Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Division and Fractions!

Students continue to work on understanding how to multiply and divide numbers. We are problem solving and coming up with different ways to solve a problem. Students are learning strategies from their peers. Excellent peer-to-peer modelling of different strategies. 

 Together we are using skip counting, equal groups, array and number sentences to show our work.  
Some strategies we use to solve a math problem.
Students held a Talking circle to discuss different math problem solving strategies. We read a question as a class and decided the words we should use when explaining our math strategy (For instance, I think, I can, I use, I disagree with, etc).

 It was great to hear all of the different strategies. It was also nice to see that students were visualizing the shared strategies in their head while their friends were explaining the circle. Well done grade 2! 

 After our Talking Circle, students completed another question. They had to use pictures, numbers and words to solve their problem. Have a look at some of the ways we know how to solve a problem! Below is a sample math problem we solved as a class. Have your child explain what strategy they used to solve the math problem!
Can you name the strategies we used to solve the math problem?
Math Tweets!!




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