This week the Cedars enthusiastically began our first student created picture story problems.
We are branching into larger numbers to work extensively with numbers above ten. Using presents (ones) and parcels (sets of tens), students create a challenging and interesting problem for their classmates to solve. and develop place value counting skills. Students who are adept at counting by 10's and 1's to solve are encouraged to pose and solve problems that involve more complex thinking.
Watch for your Cedar's picture problem on this blog near the end of the week!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Cedar News: December 6, 2010
Q: Why didn't the two 4's want any dinner?A: Because they already 8!
This week, our addition, subtraction and probability study continues. Last week, Cedars worked together to create a chart of basic addition facts to 30 and basic subtraction facts to 18. These charts will help students see patterns and important relationships between fact families and addition and subtraction.
Whole group and partner games will introduce and support practice of computational strategies, such as counting on and counting backward. We will also explore the various models for subtraction: finding differences and comparing sets.
Work at Home this week highlights fact families with the Make a Sum game and the counting back strategy with a number line. Please support your mathematician by finding time and space to share the home support materials. Work at Home "toolkits" should come back to me (with any completed work) on Thursday. I will have new work each Monday.
I wanna know: How does First In Math work for you? Please take a moment to add a comment at the end of this post or drop me an email about how the First in Math program is working (or not working) for your Cedar. Your feedback helps me better meet the needs of all learners.
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This week, our addition, subtraction and probability study continues. Last week, Cedars worked together to create a chart of basic addition facts to 30 and basic subtraction facts to 18. These charts will help students see patterns and important relationships between fact families and addition and subtraction.
Whole group and partner games will introduce and support practice of computational strategies, such as counting on and counting backward. We will also explore the various models for subtraction: finding differences and comparing sets.
Work at Home this week highlights fact families with the Make a Sum game and the counting back strategy with a number line. Please support your mathematician by finding time and space to share the home support materials. Work at Home "toolkits" should come back to me (with any completed work) on Thursday. I will have new work each Monday.
I wanna know: How does First In Math work for you? Please take a moment to add a comment at the end of this post or drop me an email about how the First in Math program is working (or not working) for your Cedar. Your feedback helps me better meet the needs of all learners.
l
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