It’s Time to Make Connections…

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What makes a “Good Math planner?” is a debatable question that tickles the minds of PYP teachers. We all agree that a ‘good’ Math planning can be as varied in scope, structure, content, and delivery as the degree of difference between teachers’ competencies, students’ abilities, and classrooms’ environments. However, there is certainly no such approach […]

Exponents, Just the Beginning

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The exponent of a number shows how many times to multiply it; It is repeated multiplication. In Grade 5, students are introduced to exponents while writing big numbers in expanded form. At this level, they are required to use whole number exponents to denote powers of 10, use the new terminology (base, power, squared, and […]