Snowshoeing Adventures

Click the link to go to our blog about our snowshoeing adventures.

http://brooklynsnowshoeadventures.blogspot.com/

Please watch the video and then make a comment about what you think about the situation. Was the coach correct or did he not make the correct call? Please wait a minute or two for the video to load.

Shameful Win? @ Yahoo! Video

Here is a site to assist with using a protractor.

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=angle

Long Division Help

Here are some sites and interactive lessons/games to help support you with long division.

• Here is one of the best step by step, interactive lesson about how to do OLD SCHOOL long division. The question is given and you go through each step. Blue numbers are correct and red ones mean an error has been made. You can click on the xx)xxx symbol to make the questions easier or more difficult. Try a five digit number divided by a three digit number for a challenge.

http://www.thegreatmartinicompany.com/longarithmetic/longdivision.html

• Here is an interactive lesson using the newer way to divide. Teaching Double Division can help in teaching long division by reinforcing the principles of division and giving students success with a less frustrating alternative. Double Division does not depend on memorizing the multiplication facts or estimating how many times one number goes into another. It may take 50% longer, but it is far less frustrating and probably easier to understand than Long Division. Trial and error guessing is eliminated.

http://www.doubledivision.org/

• A step by step long division game that allows students to practice their long division skills in a supportive and fun environment. Your students teach a lovable monster named Snork how to do long division. As students complete each step of the long division math problems, Snork is visibly amazed by the intelligence of the students.

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php

• A game that helps reinforce multiplication and division facts.

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/division_missing_number.php

There is more out there. Hopefully, these will help. Please remember to ask me for help if you need it.
Good Luck

Science Experiment

Building a vehicle to withstand the pressure of 10 heavy textbooks was the experiment, and Divisions 3 and 4 eagerly rose to the challenge. After taking a few minutes to plan and share ideas, each team of students began designing and building their structures. Groups were given a bag of supplies that included popsicle sticks, foam packing peanuts, balloons, and cardboard. A limited amount of masking tape was provided, and students needed to barter some of their other resources in order to receive any more. Creativity was encouraged, and other materials like empty tissue boxes and plastic tubs made their ways into the final designs. Each vehicle held an “eggstranaut” whose survival was depending on the success of the construction. The photos show the results, and lots of fun was had by all, including Mr. Carmichael and Miss Campbell whose design held an amazing 29 textbooks until it succumbed at number 30!

Ms. Paul

Mapping Help

Here is the lesson explanation that Mr. Otto used to explain how to use lines of latitude and longitude. Can you pinpoint the countries and cities using the proper format.

Find it here.... Lines of Latitude and Longitude

Comic Creation

Check out the comic. Would you like to create something like this? Keep your eye out for things to come....

How to Leave a Comment

Some of you have been visiting the blog and don't know how to leave comments. Here's a quick reminder how!

1. Go to the category you want to leave a comment on - this might be your class name.



2. In each category there will be posts (sections of writing). At the bottom of each post you will find the word comments in green. Click on comments.



3. You should now be able to see all the comments left for that category and be able to leave yours in the section entitled "Post a Comment".



4. When you are finished writing a comment, you might get WORD VERIFICATION which is a jumbled word that you need to type in to ensure the blog that your comment is not spam.



5. PLEASE - select name/url and put in your name. I can't respond to students if you comment annonomously.



6. Comments come to me first for moderating so don't worry if your comment doesn't appear on the blog straight away. You only need to send it once.

Look forward to hearing from you!!

Mr. C