Did we ever have fun today! We introduced the multiplication table to students, and we had them fill it out to 5x5 on their own. They understood how important this skill is, because they will be placing their orders for decorations for their gingerbread house tomorrow!
Although there is a little bit of work that is still needed, they overwhelmingly were positive about the experience. If you are working with your child at home, we are teaching them to understand multiplication in the following ways:
1. As equal groups (4x3 is 4 groups with 3 in each group)
2. As an array (3x2 is 3 rows with 2 in each row)
3. As skip counting (5x5 can be found if you skip count by 5, 5 times, such as 5, 10, 15, 20, 25)
4. As repeated addition (3x4 is the same as 3+3+3+3)
There have been some questions about how to contribute to the gingerbread house project. If you could send your child to school with graham crackers, we would be very appreciative. Also, if you would like to donate some candy to the project, the flyer showing what we are selling is below.
Any other questions, please leave them in the comment section below or feel free to send us an email.
Tomorrow students will be ordering their materials. A tutorial for how we are doing this can be found here (Or you can hover your mouse over "Math" > "Gingerbread Math").
Have a great night!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Hordyk
Mr. MacKenzie
Although there is a little bit of work that is still needed, they overwhelmingly were positive about the experience. If you are working with your child at home, we are teaching them to understand multiplication in the following ways:
1. As equal groups (4x3 is 4 groups with 3 in each group)
2. As an array (3x2 is 3 rows with 2 in each row)
3. As skip counting (5x5 can be found if you skip count by 5, 5 times, such as 5, 10, 15, 20, 25)
4. As repeated addition (3x4 is the same as 3+3+3+3)
There have been some questions about how to contribute to the gingerbread house project. If you could send your child to school with graham crackers, we would be very appreciative. Also, if you would like to donate some candy to the project, the flyer showing what we are selling is below.
Any other questions, please leave them in the comment section below or feel free to send us an email.
Tomorrow students will be ordering their materials. A tutorial for how we are doing this can be found here (Or you can hover your mouse over "Math" > "Gingerbread Math").
Have a great night!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Hordyk
Mr. MacKenzie