Math Update

Third Grade Third grade students are using Hands on Equations, a way of using manipulatives and algebra problems. Students are to make up their own thinking problem to bring to class. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers:3, 7, -4, 9, 6 to make -5; -5, 3, 4, 8, 6, to make 16. The more ways they can find to solve this problem, the more their thinking will be challenged. Fourth Grade Fourth graders did Bits and Pieces III 2.4 this week. They also have a quiz and a matching worksheet on powers of 10, exponential notation and scientific notation to complete for next week. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers:3, 7, -4, 9, 6 to make -5; -5, 3, 4, 8, 6, to make 16. The more ways they can find to solve this problem, the more their thinking will be challenged. Fifth Grade Fifth graders are working in Wrapping and Filling 2.3 and 3.1 for this week. They also heve ACE problems 1-3, 6-11, 15-18, and 25-27 for lessons in unit 2 due next week. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers:3, 7, -4, 9, 6 to make -5; -5, 3, 4, 8, 6, to make 16. The more ways they can find to solve this problem, the more their thinking will be challenged.