Area

Last week and this week, we have been working on finding the area of a shape. A common mistake I have noticed is that the kids want to add up the sides instead of multiplying them. Remind students that area is found by multiplying the length and width. This week we are going be working on finding the area of rectilinear shapes. Here is a link to video that describes how to find the area of these shapes. http://learnzillion.com/lessons/3908-find-area-using-a-number-sentence

Last weeks timed facts test went well! It covered the zeros, ones, and twos. This week the timed test will cover zeros, ones, twos, fives, and tens. These are all fairly easy facts for students to memorize. So, be sure to work on those fours! We will include them the following week. After that, we will add the nines. After the nines, we will continue with the threes, sixes, sevens, and eights. Please help your child be successful in math! MEMORIZE THOSE FACTS!