Math Zapper is a nice flash based website to review fractions, decimals and percents. Very clear with step by step instructions.
Time for Time resource for teaching kids about time.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Geometry and Fractions
Our units are flying by! In our Daily Math time I'm introducing geometry terms including parts of a circle, types of polygons, types of lines, and angles. The kids are taking it all in while we continue on working with fractions.
We've learned parts of a whole, parts of a set, comparing fractions and ordering fractions. I showed the students how to think of fractions in relationship to 0, 1/2, or a whole. We learned the smaller the denominator the larger the part or group. We successfully reduced fractions and added and subtracted fractions with like denominators! All this in just three days as Alice Jr. at the middle school and our trip to the Alliance Theater prevented us from meeting on Wednesday and Thursday.
Next week more on Geometry including finding area and perimeter!
We've learned parts of a whole, parts of a set, comparing fractions and ordering fractions. I showed the students how to think of fractions in relationship to 0, 1/2, or a whole. We learned the smaller the denominator the larger the part or group. We successfully reduced fractions and added and subtracted fractions with like denominators! All this in just three days as Alice Jr. at the middle school and our trip to the Alliance Theater prevented us from meeting on Wednesday and Thursday.
Next week more on Geometry including finding area and perimeter!
Friday, March 12, 2010
fractions!
The class is loving learning about fractions! A great first few days were spent on parts of a whole, parts of a group, equivalent fractions and reducing fractions. This is a breeze! I'll start introducing geometry terms and concepts over the next two weeks.
A lot of you have asked for ideas to support your children's math skills. I'll try to post more links over the next few weeks.
The Armor Games website has a number of great games including:
Light Bot - move the robot and turn on the lights using functions.
Liquid Measure - move the capacity takes and fill them with a given about - don't waste a drop! Great for spacial reasoning.
Demolition City - place dynamite to blow up a building below a certain level. Great for logic, spacial reasoning and cause and effect. I like this one.
Enjoy!
A lot of you have asked for ideas to support your children's math skills. I'll try to post more links over the next few weeks.
The Armor Games website has a number of great games including:
Light Bot - move the robot and turn on the lights using functions.
Liquid Measure - move the capacity takes and fill them with a given about - don't waste a drop! Great for spacial reasoning.
Demolition City - place dynamite to blow up a building below a certain level. Great for logic, spacial reasoning and cause and effect. I like this one.
Enjoy!
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