Both Friday, and Monday there was no school for students at Brooksbank, but teachers were focused on learning about the new curriculum, and exploring different ways of teaching.
Today in our classroom we completed our 4th day of practicing our 2 x tables. Students get 30 questions in random order (eg: 2 x 5 = ____; 2 x 2 = _____; 2 x 9 = ______; etc) and have a minute and a half to complete as many as possible.
Looking ahead, we complete the times tables in this order:
2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 9, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12. This will take several months, after which we'll work on our basic division facts in the late winter/Spring.