. Les fractions irréductibles

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