le 16 janvier

Double the fun!

Today was all about doubles! 16 is a sum of a double and can be doubled. Doubles are an excellent strategy for mental math.

For attendance, each student gave a doubles fact. We practiced doubling all kinds of numbers, from 0-300!  We played a doubles dice game available here:
http://freebie-licious.blogspot.com/2013/10/doubles-arent-trouble.html?m=1

 Here is a visual to help with doubles facts:

In grade 1 students are learning to add and subtract to 20, to have strategies for mental math to 18 and to know/recall their facts to 5. We try to challenge students as much as possible because they can do hard things!!

We read a book called "J'aime les maths" in which Pat le chat helps his friend who is smart in a lot of ways but finds Math tricky and has difficulty learning to add. The message of the book is that people are good at different things but ANYONE can be good at math when they practice and find a way to connect to make the work more meaningful. A growth mindset in math is vital. We are trying to end the attitude of math isn't for me, math is hard... When students hear those statements, especially from friends and family, they believe them to be true- but they aren't!

Finally, this was our problem solving question for Math Talks today.

Tomorrow is our paper maché art project. Please dress for it! Scholastics due.