Today's math lesson was mainly about odd and even numbers! We came up with some really neat ideas to help us understand and identify these numbers easily. Here is what the kiddies came up with:
- Even numbers always end in 0, 2, 4, 6, 8.
- Even numbers can be shared fairly with someone else.
- Odd numbers end in 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.
- Odd numbers cannot be shared evenly with someone else... there is always leftover.
We had some great math thinking around an idea that came up: "numbers are always even when you count by twos."
Some students did not agree with this statement and respectfully disagreed. It was mentioned that if you start on an odd number and count by twos, the numbers will always be dd.
The dialogue that took place between the class while they worked through this idea and thinking was rich and demonstrated great critical thinking skills. It was a truly amazing moment in P4!
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