PROBLEM SOLVERS
First graders solving problems one at a time!
Week of: May 4, 2015
MONSTER thanks!
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We've Got Skills . . .
They're Multiplyin'
JUST THE FACTS!
This week we will begin working on the 4x facts. Please practice these facts with your first grade mathematician each afternoon or evening. They will need to complete 25 facts in 2 1/2 minutes for their assessment NEXT Wednesday, May 13.
Remember to keep practicing all previous learned facts: addition facts 0+0 through 9+9, subtracting 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 facts, and 5x, 2x, 3x multiplication facts. There will be a subtraction review assessment NEXT Thursday, May 14. Students will need to complete 100 subtraction review facts in 6 minutes.
Remember to keep practicing all previous learned facts: addition facts 0+0 through 9+9, subtracting 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 facts, and 5x, 2x, 3x multiplication facts. There will be a subtraction review assessment NEXT Thursday, May 14. Students will need to complete 100 subtraction review facts in 6 minutes.
HOW CAN WE PRACTICE???
Practice skip counting by 5's from 0-50 and from 50-0, by 2's from 0-20 and 20-0, by 3's from 0-30 and 30-0, and by 4's from 0-40 and 40-0. The more familiar the first graders are with the multiples of the number, the quicker and easier multiplication will be!
Practice while getting ready in the morning and/or getting ready for bed. Practice in the car on your way to and from school. Any time you have a few seconds - practice skip counting. The 5x and 2x facts haven't been too challenging. The 3x and 4x facts tend to be a bit more difficult.
Practice while getting ready in the morning and/or getting ready for bed. Practice in the car on your way to and from school. Any time you have a few seconds - practice skip counting. The 5x and 2x facts haven't been too challenging. The 3x and 4x facts tend to be a bit more difficult.
Flashcard Challenge
On Friday our Magnificent Mathematicians shaved 5 seconds off their time and correctly read and answered 49 subtraction flashcards in 51 seconds. We are only 1 second away from our flashcard challenge with Mrs. Davis and two seconds away from our reward!!! Stay tuned to see how we are doing!
Using our tools . . .
our brains . . .
our strategies . . .
to solve our way through math!
MATH CONCEPTS
Check out what our young mathematicians will be working on this week:
- dividing by 2
- finding the area of a rectangle
- multiplying by 0 facts
- identifying the multiples of 2, 3, 4, and 5
- solving a problem by guessing and checking
- making and using a multiplication table
- selecting an appropriate tool to measure mass
- measuring weight (mass) using metric units
Upcoming ASSESSMENTS:
Multiplication Fact Assessment
Who? Mrs. Bardes's First Grade Mathematicians
What? 25 4x Multiplication Facts
When? Wednesday, May 13
Where? FA2 Room 215
How? 2 1/2 minutes
What? 25 4x Multiplication Facts
When? Wednesday, May 13
Where? FA2 Room 215
How? 2 1/2 minutes
Written Assessment
Who? Mrs. Bardes's First Grade Mathematicians
What? Problem Solving (equal groups of), Labeling an array, Writing a number sentence for an array, Tracing an example of perpendicular line segments, Probability, Writing a mixed number for a picture, and Addition and Subtraction with Regrouping
When? Thursday, May 14
Where? FA2 Room 215
How? Test will be read to the class with no time constraints
What? Problem Solving (equal groups of), Labeling an array, Writing a number sentence for an array, Tracing an example of perpendicular line segments, Probability, Writing a mixed number for a picture, and Addition and Subtraction with Regrouping
When? Thursday, May 14
Where? FA2 Room 215
How? Test will be read to the class with no time constraints
Subtraction Fact Assessment
Who? Mrs. Bardes's First Grade Mathematicians
What? 100 subtracting facts
(review facts -9, -8, -7, -6,- 5, -4, -3, -2, -1, -0)
When? Thursday, May 14
Where? FA2 Room 215
How? 6 minutes
What? 100 subtracting facts
(review facts -9, -8, -7, -6,- 5, -4, -3, -2, -1, -0)
When? Thursday, May 14
Where? FA2 Room 215
How? 6 minutes
HOMEWORK this week:
128B & Fact 128B
Try to complete fact sheet in 2 1/2 minutes to prepare for test on Wednesday.
129B & Fact 129B
Try to complete fact sheet in 2 1/2 minutes to prepare for test on Wednesday.
Fact 130A & Fact 130B
Try to complete fact sheet in 6 minutes to prepare for test on Thursday.
No Homework
CBG
OPTIONAL: Earn a Caught Being Good
None this week. Have a wonderful weekend!
None this week. Have a wonderful weekend!
Math Journal
NOT REQUIRED
Extra Credit Work: Earn points to trade in for prizes at the end of the quarter.
Extra Credit Work: Earn points to trade in for prizes at the end of the quarter.
Contact Mrs. Bardes
Check out the math page on my website for great ideas, apps, and websites for math!
Email: bardesd@franklinacademy.org
Website: http://www.teacherpage.com/mrsbardes/
Location: 600 South Franklin Street, Wake Forest, NC, United States
Phone: 919.554.4911
Facebook: facebook.com/FranklinAcademyNC