Crazy Hair Day on Thursday!

In Poetry today, students created Cinquains with their table groups. Here is an example of one:

Dogs

Cute, Friendly

Playing, Barking, Drooling

I wish I was a dog

Blood Hound

Today in Math, students were introduced to the algorithm method, or STACK THEM (as we refer to it), of addition.  This is a challenging concept for many students, but with practice it will become more clear.  The most important thing is to remember our little math chant: "When we Stack Them, we always start with the ones".  Click HERE for an illustrated example of this method.  Students now havethree methods for solving double digit addition equations: theOpen Number-line, Tens Mat (rods/cubes) and Stack Them.  Students are working to become proficient users of all three methods.