Thursday, September 18th

In addition to working through our Patterning Unit in Math, we are also focusing on mastery of basic facts.  The ability to recall math facts fluently, and with automaticity, provides a foundation for math success.  Learning specific strategies helps students commit these math facts to memory, resulting in the ability to perform critical mental math tasks.

This week the strategy that we focused on was Tens Partners.  Ten's partners are combinations of numbers that equal 10.  Understanding how numbers relate to 10 (for example 8 is two away from 10) is critical for fluent computation.

Tens Partners include:

0+10=10             3+7=10

1+9=10               4+6=10

2+8=10               5+5=10

To practice this strategy, the students enjoyed playing Resuce a 10.....