Genius Hour Projects

Today we had two wonderful genius hour project. Alyssa and Rita - built a rabbit show table, and taught us how to "show" rabbits. Hayden and Valyk taught us about volcanoes, and made an erupting volcano. So much fun.

 

Division Big 7 Strategy

Hello everyone. Sorry that I haven't added to our blog lately. The attached video shows using the big 7 strategy for division.

New math game link

Good morning.  We have discovered a new website for practicing math.  The website is Splash Math.  The kids used it during class today, and is accessible from home.  I am putting the link both in "links" above and below.  The students have their login and password, which they will bring home today.  When they are in Splash Math, they are on/in their own classroom, which is not accessibly to others.  Enjoy.  Highlight the word Splash Math and the web link will show up below the words.
 

 Splash Math

Happy Wednesday! Yesterday and today in math, the students (in pairs) are making a "Show Me" video on multiplication. I am going to post a few. Excellent job! When you watch the three I have posted today, you can hear how the kids are thinking, and you will probably notice a mistake or two - mistakes that didn't effect the total answer. Please feel free to comment to the students.

Good Afternoon Everyone. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. In Math we continue to struggle using the standard algorithm for multiplication. I have noticed a couple of important items that might be of help. First, the students MUST know their multiplication facts - so many of them don't and they get frustrated when they make errors. Last, several students have the basics of the algorithm, but get a head of themselves and either don't check their work, or don't really pay attention to what they are putting on paper. So today, we started using the "open array" along with the standard algorithm. The two strategies are similar and come up with the same "line" answers - which is what the kids struggle with. So, watch the video. Hope this helps. They have 3 problems for homework and I have asked that use both strategies for each problem.