Jan 26 - 30

Learning Outcomes

Math


Explain the standard algorithms for multiplication of natural numbers.

Multiply up to 3-digit by 2-digit natural numbers, using standard algorithms.

What Did Students Do?


This Week in Grade 5 Math: Exploring Multiplication Strategies

This week in math, students focused on developing strategies to solve larger multiplication problems, an important Grade 5 learning goal. As students progress, they learn and practice a variety of algorithms to help them work confidently with 3-digit by 2-digit multiplication.

This week’s focus was the grid method, a strategy that breaks numbers apart and organizes the multiplication into smaller, more manageable parts. Students learned how the grid method supports accuracy and helps them clearly see the value of each digit in a multiplication equation.

Through guided practice and independent work, students used the grid method to solve multi-digit multiplication problems, explaining their thinking and checking their work along the way. Practicing different algorithms helps students build flexibility and choose strategies that make the most sense to them as mathematicians.

It was a strong week of problem solving and perseverance as students continued to grow their confidence with multi-digit multiplication!






Ask your Child
-to tell you about French and how to say a classroom object in French
-to tell you about what Show Not Tell means and the writing tasks they've engaged in this week
-to tell you about our new Science unit - Space and what they've learned so far.



Upcoming Events

Jan 30 Non-Instructional Day – no school for students  
Feb 2 Fun Lunch 
Feb 4 Field Trip
Feb 11 Field Trip




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