Today we welcomed Mrs. Forbes into our class. She worked with us to find the math in our
story Six Dinner Sid and she helped us to develop strategies that we can
use in all of our problem solving! We
turned a math problem into math success!
Sneaky Sid found a way of eating 6 dinners each day. The grade ones worked with a partner to
figure out how many dinners Sid would have eaten in 3 days and the grade twos
worked in pairs to figure out how many dinners Sid ate in a whole week! They used pictures, numbers, and words to
show their thinking while they worked out the problem. What a bright bunch...I was so proud!
Ask your son or daughter to tell you about the story and the math
they learned today! A great big thank
you to Mrs. Forbes for being a new friend and helper in our class today! We were very excited to work with her and we
are looking forward to her next visit.
Want to see the math, and your child, in action? Ask them to work out this problem at
home: Sid had a friend... 4 dinner
Frank! Frank eats 4 dinners in a day. How many dinners will Frank eat in a week? Don’t forget to use pictures, numbers, and
words! (The words can help explain the
numbers and be a part of the answer.)
Yes the math that we grew up with is definitely changing (for the
better)!!! If you feel lost...don’t
worry, just ask your child to explain it to you! ;)
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