DIVISION!!!

Yesterday, we began investigating division strategies.  First we compared what we knew about division to what we know about multiplication.  We know that multiplication is the opposite operation of division.

Then we worked on the following Minecraft math problem from Ottawa Bansho:

Most students came up with their own strategies to solve the problem, so were stuck.

 We consolidated our learning by sharing the variety of strategies we came up with.  Students shared and explained their strategy.  We also discussed the importance of LOOKING BACK TO VERIFY THE REASONABLENESS OF SOLUTION  by using the opposite operation, or a second strategy to check our answer.



 Today we moved on to a messier problem, still using student generated strategies.  Students' repertoire of strategies is now greater because they have learned from sharing their ideas.  We will see tomorrow how they made out, but from circulating, I can confirm that I am seeing great learning and some very successful strategies.