ADD and Prosperity Chess Club (Kelsie, Noah, William)

ADD / TIPPS - by Kelsie

We practice solving word problems when we do ADD (Arithmetic Developed Daily) each day.  We follow "TIPPS" to help us.  "T" stands for "What do you think you should do?"  "I" stands for "What is the important information in the problem?"  "P" reminds us to draw a picture that shows what the problem wants us to figure out.  The second "P" is the "plan".  For the plan we have to write the math sentence that matches the problem.  And then finally, we do the "S" part.  "S" stands for solution, or what is the answer to the problem?

ADD also lets us practice other things.  Sometimes we have to figure out if one math sentence is greater than, less than or equal to another one.  Sometimes we multiply, add, divide or subtract.  Other times we have to round numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.  Or, we have to find area, perimeter or volume.

ADD helps us with all our math that we've learned in our classroom.

Prosperity Chess Club - by Noah and William

Several members of our classroom participate in the Prosperity's Chess Club.  Chess Club meets once a week after school.  Mrs. Sazama is our Chess Club teacher.  During Chess Club, we play chess and she teaches us strategies to play chess.  We've learned how to pin, castle and fork during a game.  We've learned some good moves for the white pieces, and there's a candy fairy who comes around and rewards you if you're quiet.