Fourth Grade Buddies

As you know, each Tuesday morning we spend thirty minutes with our fourth grade friends in Mrs. DePlaunty's classroom enjoying books with one another. This week we changed it up a bit! Instead of doing reading buddies, we switch subjects and were math buddies! Fourth and second grade students were paired off and played multiplication war! It was a a hit! The dynamic of the partnerships were completely at random, but worked so well. One grade, as of a few months ago, new to multiplication, and the other practicing their multiplication facts to strengthen their mastery. As I walked around and sat in on a couple games, I heard students sharing strategies, skip counting, sharing a helpful hint, laughter and math chatter!
The success of our first try will for sure book future math buddy days with new and different games! Nice to mix it up :)