This week students will be completing a Math Mystery where they need to combine group work, perseverance, and organization in order to solve the problem. Students also created sticks for a multiplication fact game called Zap It!. You should have your child show you how to play this at home. Please continue practicing those math facts as math fact drills will occur once a week. Thank you. 

Over the break, I was married and am excited to share with the students my new name : Mrs. Maslen. 

Last week, students worked on comparing multi-digit numbers. They also completed their end of quarter math explanation assignment where they solved a word problem and wrote a paragraph that explained the question, thinking process, and the answer.

 

This week, students will be creating a model that shows how to round multi-digit numbers and why we round with this process. Models are due on Wednesday and will go in the grade book for next quarter. I am hoping that by exploring this concept, students will work together to understand the why behind the rounding rules, which will help them to remember the rules.

This week we are continuing to dive deep into word problems. By the end of the week, students will be able to write full explanations of their mathematical work.

Students will be diving into the steps to solving a multi-step word problem. During math workshop this week, students will explore key words that let us know what operation to perform, how to check their work, and how to explain how their answers and work. Grades will be given for daily work completed in class this week.