Our math curriculum, Eureka, follows the common core suggestion to use number discs (sometimes spelled disks) to help students with place value. Once students are accustomed to using the discs, they can use them to help with more complex algorithms, such as subtraction or long division. Follow the link to see an example of the place value discs being used as the traditional long division algorithm is also used. Pretty cool.
As the weather warms up, please remember to check the dress code on our website. It's been a few months, your child may have grown!
Also, please remember to send your child in layers - and check for them to come back home. The lost and found bins are starting to pile up! If you have never inspected nature with your child, google "Fibonacci" and see how mathematics is all over the world - there are even patterns in nature! The Upper School is in need of computers...AND our walls are in need of some personality!
For the low cost of $20 per square, students can purchase a square and paint a school appropriate picture of their choice in that one foot square. For $15, the student can paint an academic picture. To save money, students can join up to share the cost of a square and paint it together. See Ms. Laird for more details or to purchase a square. Let's leave our mark! |
Mrs. SilcoxWelcome! I am the Math Specialist at Providence Creek Academy Archives
May 2018
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