Hello Families,
Today during math we continued working with story problems that have missing information. These types of math problems - unknown starts or unknown changes - really challenge students. They really have to think about the sequence of events to help them solve the problem. Tomorrow we will be comparing numbers and finding their differences.
Knowing how to compare and order numbers is a prerequisite skill for solving story problems.
Students spent part of their math time today playing a comparing number game on abcya.com. They also LOVED that it was a second grade. I heard "This is the best game EVER!" from a lot of students. I credit this love to the fact that there is a brief racing game between levels! :)
http://www.abcya.com/comparing_number_values.htm
Directions for accessing:
1. www.abcya.com
2. Click on the grade 2 bubble.
3. Scroll down to "Numbers"
4. Find Comparing Number Values
5. Select level 1
Today during math we continued working with story problems that have missing information. These types of math problems - unknown starts or unknown changes - really challenge students. They really have to think about the sequence of events to help them solve the problem. Tomorrow we will be comparing numbers and finding their differences.
Knowing how to compare and order numbers is a prerequisite skill for solving story problems.
Students spent part of their math time today playing a comparing number game on abcya.com. They also LOVED that it was a second grade. I heard "This is the best game EVER!" from a lot of students. I credit this love to the fact that there is a brief racing game between levels! :)
http://www.abcya.com/comparing_number_values.htm
Directions for accessing:
1. www.abcya.com
2. Click on the grade 2 bubble.
3. Scroll down to "Numbers"
4. Find Comparing Number Values
5. Select level 1