Mean, Media, and Mode

Mean, Median, Mode Calculator (Super Cool- I wish they had this when I was in school!)

Lesson6.2

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More Fractions and Haikus

Homework:
21.3 Ordering Fractions-see web sites below.
Blue Sheet
Think About It Questions and Story Pyramid




Ordering Fractions Web Site

BBC Fraction Ordering Web Site

Advice for comparing fractions:
Check the denominator- if they are the same it is as easy as counting 123.
Check the numerator- if they are the same then the bigger denominator, the smaller pieces of the fraction are.
Is one piece missing? What score would you rather have? 1/2, 2/3, 9/10, 19/20? If only one is missing the bigger the denominator, the greater the fraction's value.
Less than half, half, more than half- categorize your fractions in these groups and go from there.

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Red Writing Vocab

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Friday Notes

Homework:
18.1- Polygons- Regular & Irregular
A-Z Verb Planning in Journal due Monday
Please note 2 important papers in the Friday folder:
1. Conference Schedule
2. Student List for Valentine's Day- We will exchange Valentines on Friday, Feb 13th. Students are encouraged to bring a decorated mailbox for their Valentines.

For practice with shapes- check out the site below.
Have a great weekend!

Happy B-Day, Rahni!

Some important Friday Papers this week:

• Theme 3 Reading Test Results
• Chapter 13 Math test results
• Imagination Fair info & sign-up
  
• Book Orders (due Friday 1/30/09)

Check out the link below for some excellent math games.

Multiplication Practice from the BBC

Mean, Median, and Mode

Click on the picture to go the BBC's website on mean, median, and mode. Do the activity, then play the quiz. You may use a calculator to find the mean.

Remember:
Range- the difference between the lowest and highest numbers in a set of data.
Mean- the average. You add all of the numbers in the a set of data and divide by how many numbers there are.
Median- the number in the middle when you organize your data from least to greatest.
Mode- the number that occurs the most often in a set of data. Important- Use scratch paper to list numbers in order.

Homework: white math sheet 6.2 both sides for math. Reading- finish tic-tac-toe assignments, finish spelling.

Tomorrow's parade begins at 2:15. Feel free to send treats!

News, Notes, and Cumulative Frequency

Today in math we started studying tables and graphs. Today's lesson was on frequency and using tables to track how often something occurs, or much of something happens.
Below are some interesting links from swivel.com.

Click here for some interesting data on life expectancy across the globe.

Click here for a breakdown on the frequency of key word during an McCain-Obama debate.

Homework tonight:
Reading- Tic-Tac-Toe for Garden of Happiness is due Friday (O'Brien reading only)
Math- 6.1 Front and back
Halloween on Friday- bring costumes in a bag and treats to share if you wish.

Telling Time Practice

Stop the clock involves matching the digital clock to the analog clock. Click on the picture to play.

You have to be quick to play Bang On Time. Adjust your speed appropriately and hit the stop button when the clock matches the described time. Click the picture to play.

More time websites.

Tonight's homework: Reading- read for AR, spelling Math- 5.1 Time (front and back of first page).
Please remember to send in something for our class Blue Ribbon Banner for Friday. Each student is asked to bring some picture, magazine clipping, or drawing representing themselves and/or their hopes and dreams for the future. Thanks!

Homework Tonight

Here is tonight's homework:

• Reading: Spelling practice, read for AR
• Math: 3.2 Rounding. Directions call for the numbers to be rounded to the greatest place value place before solving.
• Social: Latitude and longitude assignment (questions are on the back)

Other notes:
Art and computer lab tomorrow.

Have a great night!
Learning sites:

BBC Adding Game

Latitude and Longitude Site Click Here

Round Up or Round Off

More practice today on rounding numbers. Try this LINK to practice place value and rounding numbers. There is even a challenge game to try rounding decimals.

Homework:
Finish Nature Paragraph(s) using the planning page from this morning. Some students finished this.
Math: Lesson 2.3 Page RW 8 problems 1-8, Page PW 8 problems 1-4 and Lesson 2.4 page PW 9 problems 1-8.

Tomorrow:
Music and tests in math and spelling.
Have a great night!

More Legs on the Table

Homework Help:
Click here for practice with rounding numbers.

Today we continued to work on making our writing stronger. We talked about adding supporting details to a main idea and how they help support the main idea like legs on a table. To go further, we talked about making the supporting details stronger by expanding on them, or giving examples.

Homework:
Finish story "What I Want To Do" (jobs, places to visit, experiences)
Math: 2.4 Rounding- one sheet only (says RW9) on the bottom corner.

Phy. Ed. tomorrow (Mile Run!)

Math Help For Place Value

Here are a few web site links to help students understand some of the concepts in place value we are working on in class.

For identifying the place value of digits (ten thousands place, hundreds place, etc.) Click HERE.

For practice on the different forms of numbers (standard, word, and expanded)- click here.

Or Click Here.

Math Football Game

Shapes Practice

Click here to practice your skills on 2-D & 3-D shapes.

Volume Practice

Polyhedron

Click here for practice on 3-D shapes (polyhedron).

Click here for math dictionary.
Homework:
Social- Finish Southwest States letter and sketch
Math- 30.1 (both sides)

Due Tuesday- Wolf Ridge Sweatshirt Order forms
Due Next Friday- Wolf Ridge Snack Contributions

Tuesday Notes

Spelling:	A Very Important Day
table, final, handle, personal, animal, usual, jungle, actual, example, bottle, possible, single, several, national, hospital, trouble, apologized, certificate, obliged, resounded

This week we are reading the story A Very Important Day. This story depicts twelve different families and their journey to the courthouse to take the oath of citizenship. This is a link to the US Immigration Web Site. Try downloading the Civics study questions to test your knowledge on United States History and Government.

In math we continue to work on perimeter. Perimeter is the distance around a shape. Here is a link to a perimeter web site.

Pictures are on Friday before lunch.

5 out of 4 Kids Understand Probability

That's the only probability joke that I know. To learn more about probability CLICK HERE.

Today in math we begin studying probability. The first two lessons explore recording the possible outcomes of an experiment and predicting who likely an outcome is.

Measuring Angles

Alien Angle

Multiplication Website/Planner for Thurs. Dec. 13

Try !THIS! multiplication website from the BBC.
Homework:
Reading workbook pg85
Letter to Aunt Linzy from Thomas apologizing and explaining his behavior since she moved in.
Math:
Correct 10.4, Do 10.5 both sides (front side 2-10, backside 1-8, 23-34)
Spelling Test Tomorrow, Music Tomorrow

Homework 12/10/07

Reading:
TFK Vocab- Try !THIS! site to practice vocab words.http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
Spelling Practice
Math: 10.3 Multiplying 2-digit numbers
Try !THIS! for extra multiplication practice.
Library and Music tomorrow

Chapter 8 Websites for Math

Click on OPERATIONS for a quiz on which operation (+,-,x,÷)to use in an equation.

Click on DICTIONARY for an ehttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifxplanation of the following multiplication properties:

Identity
Associative
Commutative

Math Fact Practice
Click !HERE! for Harcourt School.
Click !HERE! for Hidden Pictures
Click !HERE! for a challenging multiplication game.
Click !HERE! for Math Football.