Hi Families,
We have moved onto module 3 in math. I have updated the resources on the Parent and Family Resources page on this blog. This unit is all about place value. By the end of this unit, my hope is that students will have a thorough understanding of numbers, digits, and the value of each digit. They should be able to count with efficiency -- which means both quickly and accurately. This means that instead of counting by ones, we will teach students to count to benchmark numbers (also known as friendly numbers). Benchmark numbers are groups of tens or hundreds. Once at benchmark numbers, students will learn to skip count by tens or hundreds to get to their end goal. We will continue to practice skip counting -- counting at home is also encouraged! It is especially tricky to count across hundreds... for example 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130. Students often get stumped at 100, and say 101 when counting by tens. We will work with popsicle sticks and rubber bands to give students a concrete visual model when we are counting in class. Each time we get to ten ones, students will have to bundle together those ones with a rubber band to get to one ten. When we have ten groups of ten, we will bundle those together to equal one hundred. We will also learn many different ways to write the same number: standard form (also known as number form), expanded form, unit form, and word form.
Here is an example of each form with the number 352.
Standard form (or number form): 352
Unit form: 3 hundreds, 5 tens, 2 ones
Expanded form: 300 + 50 + 2 (looking at the value of each of the digits)
Word form: Three hundred fifty-two
I will continue to send home homework helper sheets daily. As always, please let me know if you have any questions as we move through this unit!
Also, I will be posting pictures from our Pumpkin Math Activity on Friday very soon -- stay tuned!!
Best,
Ms. Petzold
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