Friday, January 29, 2010

Math Update

Third Grade Third grade students are still working in Shapes and Designs We finished 2.5 and did ACE problems 14-16 and 21-24. They have a quiz to finish if it was not completed in class. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers: 3,-9, 7, 10, 4 to make 5 and -6, -9, 7, 5, 2 to make 3. The more ways they can find to solve this problem, the more their thinking will be challenged. Fourth Grade Fourth graders brgan What Do You Expect and did 1.1 and 1.2. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers: 3,-9, 7, 10, 4 to make 5 and -6, -9, 7, 5, 2 to make 3. The more ways they can find to solve this problem, the more their thinking will be challenged. Fifth Grade Fifth graders began Moving Straight Ahead, a book that deals with linear functions. Homework for the week was 1.1 and 1.2. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers: 3,-9, 7, 10, 4 to make 5 and -6, -9, 7, 5, 2 to make 3. The more ways they can find to solve this problem, the more their thinking will be challenged.