I hope you all had an excellent March Break. We have gotten right back into the swing of things, writing postcards about our holidays and learning about spectacular structures around Canada. In Math, we are continuing to look at multiplication, and have been exploring the array model (les arrangements).
This example of an array helps us to see two different multiplication facts within the same family.
Here I can see 4 groups of 3 (rows) 4 x 3 = 12
AND 3 groups of 4 (columns) 3 x 4 = 12
This week's practice problems have been posted on Showbie (Problèmes de la semaine #2). Students are encouraged to use objects to model their arrays (cereal works really well!). They can take a photo of their work and upload it to Showbie. I am hoping that this extra practice is helpful, as we are working to build our problem-solving skills and stamina.
Here I can see 4 groups of 3 (rows) 4 x 3 = 12
AND 3 groups of 4 (columns) 3 x 4 = 12
This week's practice problems have been posted on Showbie (Problèmes de la semaine #2). Students are encouraged to use objects to model their arrays (cereal works really well!). They can take a photo of their work and upload it to Showbie. I am hoping that this extra practice is helpful, as we are working to build our problem-solving skills and stamina.
Also, a reminder that we are skating on Wednesday morning. Students need to have their skates and helmets at school. Thanks in advance to any parents who are meeting us at the arena at 10:05 to tie skates for our 10:15 start. We will be on the rink for an hour.