1/10/2019 0 Comments Combinations of CrayonsThis week, students thought about different ways to compose crayons. Sometimes, we look to find as many combinations as we can (see last picture). But students must also attend to the story. These students paid attention to the colors of the crayons - blue and red. They also paid attention to the fact that there are fewer blue crayons than red crayons. We defined what fewer means too.
I have 9 crayons. Some are blue and some are red. I have fewer blue crayons. How many of each crayon could I have? The reason why I included these pieces of student work is because all of these students found different ways to demonstrate their understanding of the problem. Some used direct modeling with tiles and drew those tiles onto their paper. Some numbered their tiles to tell more. Some wrote equations to explain. All of them either used color or labeled their thinking. The students also paid attention to the fact that the blue crayons should be fewer than the red crayons. There were four other questions like this one. Try doing a problem like this with your student at home!
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1/10/2019 0 Comments Properties of SolidsStudents have been noticing properties of solids and sorting solids by different properties . Try describing solids at home with your student, using these definitions!
1/10/2019 0 Comments Number talksNotice all of the amazing ways these students are solving equations! They are using counting on strategies with the use of the number line or hundreds chart. They are making sense of the equals sign, and know that one side needs to be the same as the other side. They are using what they know about base 10 operations to add or subtract tens in a snap. They are noticing patterns, so they can solve an equation without even counting.
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