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Greenville City Schools
Times of Our Lives at Greenville Elementary
School
By Kitty Davis
Greenville Elementary is filled with third and fourth graders saying
catchy phrases to assist them in remembering multiplication (times)
facts. For example, walking down the hallway, you may hear “To drive a
4x4 you have to be 16, or 7 in a row, 7 in a line, the answer must be
49.”
Mrs. Barga, Mrs. Britsch, Mrs. Borders, Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. Walling, and
Mr. Westfall are in the process of ensuring all third and fourth
graders know the multiplication facts through 10. State testing does
not permit students to use a multiplication chart so having the facts
memorized allows students to feel more confident when solving
mathematical problems. Students are practicing multiplication facts at
home, during inside recess, and at Empowering Darke County Youth (an
afterschool tutoring program). Parents may want to investigate two of
the more popular on-line programs that assist in mastering
multiplication facts- Gynzy and XtraMath. Both programs have free
trials to utilize at home.
Once students have mastered the facts, their teacher notifies the
principal. Students then visit the office and are “quizzed” with flash
cards. Successful students receive a t-shirt imprinted with the slogan,
“I’ve had the TIMES of my life in third and fourth grade at Greenville
Elementary School” to commemorate this special achievement in their
mathematical learning.
Mrs. Duncan and Mrs. Holm’s homeroom classes have taken the honor of
having the first students to have facts memorized. In Mrs. Duncan’s
room, Landen Bryant, Tucker Cox, Brooklyn Crampton, Cael Cromwell,
Mielah Garber, Brenden Goewert, Travis Hines, Alia Hunt, Lindsey Hoff,
Tessa Leensvaart, Cole Marshall, Dev Valera, Caitlyn Warner, and Julia
Yohey earned t-shirts for their efforts in learning the facts.
Aubrey Baumgardener, Allison Bolin, Avery Brown, Braylon Byers, Braydon
Comer, Haven Marker, Maria Schmitmeyer, Clyde Slayback, Audrey Swiger,
and Landen Unger in Mrs. Holm’s room are also having the “times” of
their lives as they successfully know their multiplication facts.
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