Muscles, Skeletons and Nerves ... Oh My!

Learn more about bones.
Learn about muscles.
Learn about nerves.

If you are still interested, please research each of these topics on this website.

Esperanza Rising Post #1 -- Historical Setting

Use this link for today's work on the historical setting of Esperanza Rising.

Pancho Villa vs. Porfirio Diaz -- Mexican Revolution

Both Esperanza Rising and Elena refer to the Mexican Revolution.  This is one of the many parallels between these two stories.  In Elena, you learned about two men, the rebel/bandit/folk-hero Pancho Villa and the dictator Porfirio Diaz.  Read about these two men and decide whose side you would be on. Defend your decision with reasons based on the reading.  Post your decision and reasons on kidblog.

The Mexican Revolution

Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa -- PBS
Pancho Villa -- Factmonster

Porfirio Diaz
Porfirio Diaz -- PBS
Porfirio Diaz -- Factmonster

Converting Units of Measurement

Unit conversion: centimeters to meters: Which are smaller: centimeters or meters? If you know the answer to that question, then solving this problem gets a little easier.
Try out Khan Academy's practice page.

You should also read about how to convert units of measurement.

Are you good at this?  Test yourself.
Converting customary units.
Converting metric units.

Converting Units (Class Lesson)

Multiplication with Decimals

Multiplying decimals word problem: We're multiplying decimals again, but this time answering a common question: what's the cost of filling up the car tank?

Try out Khan Academy's practice page.
Check out this personal tutor for more help.
Take a look at a visual model.

Multiplication Review

Multiplying: 2 digit numbers: The trick here is to remember your place value as you multiply and then add the numbers. We'll demonstrate and make it perfectly clear!


Now try out some practice.

Multiplication with Area Models

Multiplying: using an area model: Using graph paper we'll map out an area model to help us with a multiplication problem.
Watch another video on this concept and try out some online practice.