Presidential Election 2012

This site has several videos and games about the 2012 Presidential Election.

Presidential Election 2012

Division

We are working on learning the concept of division and how it relates to multiplication.  Students are learning to solve these problems by using pictures.

Ninja Buckets
Division Word Problems

Two Digit by One Digit Multiplication

This week in math, we will start learning two digit by one digit multiplication.  It is important for students to understand that these multiplication problems can easily be solved using repeated addition.  Ex: 28 X 4 - 28+28+28+28

Two Digit by One Digit Multiplication Basketball Game
Two Digit by One Digit Multiplication Practice

Multiplication

Here are some games and activities to do to practice multiplication.  We have been solving these problems in class by drawing a picture or making a table to represent to multiplication problem. Students should also be able to identify multiplication problems shown as an array. The eventual goal is for students to have all multiplication facts memorized through 12 X 12, but our focus right now is on learning the concept of multiplication.

Multiplication Problem Solving
Spit Fire Multiplication
Arrays
Multiplication Quiz
Textbook Chapter on Multiplication
Multiplication.com
Math Playground
Multiplication Conveyor Belt
Number Nut Multiplication

"Show Me" Videos

Today we created videos using the "Show Me" app on the iPads.  Students solved multiplication problems by explaining the step by step process.  Here are the links to some of our videos!


http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=QUy2LJY

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=xE4oplY

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=pV4L2lU

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=yXtvPbU

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=FozkK1I

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=1BY8ZFI

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=fiE77rc

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=LUATz9c

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=sDHGTZY

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=dZpeinY

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=GOoDLnM

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=35BiApE

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=dbZdsR6

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=mDiBlrc

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=dMol4wy

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=EryD86q

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=lb4zcYq

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=p3IYbQm

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=GNjTNq4

http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=sVW7aIi

Reading

Reading at home each night is important to help your child build reading skills such as fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.  Here is a list of discussion questions to use with your child when reading a fiction text.  Just pick a few questions from the list to ask your child after reading.  It is not necessary to ask every question each time.:

• Where and when does this story take place?  How do you know?
• What is the story about?
• Who are the main characters?
• Why did the author write this story?
• What is the problem in this story?
• How was this problem solved?
• Did the story end the way you expected it to?
• Who is telling the story?  How would the story change if someone else were telling it?
• Does the main character in the story change over time?  How does he/she change?  How do you know he/she changed?
• If you could be any character in the story, whom would you choose?  Why?
• Why do you suppose the author gave the book this title?
• Did you have strong feelings as you read this story?  What did the author do to make you feel strongly?
• Make a flow chart to show what happened in this story (sequence events using sentences, can also add pictures).  

Math Extra Credit!!

Our math CBA is tomorrow (Thursday, October 4th).  If students play at least one game from the place value section, one game from the rounding section, and one game from the addition and subtraction section of the blog, I will give them a free 100 in math.  Just write down the name of the games your child plays and have a parent sign the paper and bring it to school tomorrow morning.  This is a great opportunity to review for the CBA!