First of all, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! It took crazy logistics and trains, planes, and automobiles to get my family home for the holiday. Wednesday was busy...1/2 day of teaching, 3 doctor's appointments, and picking up a rental car after a fender bender...but Thanksgiving did happen with my family of 14.
December is all about multiplication and division. I'm doing some prep to get ready for Monday. My students are all over the place in terms of how well they know their multiplication facts. My goal is for all to be able to create a multiplication table independently.
We definitely need more work on word problems. In addition to kiddos creating stories to go with equations like 6 x 7 = 42. I will pull out this set of mixed word problems with emphasis on 2 digit by 1 digit multiplication.
* 4 addition problems
* 4 subtraction problems
* 9 multiplication problems
* 7 multi-step problems
You won't catch me near the mall today...but I am checking the online sales and putting together gifts for my sweet students. Every year I give out goodie bags with a packet of cocoa, clementine, piece of candy, and a pair of magic gloves.
Enjoy the rest of your break, and thanks so much for visiting my blog. Be sure to check out all of the great ideas at Doodle Bugs Teaching.
