Place Value and Rounding

We have begun a new school year. Hope that you have enjoyed your summer and are ready to get back into the groove of school!

We are starting off our Math Lessons with some place value review and rounding. This week we were rounding to the nearest 10...next week we will tackle to the nearest 100. This can be tricky...but eventually they all catch on. You will see this skill for quite some time on homework to insure extra practice and keeping the skill fresh.

We watched a video this week on Khan Academy about rounding to the nearest 10. I have added it below to help you understand how we went about figuring out how to round the numbers. I know it can be tough, as the parent, to help your child at home. There are also some links on my school website to other websites that can be helpful for practice. I hope this helps you in being able to help your student. Let me know if you need more.

I am hoping for a successful and productive year!

Mrs. Morris

Place value video from Khan Academy...

Rounding to the nearest 10 video from Khan Academy...

Fractions on a Number line

Good Evening! I have a video from today for you! We are currently working on those ever-hated FRACTIONS! I know, RUN! HIDE!...AAAGGGHHHH!!!! I hated them too, as a child, and never could quite "get them". Luckily, what we are doing is pretty easy to follow. I hope that you find this helpful! Please email me any questions that you may have or any insights to what you see your student struggling with in fractions.

Enjoy!

Enjoy your evening!
Mrs. Morris

...and we are back

It has been awhile...but there are new concepts to cover. We have started working on time and elapsed time. This is a HARD concept for the students. We are going to try and take it easy and get it just right for them. Something I need for you to work on at home is having them use an analog clock to tell time. Most of them struggle with figuring the time out to begin with...so don't allow them to rely on the good ole, easy digital clock. They MUST master telling time on an analog clock.

Here are our Math Notebook notes on Time and Elapsed Time!

Here is the video explaining how to complete number 1 and 2 on homework. I explained finding elapsed time on a number line and finding elapsed time using an analog clock. If you have any questions, please send me an email. Thanks for all you do!

Have a great evening!

Multiplication Properties (Zero and Identity) and Vocabulary

Finishing up from last week. We got the last of the Multiplication Properties in our Notebooks. I do not have a reteach lesson because they are pretty straight forward. I am placing a copy of the notes here on the blog site.

The students also received the Vocabulary words that will be on the test on Thursday, September 29th. One word was left all this list (factor). I will double check Notebooks on Monday to make sure all notebooks have that word listed as the 8th word on the list.

I hope this helps some.

Mrs. Morris

Commutative Property of Multiplication

This is the first Property of Multiplication that we have covered. Hope this is helpful in reviewing homework and preparing for the next Math Skills Test.

Notes from Math Notebook:

**Sorry about the typo in the title of the Math Notebook Notes...we will correct that tomorrow!

Video:

Please feel free to email me with questions or homework problems.

Mrs. Morris

Multiplication Strategies

Sorry that the videos got behind. I have all the strategies ready for you in this one blog. I hope that these help you when studying for the next Math Skills Test.

Equal Groups Strategy
Notes for Math Notebook:

Video:

Repeated Addition Strategy
Notes for Math Notebook:

Video:

Skip Counting on a Numberline Strategy
Notes from Math Notebook:

Video:

Array Strategy
Notes from Math Notebook:

Video:

Hope these are helpful! If you have additional questions please send me an email!

Mrs. Morris

Multiplication Strategy: Equal Groups

We added a new entry to our Math Notebook today. We have begun working on Multiplication Strategies. These strategies will give your students multiple ways to figure out problems and solve word problems that involve multiplication.

The strategy that we added to day was Equal Groups. This is a very visual strategy, as you will see in the video. I hope that the video is helpful...and sorry about my blunder in the middle!

Send me an email if you have questions, or if your child is stuck on a particular problem tonight with homework!

Mrs. Morris

Using Place Value to Subtract

Today, our Math Notebook notes are about Using Place Value to Subtract. I have included a picture of the notes (they were only 1 page long today) so that you can compare your child's notes to mine. These notebooks will be used on the skills test next week!

Then I made a video walking you through the notes and I worked an additional problem.

Email me with any problems! Hopefully this will bridge some gaps for you and help you help with homework!

Good Night!
Mrs. Morris

Test Correction Form Help

As most of you have discovered (or will soon discover) the Math Vocabulary test was not the best! The students pretty much passed or failed it. So, we are going to complete a test correction to hopefully help the grades out. The grade will be averaged with the original grade. I have made a video of expectations on the form and how to fill it out. Only complete it for those that the answers are wrong...the correct answers stand! If you have questions, feel free to email me!

I am also including the picture of the Social Studies Vocabulary sheet that your child should be studying for the Vocabulary test on Tuesday, September 6th.

This is the map for the World Map test on Friday, September 9th.

Hope this is helpful!! Again, email me if you have questions!

Mrs. Morris