Did we ever have fun today! Students were introduced to a multiplication table, and we filled it out to 5x5. The students understood how important this skill is, as they started placing their orders for decorations for their gingerbread house!
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 a box of 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 me an email.
We are still collecting cardboard!!! Please send any with your child tomorrow!!
Tomorrow students will be continuing to order their materials. A tutorial for how we are doing this can be found here (Or you can hover your mouse over "Math" > "Gingerbread Math").
-Mrs. Red
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 a box of 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 me an email.
We are still collecting cardboard!!! Please send any with your child tomorrow!!
Tomorrow students will be continuing to order their materials. A tutorial for how we are doing this can be found here (Or you can hover your mouse over "Math" > "Gingerbread Math").
-Mrs. Red