Mrs. Katy Pearson ~ 5-1 Aviators

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Multiplication Tournament that was held on Friday, October 2, 2009.  Each student won an achievement pin for his/her lanyard.

Starfighters: Oriana Montoya

Tomcats: Audrey Pounders

Thunderbolts: Dalton Blackwell

Air Force One: Shelly Griebel 

Multiplication Tournaments are held in my class when time allows.  There is a bracket, and students are chosen in random order to compete.  Students are not paired based on speed or ability.  This is why students MUST know their facts!  At the end of the year, I will have a Tournament of Champions.  The overall winner will receive a trophy for being the Multiplication King or Queen of the Aviators.  Over the years, I have found that students benefit from the structure of the tournament.  We start out with 2-digit x 1-digit multiplication, and we end up with 3-digit x 2-digit multiplication towards the end of the school-year.