Multiplication

Have you had enough shoveling yet? I know I have, and it's not over yet...

This week we started multiplication in math. We're multiplying 2 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. We are both modelling by using Base 10 blocks and solving the number way. We teach multiplication differently now than we went to school so please, whatever you do, DO NOT SHOW YOUR CHILDREN HOW TO MULTIPLY! What has happened in the past is that they almost get the way we show them in school, and then they go home and parents show them a different way, and they almost get that. And then they get back to school and they do it partly the new way and partly the old way, and it messes them all up. Feel free to check their answers and help them figure out where they went wrong, just don't show them how to multiply the old way. If I get a chance, I'll put together a short video showing you how to do it our way and post it to the blog.

Thanks for your cooperation!