Hello,
We had an interactive white board meeting tonight after school and the Math in Focus informational meeting starts in half an hour so this will be brief.
We started the whats, hows and whys of multiplication today. We made groups of chips and learned about arrays. Please ask your child what shape an array always takes. You may even ask them to draw you a four by five array if you want to really see if they understand it. Math in Focus assumes understanding of multiplication and a knowledge of multiplication facts by the end of third grade. We have some back tracking to do before getting too far into chapter two. This could be a very slow chapter.
We discussed the Bill of Rights this afternoon, but it was a shorter discussion than I had planned. It is always tough on an indoor recess day. They need more frequent energy breaks. Homework tonight is to write about the right that they think is most important in the Bill of Rights.
I hope to see some of you at the math meeting tonight.
Remember that tomorrow is a 1:00 early release.
Enjoy the long weekend.
Mr. Shea
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