Today we reviewed expanded form using powers of 10 and continued our work on multiplying using the traditional model (think how you learned it in school). HOMEWORK TONIGHT: REGARDLESS OF ASSIGNMENT, WORK MUST BE PROVIDED SHOWING TRADITIONAL METHOD MOST- P14 SOME- P20
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Today we started using the traditional method to solve multiplication problems. Some students have shown mastery (using a pre-test type assessment) on doing two-digit by one-digit multiplication and worked in a small group on two-digit by two-digit (or 3-digit by 2-digit in a few cases). HOMEWORK TONIGHT: SEE BELOW--REGARDLESS OF ASSIGNMENT, WORK MUST BE TURNED IN WITH THE HOMEWORK -MOST HAVE HOME LINK 2-4 -SOME HAVE THE SOCCER BALL WORKSHEET -FEW HAVE THE "INTO THE ABYSS" WORKSHEET Today the Arbours used class time to fill out a sheet for conferences because they were a full day ahead of the Newtons. The Newtons used todays class to gather information about which variables resulted in the farthest launch. They will use this information to create hypotheses when we begin testing our catapults using fair tests. Today students did review and extension of the Powers of 10 and exponential notation concepts. Most students worked in their math journal to complete unfinished pages between 37 and 47. If students finished they worked on using powers of 10 to "sight-see the solar system".
Homework tonight: none, but have students make sure that they have passed in the 3 homelinks from this unit (2-1, 2-2, and 2-3). There are many missing pieces of work. Today we did a "fair test" check-in to see what students have retained about variables and their connection to fair tests. These scores will be in the portal in a couple of days. The Arbours were able to use the rest of the period to gather information about what combination of variables worked best to have the projectile go far instead of high. We will continue this work tomorrow and move into conducting fair tests with our catapults.
Students completed a number puzzle (using math ideas to figure out a target number- think a bigger version of homework from a few nights ago). After that students spent time on IXL to practice rounding numbers to estimate products- the skill we worked on yesterday. Students who finished early used IXL to review our work on volume. Some students worked with me yesterday to review some big ideas in volume, and will have the opportunity to redo some assessments next week. You can check-in with your child to see if they were in our WIN math group yesterday.
HOMEWORK TONIGHT: HAVE A FUN WEEKEND :) Students today read about the history of catapults in structure and use. They then answered some questions about what they read. The reminder of class was used to identify the manipulated, responding and controlled variables from given scenarios. We will continue with our own catapults on Monday.
After identifying the variables in today's problem, we we worked on gathering information about what conditions were best for making our projectiles go the highest. We will continue our work throughout next week. Today we worked on using rounding to make estimates of products and using those estimates to see if an answer was reasonable. Students talked about strategies and how to use already known strategies (multiply first numbers then "add on" zeros after) to larger numbers. We worked in our math journals on pages 45 and 46. HOMEWORK TONIGHT: HOME LINK 2-3 Today we started our first independent variables identification prompts. Students did well and we will continue to grow as we keep working. We also started looking at our catapult systems and how they perform. We will continue our work for the rest of this week. |
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