Happy Friday Parents and Campers!

We postponed our language quiz as many students did not take home their language duo tangs and much of the work was incomplete.  Instead, the language quiz will be on Wednesday of next week.

Speaking of next week, it is important for all healthy students to attend as usual for this last week before March break.  I am teaching and the week is an important one as I am assessing our current unit in Math on Tuesday.  I will send home the Math duo tangs this weekend as well as on Monday for your child to review. 
MATH REVIEW:

• extend a numeric pattern
• identify the core of a growing, shrinking or repeating pattern with one, two or three attributes
• complete a partially completed table showing growing patterns
• extend a geometric pattern and describe it
• solve missing numbers in equations

HOW TO HELP  MY CHILD SOLVE MISSING NUMBERS IN EQUATIONS:


Ex.   15 - __ = 3 + 7

THINK: 
Which side of the equal sign am I able to solve? (3 + 7 because I know both numbers).
Then solve the one side and rewrite the math sentence.

            15 - __ =  10

Then ask your self which operation is being used addition or subtraction?  (Subtraction)
So what makes sense to do with the two known, remaining numbers?  (subtract because adding them would make a number greater than 15 and that's not possible if the beginning number of a subtraction sentence always begins with the largest number).

               15 - 10 - 5, 

So then I know that...
           15 - 5 = 10

I teach to get the math sentence simplified down to 3 numbers before solving.  That means, you must solve one side of the equation when possible.

Happy reviewing!

Counsellor Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  Describe the number pattern below?

(Start at ____, increase/decrease by ___)