Looking for ways to keep your child's math brain busy this summer? One way to do that is to simply continue to work on basic facts - multiplication and division. Use flash cards or verbally ask them to solve quick problems. You can also use websites such as:
http://www.khanacademy.org/ Fourth graders all have account already up and running on the Khan Academy website. Anyone can sign up with an email address though. The website is free and provides videos and practice on EVERY math topic you can imagine. Again no games here, but a great place to practice skills. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html Need some more basic facts practice? Choose +, -, X or /. Students can try to complete 20 facts with 100% in one minute. http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html This site has a math arcade for hours of fun. You will need to sign your child up and remember their password to return. http://aplusmath.com/games/ This website has a MathO game that is bingo for +, -, X or /practice. http://www.aaamath.com/ Across the top of this website is a list of the grade levels, pick the appropriate one. Then a list of concepts necessary for mastery of this grade level will come up. Scroll to the bottom to find the practice work. This is not the most user friendly website, but it does allow for focused practice on topics your child might be struggling with. http://www.mathcats.com/explore/mathcatsgames.html Silly game and logic and problem solving all with a cat theme! http://www.multiplication.com/ A GREAT website with a huge VARIETY of games to master basic facts (mostly multiplication but there is also a little of everything else.) http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html Just a great variety of games for learning. http://321know.com/sudoku.htm I know how many of your students love the logic and number puzzles I keep out for them. Here is a website to complete Sudoku online.
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Last week I had the privelage of handing out the first place trophies to our Werner winners for our Math Olympiad competition in class this year. Luke E. and Evan G. both answered 18 out of the 25 questions correctly during the course of the 5 month competition. They also were in the top 8% of stduents across the nation who competed in Math Olympiad. They received a silver pin for their achievement in that ranking. Great job gentlemen and awesome job all 4th and 5th graders for your hard work and perserverance this year during Math Olympiad! Last year was the first year that we have begun screening all 2nd graders for creativity. So through that screening, we identified a group of 3rd graders this year that were gifted in the area of creativity. We used Fridays to really focus on creative skills and areas. We talked about creativty being a part of every piece of life - not just when talking about creative and performing arts. We also focused on what it means to be creative. Here are ideas that we discussed and experiemented with during the course of the year:
1. Fluency and flexibility of ideas - Sometimes creativity requires some brainstorming and coming up with lots of ideas. 2. Be original - Being creative means coming up with an idea that is "out of the box." 3. Elaborate - With this area of creativty we are looking at taking one idea and elaborate on it to make it the best idea with details and well-defined thinking. Pictures below (and on the photo page) show examples of student work showcasing their learning and growth in the area of creativity. After Spring Break and testing season, 5th grade and I embarked on the Stock Market Game adventure. The students have a "business partner" and $100,000 to spend on the New York Stock Exchange for 6 weeks of our spring semester. The price of stocks is directly tied to the daily reality of the stock market so, needless to say, the adventure is a bit of a roller coaster. This year in addition to trading stocks, we decided to participate in the InvestWrite writing competition. Students had to pick one of their stocks that they think will continue to be a good investment for the next 10 years. Their essay had to include research into the future plans of the company, as well as mathematical reasoning for why it was a good financial investment. I was very impressed with their persuasive writing skills, and I thought maybe you might like to take a look at some of their "advice." As of the 18th of April, 2014, Google stock sold for $536 per share. THat is 10.05 times higher than ten years ago, in 2004. If Google's stock price was to continue at this rate, Google would be at $5433.00 per share in ten years. by Jackson D. Last week on Thursday evening, I had the honor and privilege of taking 30 Werner 4th and 5th grade math students to participate in the first annual Poudre School District Mighty Math Minds Tournament. There were 150 students from across our district who competed for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophies presented to the top three teams of five students. If you do that math, Werner had 30/150 of the participants from our school. That is 1/5 of the total... at a math tournament... thinking it was fun! What an awesome experience! Although we did not win, our teams of combined 4th and 5th graders worked hard to solve VERY challenging math problems - 10 by themselves and then 10 with their group. Plus we got to eat pizza! As I prepared to say goodbye to this group of 5th graders, it was such an awesome experience to witness their problem solving skills growth at work and their leadership skills in action guiding their teams. For the 4th graders, I look forward to having their expertise on our teams again next year. A HUGE thanks to all of the 30 families that supported our efforts and all the moms that drove carpool. You have amazing kids and amazing mathematicians!
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