Friday, May 7, 2010

Math Update

Third Grade Third grade students are using Hands on Equations, a way of using manipulatives and algebra problems. They are to finish their packet. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers:-3, 7, 2, 5, 8 to make -6; -5, -9, 4, 21, 1, to make 18. 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 3.1 this week after a quiz. That is the homework. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers:-3, 7, 2, 5, 8 to make -6; -5, -9, 4, 21, 1, to make 18. 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. They had Quiz #2 and 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 for this week. The thinking problems for this week are to find at least one way to use the following 5 numbers:-3, 7, 2, 5, 8 to make -6; -5, -9, 4, 21, 1, to make 18. The more ways they can find to solve this problem, the more their thinking will be challenged.