Monday, February 29, 2016

Math Monday... Multiplication

Looking for a new website to practice your multiplication skills?

Check out one of these...

Space Race Multiplication

Meteor Multiplication


Practice the Times Tables (flashcards)

MONDAY - Read Across America

"Oh, The Places You Will Go!"
Today we wore our favorite vacation shirt!
Places we've been.... Ft. Walton Beach FL; Playa del Carmen, Mexico; Tennessee; Walt Disney FL; Gulf Shores; Santa Rosa Beach FL; Bahamas!



Don't forget to check out Dr. Seuss's website!

Leap Day!

Is Leap year about Leaping???

Today is LEAP day!
CELEBRATE TODAY!
  

It only happens once every four years! 
Consider making a TIME CAPSULE!  
Open it when you are in eighth grade - that's the next time we will have a leap day!


To learn more about this special day... watch this BrainPOP video:
https://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsforcesandtime/leapyear/


Also - consider making an Origami Frog!
Here's the instructions!
http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-frog.html




Friday, February 26, 2016

Dr. Seuss Fun

Below are You Tube links to various Dr. Seuss books

The Sneetches  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMolzESn4oI
The Butter Battle Book  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z71Czfh8w3o
Oh the Places You Go  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2muj6fxpc
The Lorax  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k25wlcFOglA
The Lorax http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soRbNlPbHEo
Fox in Socks  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZsQN_qrf1A
Yertle the Turtle  http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=U5ihC2XpCVs&feature=endscreen
Wacky Wednesday  http://youtu.be/9GwpvZ_aJJg
Sleep Book  http://youtu.be/1qRKZZ16Qas


Cat in the Hat    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jK6l1WJKUU
Horton Hears a Who http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87TNFs5__X0
The Lorax http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKHar6X3Nnw



Want to try a new twist on green eggs and ham?  Try this easy recipe:
Make deviled eggs and add green food coloring to the yolk filling!


Don't forget to check out Dr. Seuss's website!

Monday, February 22, 2016

Happy Birthday, George Washington!

Today is George Washington's birthday!
Learn a little more about him!

Watch this BrainPOP about George:
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/georgewashington/

Extra time... learn more about the Revolutionary War!
American Revolution:
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/americanrevolution/

Causes of the American Revolution:
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/causesoftheamericanrevolution/

Declaration of Independence:
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/declarationofindependence/

Math Monday ... Multiplication

For MIF (Math is Fun) try practicing your multiplication facts by  visiting one of these sites....



Flashcards


Who Wants to be a Mathionaire? (Multiplication)

The Tables Trees (Multiplication)
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/tabletrees.html



Also consider watching this BrainPOP video:
Associative Property

http://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/associativeproperty/preview.weml


Also consider visit the EverydayMath website! (Your login information is in the front of your agenda):

Today we played multiplication wrestling.  It is a game you can play paper pencil OR online !






Friday, February 19, 2016

Box Top Extra Recess

We earned an extra recess from all the box tops we've collected! Today was the perfect day to go outside! :)
  

Sunday, February 7, 2016

M. C. Escher

We made our own M.C. Escher inspired Tessellation!

M.C.Escher lived 1898 - 1972



He is best known for his mathematically inspired drawings and prints which displayed great realism, while at the same time showing impossible perspective, eye trickery and metamorphosis. 



Tessellation – a pattern made with polygons that completely fills a space with no gaps, spaces or overlaps

Tessellations are all around us! A tile floor is a good example. Can you find other tessellating patterns in the world around you?

How we did this... First cut a shape from one side of a 3x3 card, and slide it to the opposite side of the card, without flipping it over or turning it.

Next turn your newly created shape (we’ll call this your “tile”) in different directions and use your imagination to see if it “looks like” anything. Be creative!

Place your tile on the center of paper and carefully trace around it.
Then pick up your tile and place it next to your traced design, as if it were a piece fitting into a jigsaw puzzle. There shouldn’t be any gaps or overlapping. Then, trace around your tile again.


Repeat this step until your whole paper is covered and there are no gaps or spaces.

Trace over your pencil lines with a Sharpie and add details to each shape to help others recognize what you “saw” in it. (Remember that whatever details you add to one shape, will need to be added to EVERY shape!

Finally, color your design with markers, colored pencils or crayons.

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

How Much Would I Weigh on the Moon?

The terms "mass" and "weight" are often interchangeable in our everyday lives, but to scientists they mean different things.  

Mass is a measure of how much matter it contains 
Weight is a measure of the pull of GRAVITY between you and the planet you are standing on.

The science textbook page 426 tells more about this concept.

Check out this site:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/

*we weigh less on the moon, because the pull of gravity on the moon is 1/6 of Earth's gravity*