Monday, November 1, 2010

READ, READ, READ!!!

Please encourage your child to read every single night for 30 minutes. This is a daily homework assignment and it will only help them to improve their fluency and comprehension skills if you have them read every single night. Your child can read silently to themselves or out loud to you. If they are reading out loud to you ask them some comprehension questions about the story from the reading tab in the FROG binder. Thank you for your help.


Multiplication With Arrays


When students use an array to show a multiplication number sentence it is VERY important that they remember the first number in an equation is number of groups and the second number is number of things in each group. For example for the equation 6x2=12, the array would look like this
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and for the equation 2x6=12, the array would look like this
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Please pay close attention to which number shows the number of groups and which number shows the number of things in each group.

Properties of Multiplication

1. Zero Property of Multiplication: Any number times 0, ALWAYS equals 0. 6x0=0; 0x12=12.

2. Identity Property Of Multiplication: Any number times 1, equals that same number. 5x1=5; 1x11=11.

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