Learning the steps for multi-column multiplication is typically challenging for many students, so repetition and patience are the prescribed responses. As students complete their homework at home be sure to have them re-write the problems on notebook paper, taking care to neatly line-up the problems. In class we say “stack” the problem. Students need to be reminded where and how to “carry” and to add in the carried digit in the next column. They also have to be reminded about writing down the place-holder zero. We’ll be working on multi-digit multiplication for the next three weeks or however long it takes to master it. Of course, long division follows. Here’s the homework for this week: Tuesday, May 4th; Wednesday, May 5th; Thursday, May 6th; Friday, May 7th.