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May 16th, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Math

As part of a math project dealing with currency, the students generated their own businesses.  Once the math part of the project was complete, the students produced smores (two samples below) as fliers for their business.  These were then displayed on the SMART Board for class discussion.  

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Bracket Basics – no basketball required!

May 6th, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Math

How well do your fourth-sixth graders understand math brackets?  In a Bracket Basics exercise, you are given a blank number sentence, the answer, and three numbers.  You need to drag the numbers to the spaces to equal the answer.  After you are done, the answer is provided (in step by step form).  This would work [...]

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Not counting sheep!

May 6th, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Math

Making math a fun part of kids’ everyday lives- who could argue with that motto?  If your children are between 3 and 9, you will want to explore Bedtime Math.  Sign up for their daily word problems as well as a host of exceptional programs. Special thanks to Katie Llera for this link.

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Design that skateboard

February 7th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Content - Math

              Want an attention-grabbing technique to emphasize decimals for grades 6-8?  View The Future Channel’s skateboard video and then complete their Skateboard Flex activity.

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