On today’s agenda our class worked first individually and moved to small groups and concluded with a classroom discussion. Each of these three stages revolved around the same set of multiplication problems. Individually, each student would open their workbook and solve each question thoughtfully showing their work and writing a sentence that sums up how they solved the problem. In small groups, each student explained their strategy and why they solved it that way. The group’s responsibility was to discuss, debate, question, and relate to each strategy and decide whether they should reevaluate or reinsure their strategy. Finally, as a class each group discussed their findings and I wrote them all on a big poster. We discussed and debated which were quality strategies, but we will not know for sure until we test them.
For our weekend homework, you are responsible for figuring out which strategies work, don’t work, relatable, or of high quality by testing each strategy on one single multiplication problem.
The list of strategies we created today can be found in your math folder. Next to each solution, make a note of how you felt about solving the problem this way. Finally, use your notes about each strategy to write a paragraph describing your feelings towards different methods and why or why not you like or dislike certain techniques. Be ready to discuss as a class on Monday.
Please feel free to comment on today’s lesson or post questions all weekend. You are also free to work on this with other students in person or through our class blog, but each student is to submit their own work.
Have a good weekend!
Miss Caron
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I have found that certain strategies work for certain types of problems, and not for others. How would you want us to write about it?
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