Math – Unit 2

We started Unit 2 in math this week with both grades.  Kids spent some time looking through their journals to see what they’d be learning about before we dove into our lesson.  4^th graders are looking forward to learning about:  length, width, square numbers, factors, prime numbers, composite numbers, quadrilaterals, time, area of rectangles, factor pairs, line symmetry, arrays, and multiplication problems.  We will spend time learning how to solve multiplication problems using the PARTIAL PRODUCTS strategy.  Information will come home so you are able to help your child learn this strategy.  It’s not what you learned as a kid, but it’s a really great way for kids to understand exactly what is happening to the numbers in the problems.  They will all learn the strategy and will be able to use the strategy that works the best for them eventually.  5^th graders are excited to learn about:  volume, division, multiplication, place value, estimating, powers of 10, expanded form, parentheses, converting measurements, multiplying with 2 digit numbers and multiples.