Long Division

I am going to have nightmares for the next few weeks. Tomorrow, I'm starting to teach division to my students. We will quickly jump into long division. This will not be easy for one reason only. My kids aren't fluent with their simple multiplication facts! If they don't know their simple multiplication, that means they don't know their simple division facts. If they don't know their division facts, long division will be impossible for them. I'm going to start off slow by going over their fact families and doing lots of repetition. I am determined to get these kids to learn something this year even when they won't put in that effort in return.