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You can earn a free chip by solving this problem and bringing me the answer tomorrow...Thursday, November 14, 2013

During a visit to an orchard, Debbie picked 1/5 of a bag of Golden 

Delicious apples, 1/5 of a bag of Macintosh apples, and 3/5 of a bag of 

Cortland apples. How many bags of fruit did Debbie pick in total? 

Simplify your answer and write it as a proper fraction or as a whole or 

mixed number. 

Bring the answer to me and be sure that it is labeled!

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Maddax, Mada and Tori working some morning math problems for me.

We are working on adding and subtracting fractions, it can be rather challenging but the students are doing great!!!

Brandon G. and Lila doing a close read of the article "Malala's Dream" in our Weekly Reader this week.

Malala is the young girl in Pakistan that continued to go to school even after the Taliban said girls were not allowed. She was shot by the Taliban and survived, she was awarded the International Children's Peace Prize. This article has lead us to some great conversations about what a great nation we live in.

SCIENCE TEST IS NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, STUDY, STUDY!!!!

Starting American Revolution Unit

Today we worked on Padlet.com to begin our American Revolution Unit.  The two questions we answered today were:

What do I know or think I know about the American Revolution?
      Mrs. Powell's Class Padlet Page
      Mr. Kayser's Padlet Page

What do I want to know or learn about the American Revolution?
      http://padlet.com/wall/mccoy-parker2
      Mr. Kayser's Padlet Page

Math: September 26, 2013

Today in math we are working on adding and subtracting decimals.

And we reviewed comparing, ordering and rounding decimals.......

Wednesday 25, 2013

Today in math we worked in groups solving story problems. Here are the steps we use to solve solve the story problems.

1. Read the problem 3 times.
2. Write down or highlight the important informarmation / Also what question is being asked
3. Decide on operation(s) Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division
4. Do work and label answer.
5. Check to see if your answer is reasonable.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Today we took the Chapter 4 Social Studies Test so next week we will be moving on to Chapter 5, "The Settlement of North America". I have posted a link to the study guide without the answers now and I will put the answers in as we move through the chapter. 

Chapter 5 Social Studies Study Guide:

https://docs.google.com/a/southeastpolk.org/document/d/1qQCsD3_d-6FM_fa0n2MaTnJtqONmEHSOQyxjb7Kmyr8/edit

Math: Friday, September 20, 2013

Today we reviewed Comparing, Ordering, and Rounding Whole Numbers. We did great on comparing and ordering, however we all need to brush up a little on our rounding. I have put a couple of links below for rounding please check those out and get some extra practice!

Math Websites for extra practice:

http://prezi.com/-t9-lj_blxal/compare-order-and-round-whole-numbers/

click the arrows for practice

ROUNDING

http://www.softschools.com/math/rounding/game/

http://www.math-play.com/rounding-decimals-game-1/rounding-decimals-game.html

Video on rounding

http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_round.html

We also started working on place value to the thousandths place. We are working on writing these in standard and word form.

Websites with fun math games for extra practice:

http://www.math-play.com/decimal-math-games.html

http://www.quia.com/cb/8142.html

This is a great site with lots of links to awesome math practice...try one and tell me about it!!!
http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/Pages/studentlinks/math/4-5math.htm