Wednesday, November 26, 2014

More Math Practice


I hope your Thanksgiving break is going well.  Feel free to try out a few of these math puzzles for your math practice over the break.  What is the solution to the puzzle above?
Cool Math Puzzles
Math is Fun Puzzles
Math Salamanders
Dr. Mike's Math Games
Math Blaster

Friday, November 21, 2014

Math Practice Websites

I hope you are having a good Thanksgiving break.  Remember that your homework is to practice for 15 minutes on at least 5 different days.  Here are some useful websites that you can use to practice. You can use the math tag at the bottom of this post to find all of my previous math posts for practice.
Bedtime Math
Dad's Worksheets
Internet 4 Classrooms
Khan Academy
Common Core Sheets
IXL

Volcanoes Webquest



We have been learning about volcanoes this week.  Use these links to research volcanoes and complete your webquest.

1.  National Geographic Volcanoes

2.  When Yellowstone Explodes

I found this webquest at:
http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/UserFiles/Volcano%20WebQuest%20handout.pdf

Use this site if you finish early to complete the bonus work:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/


Thursday, November 20, 2014

Monday, November 17, 2014

Volcanoes



We are studying and reading about volcanoes in class this week.  Read about volcanoes on this science website.  You should also check out the Nat Geo Kids site on volcanoes.  National Geographic also has more advanced websites.  Read about them here and watch Volcanoes 101 here.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Long Division Review


We will be tackling long division in math.  Please watch the video above for review.  There is another lesson and some practice on Cool Math.

If you are in my advanced math group please watch a video on negative numbers and one on adding and subtracting integers.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Estimating Quotients


Watch the video above if you need help on estimating division problems.

Friday, November 7, 2014

Dividing by Powers of 10

This video and these links are intended as a compliment to several of the lessons we will be learning as a class.  These are NOT intended to teach you how to do your homework.  The purpose is to build your background knowledge of relevant mathematical concepts related to division.


Check out more videos from Learnzillion that are related to this concept.
Learn basic division terminology.
Try out a lesson on Learning Farm.
Try some lessons from internet4classrooms.