Today we: practiced math using word problems instead of equations. Trying to extract the equation from the word choices helped to connect literacy to the math skills, for example "how many is left" is a subtraction question.
We also discussed strategies for mental math with our basic math facts. We did a 5 minute drill on 12's for multiplication, and students confessed this was the hardest fact of all of them. We shared ideas on strategies and some we came up with are: counting on from 11x, adding 2 facts we know (10x and 2x), and lining them up in the step by step for multi-digit. We will continue practicing our long division and multi-digit multiplication before our test on Thursday!
Students who completed their math practice early were given time on prodigy to keep practicing their math skills with friends.
After lunch, students had music and P.E. taking up the majority of the afternoon.
The final presentations were done to end the day, and we are now ready to move onto some new social studies topics!
Remember to send your children to school with proper winter attire (boots, hats, coats, and mittens). Many students were without jackets yesterday, and we cannot always count on indoor recess. Better to be over-prepared than under-prepared!
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