I again want to apologize for the misunderstanding and lack of me sending an email with homework yesterday evening! I apologized profusely to the kids today--I hope they understood. :)
In class today we worked on an all-class problem. First we added together the some prices, then we found the tax, then we found the average cost of an item, and then we worked towards percents with a "60% off" sale.
We'll pick all of this back up on Monday! (No Homework... I promise you won't get an email with homework in it!)
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Shopping!
Today, after checking our homework, we took a virtual "shopping" trip at Target. We picked out a few items, priced them, and calculated our final bill... and that took most of our time today!
By the way, the correct answer to our homework problem from last night is posted below (I did it on the board and took a picture of it). Thank you again for helping us out... I hope it worked out alright for you!
And... you're going to get another email tonight! (I promise we won't do this every single day... I'm riding the wave of excitement they get from me saying they have to connect with you to get their homework!) Check in a few hours!
I'll also post the work we did today on the class docs... it was some hard math!!
By the way, the correct answer to our homework problem from last night is posted below (I did it on the board and took a picture of it). Thank you again for helping us out... I hope it worked out alright for you!
And... you're going to get another email tonight! (I promise we won't do this every single day... I'm riding the wave of excitement they get from me saying they have to connect with you to get their homework!) Check in a few hours!
I'll also post the work we did today on the class docs... it was some hard math!!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Taxes!
It's that time again! Tax time!
Urg... I don't know about you, but I'm glad mine are done and filed!
But no, seriously, we worked today on learning about finding the tax (7% = 0.07).
AND... you should see their homework problem in your inbox! (That's why they'll be bugging you to check your email!)
Urg... I don't know about you, but I'm glad mine are done and filed!
But no, seriously, we worked today on learning about finding the tax (7% = 0.07).
AND... you should see their homework problem in your inbox! (That's why they'll be bugging you to check your email!)
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Where are we at?
Today we worked on a page that focused on dividing decimals, with a splash of adding/subtracting fractions and adding/subtracting decimals. I'll post a selection of these sheets on our Class Docs -- we worked on page 62 today. (Answers are at the last pages...)
Many finished, some will need to finish for homework. Please check in with your child on this! :)
Many finished, some will need to finish for homework. Please check in with your child on this! :)
Monday, February 23, 2009
Benjamin Banneker
Today we read about Benjamin Banneker, an influential African American mathematician & scientist. Tomorrow? Back to decimals!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Evaluations!
Today after our warm up, we used the mobile Mac Lab to literally <> our evaluations. I've been experimenting with GoogleDocs, and Forms in particular, and the kids used a form that I had created to help in the writing of their evaluations!
You'll here more about this later, when evals come home, but if you want to see what it looked like, click here for a pdf version. (Look under All Class Docs)
You'll here more about this later, when evals come home, but if you want to see what it looked like, click here for a pdf version. (Look under All Class Docs)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Back to MD
After our warm up, we worked on the next adventure with Dennis and
multiplying decimals. About half finished during class, the rest
should finish tonight for homework.
multiplying decimals. About half finished during class, the rest
should finish tonight for homework.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Matthew Ross
ross.matthew@mac.com
mross@cfsnc.org
919/414-1983
Sent from my iPhone
Monday, February 9, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Multiplying!
Instead of playing with our game again, they wanted to learn how to multiply decimals. So we did!
We even got to start with Dennis Decimal again! But, even as much as they want to, they aren't to have any homework this weekend. :)
We even got to start with Dennis Decimal again! But, even as much as they want to, they aren't to have any homework this weekend. :)
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Match those decimals!
Today we played a game where (in theory) you were to match up the word version of a decimal with its number representation. Unfortunately, some of the pieces got mixed up! Ah!
So, tomorrow, we'll check all of the pieces and try again. :)
So, tomorrow, we'll check all of the pieces and try again. :)
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Dennis Strikes Again!
We've been exploring decimals through Dennis the Decimal Snatcher! Today we checked the Adding Practice and today we worked on the Subtracting. They keep getting clues as to where Dennis is hiding... So far they should have...
IN A MONUMENT
and
FRENCH PRESENT
If they didn't finish the subtracting, they should do so for homework!
IN A MONUMENT
and
FRENCH PRESENT
If they didn't finish the subtracting, they should do so for homework!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
ASD
ASD?
Adding and Subtracting Decimals!
After our warm up today, we took some notes on adding and subtracting decimals and starting on some practice problems with adding decimals. You may see it come home, but most were finished.
Be sure to check out the class docs!
Adding and Subtracting Decimals!
After our warm up today, we took some notes on adding and subtracting decimals and starting on some practice problems with adding decimals. You may see it come home, but most were finished.
Be sure to check out the class docs!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Class Docs Link - NEW!
Check out the LINKS section of our blog over there on the right. There's a new addition! A direct link to the docs for First Year Math! Check it regularly... for notes and copies of stuff from class.
What a coincidence!
Hey! I hope this post finds you all well!
After Adolescent Issues Forum last Wednesday, we came back to our study of decimals. Mainly we focused on comparing, ordering, and naming decimals. We even had a little mini-spelling lesson to make sure we knew how to spell our numbers correctly! :)
And today we read a story about John Napier, who just so happened to have come up with the idea of using a decimal point to separate the whole part from the fractional part of a number. Coincidence??? ;)
There are a few class docs that have been added to the wikispace, so you'll definitely want to check those out. Plus, I've reorganized the wikispace because we started to get so many documents up there! Check it out!
http://cfsmatthew.wikispaces.com/classdocs
After Adolescent Issues Forum last Wednesday, we came back to our study of decimals. Mainly we focused on comparing, ordering, and naming decimals. We even had a little mini-spelling lesson to make sure we knew how to spell our numbers correctly! :)
And today we read a story about John Napier, who just so happened to have come up with the idea of using a decimal point to separate the whole part from the fractional part of a number. Coincidence??? ;)
There are a few class docs that have been added to the wikispace, so you'll definitely want to check those out. Plus, I've reorganized the wikispace because we started to get so many documents up there! Check it out!
http://cfsmatthew.wikispaces.com/classdocs
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