Math Talks | Multiplication
Today we discussed about different strategies to solve the problem below:
We need to buy a few more chairs to our school. Each one will need 4 chair slippers (tennis balls).
A. If we buy 8 chairs, how many tennis balls will be needed?B. If we buy 12 chairs, how many tennis balls will be needed?
Students worked in partners to solve this problem using as many different strategies as possible. In group, we come up with several different ways to solve it, such as:
- repeated addition
- number line
- equal groups
- drawing the chairs
- tally marks
- using dots to represent the chair slippers
The discussion led us to talk about multiplication and how we can solve math problems in a faster and better way!
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Science | Rocks Investigation
This week we reviewed what we learned so far about rocks and started to be able to identify different features of rocks. Based on colour, streak, hardness and a few other features, we were able to identify different types of rocks using the website below:
Important dates:
Tuesday | February 12 - Canadiana Musical Theatre Co is performing Pier 21 at our school
Wednesday | February 13 - Family Dance (for more information click here)
Monday | February 18 - Alberta Family Day (NO School)
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip (NEW DATE)Friday | March 22 - Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
