Monday, April 18, 2005

All things being equal...

Well, there are moments in the year that a teacher dreads. In third grade, teach ing equivalent fractions in one of them. The idea isn't too hard for students to understand when you draw pictures for them, or have them draw pictures for you, but learning the very simple formula of "Multiply or divide the numerator and the denominator by the same number" is challenging to apply for them. They'll need a lot of help in the next couple weeks.

Thanks again for a wonderful Open House.

Homework: (1) Do final draft of thank you letter in cursive. (2) Comparing fractions, pp 493-495, #3-31. (3) Problem solving, pp 496-497, #1-8.

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