Mathematics


Need help with Basic Facts Visit the Following Sites:
This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively.
 
Need to practice your multiplication facts?
http://www.mathplayground.com/computation.html
 
Family Education
http://www.funbrain.com/

  • Division with remainders using wipeboards to solve problems.

  • Measurement
Inch by Inch
They estimated items in the classroom then measured actual inches.
Several students measured how tall their classmate were.


  • Geometry
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=70


Jocelyn said, "We made an Cube, Tetrahedron, and Octahedron.We used marshmallows, gumdrops, straws, and tooth picks to make a 3-D shape.

Daniel shared, "We counted vertices, edges, and faces. I discovered that we can make shapes out of straws. I learned that there is a triangle in a pyramid."

Use the slider to see how shapes make up from their nets:
http://www.mathsnet.net/geometry/solid/nets.html
  • Origami
http://www.folds.net/tutorial/index.html
 
  • Place Value

 
  •  Cooking
 
We made our own biscuits. There was blueberry, strawberry, huckleberry, and regular flavored biscuits. In this picture I was mixing flour, shortening, sugar, and powder.  I mixed everything together because it was fun.
By Danny