Integers! Integers!

It feels like it has been so long since I've sat down to write to you... :)

Last week was just a week! Evals and Conferences and... and...

We continued our study of integers last week and that continued over to until today. I cannot express how important it is that everyone nail down these concepts. Let me just be clear in the language so you'll know what I'm expecting of them.

Adding Integers:

• If the signs are the same, add the numbers and keep the sign
• If the signs are different, subtract the smaller from the bigger, keep the sign of the bigger

Subtracting Integers:

• ADD THE OPPOSITE
• Follow the rules for addition

Multiplying/Dividing Integers

• + * + = +
• - * + = -
• + * - = -
• - * - = +

We'll be looking at a test/quiz coming up soon. Check the class docs for a copy of the integer packet that your children have completed for ideas on what kinds of problems we're talking about.

There was no homework tonight.