Dear Families,

This week in math, we are exploring different strategies for finding partial products in double-digit multiplication. Students will practice breaking apart numbers to multiply in smaller, more manageable steps—a foundational skill that supports deeper understanding of multiplication.

📝 Important Reminder

Our Chapter 4 Test will take place on Thursday, October 2. Please help your child review their notes and completed classwork to prepare for success.

📚 Fall Break Review Packet

An optional Fall Break Review Packet will be sent home this week. This packet is 100% optional, but it’s a great way for students to keep practicing and sharpening their skills during the break if they choose.

💡 How You Can Help at Home

Here are some simple ways to support your child’s learning this week:

• Break numbers apart: Practice problems like 23 × 15 by rewriting them as (20 × 15) + (3 × 15).

• Real-life examples: Ask your child to calculate totals when shopping or help with doubling recipes.

• Visual models: Use grid paper or draw area models to show multiplication step by step.

• Explain thinking: Encourage your child to talk through their process—explaining builds confidence and deepens understanding.

✨ As always, thank you for your continued support in helping your child grow into a confident mathematician!

We are entering a new module in math focused on multiplying two-digit numbers. Students will learn and practice strategies for:

• Estimating products

• Using area models

• Applying the Distributive Property

• Calculating with partial products

Vocabulary Focus: Compatible numbers—numbers that are easy to multiply and close to the actual numbers in a problem.

At-Home Practice Ideas:

• While shopping at a warehouse store, look for bulk packages (e.g., “1 large box contains 10 smaller boxes, and each smaller box contains 8 packs of fruit snacks”). Ask questions like:

  • What expression would you use to find the total in 1 large box? In 5 large boxes?

  • Can you think of other products packaged this way?

• Look up ticket prices online for an event like a movie, museum, or theme park.

  • Write an expression for the total cost of tickets for a group of 10 people.

  • Ask: “What happens if one ticket price increases? How does the expression and total change?”

By the end of this chapter, students should feel confident applying strategies to multiply and using math in real-world situations.

This week, we are working on using partial products to multiply. Students are learning to use place value to break apart multiplication problems, then add the parts together for the final product.

Success Criteria:

• I can use place value to tell the value of each digit in a number.

• I can write the partial products for a multiplication problem.

• I can add the partial products to find a product.

Parent Tip: Ask your child to show you how they solve a multiplication problem using partial products—they should be able to explain each step clearly.

In Math, we are starting Chapter 3: Multiplying by One-Digit Numbers. Students will learn strategies for multiplying by tens, hundreds, and thousands. They will also explore estimation, properties of multiplication, and multiple problem-solving strategies.

Vocabulary:

• Distributive Property

• Partial Products

At-Home Practice Ideas:

• Shopping Challenge: While shopping, ask your student to multiply the cost of an item (less than $10) by a two-digit number to find the total. Encourage them to explain more than one strategy.

• Ad Challenge: Look at advertisements with three-digit prices. Have your student use partial products to find the total cost for a single-digit number of items.

• Big-Item Challenge: Find a four-digit priced item online. Roll a number cube and have your child estimate and calculate the total cost for that many of the item, then compare with the estimate.

• Everyday Math: Encourage your child to think of real-world multiplication problems, such as finding the total minutes spent in school each week.

By the end of this chapter, students will be confident using area models, expanded form, properties, and estimation to multiply with accuracy.

This week in math, we will be working on solving addition and subtraction word problems with numbers up to six digits. Students will practice applying their skills to real-world scenarios while continuing to strengthen their understanding of large number operations.

Focus Areas:

• Adding and subtracting 6-digit numbers, including problems that require borrowing and regrouping.

• Estimating and rounding 6-digit numbers to check for reasonableness in answers.

• Solving word problems that require critical thinking and step-by-step problem-solving strategies.

Assessment:
On Friday, August 29, students will take their Chapter 2 Math Test to demonstrate what they have learned and practiced throughout the unit.

At-Home Support:
You can help your child by encouraging them to:

• Review math notes or completed classwork.

• Practice problems involving rounding and estimating.

• Solve a few word problems together, talking through the steps.

This week, our mathematicians will be diving deep into the world of place value and exploring how it connects to comparing and rounding multi-digit numbers. By the end of the week, students will be able to confidently identify, compare, and manipulate numbers in ways that will support all of their future math learning.

Learning Targets & Success Criteria

1. Identify the values of digits in multi-digit numbers

   • Identify the first six place value names.

   • Identify the value of each digit in a number.

   • Compare the values of two identical digits within the same number.

2. Use place value to compare two multi-digit numbers

   • Explain how to compare two numbers with the same number of digits.

   • Correctly use the symbols <, >, and = to compare numbers.

3. Use place value to round multi-digit numbers

   • Explain which digit is used when rounding and why.

   • Round a multi-digit number to any place value with accuracy.

Vocabulary Focus:

• Place value chart

• Period

• Ones period

• Thousands period

Assessment:
On Friday, August 15, 2025, we will be taking our Chapter 1 Test to demonstrate our mastery of these skills. This will be a great opportunity for students to showcase their understanding and growth.

We begin our math instruction on Wednesday with an engaging unit on place value concepts. Students will learn to:

• Identify the value of digits in multi-digit numbers

• Read and write numbers in standard, word, and expanded forms

• Use place value to compare and round multi-digit numbers

Key vocabulary:
Period, ones period, thousands period, place value chart

Here are some fun activities you can do at home with your student to reinforce place value skills:
🎲 Card Game: Write the digits 0–9 on two sets of index cards. Use them to create and compare 4–6 digit numbers, write numbers in different forms, and practice rounding.
📚 Real Life Rounding: Ask your student to round prices at the grocery store, numbers on book pages, or even license plates while driving!

By the end of this chapter, students will feel confident identifying, comparing, and rounding numbers using place value.