Math 5/6
Mrs. McClintic
Here you will find a brief description of what we do in class, resources to help you at home, and homework assignments.
| Date | Class Activities | Assignment |
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| 9/8/09 | Today in class we will take some time to look at how our class will work this year, including how to access the website for information, how to use an agenda, a getting to know you activity. We played the Place Value Game |
Ice Breaker, learning to use the Parade website HW: Play the Place Value Game at home with a parent. On your own paper, describe the strategy that you used to decide where to place your numbers. |
| 9/15/09 | In keeping with the ancient Asia theme, students will learn about the abacus, an ancient Chinese/Japanese counting tool. Students will construct an abacus and learn to represent numbers on the abacus. | None - we were too carried away with
building the abacus and didn't finish with time to learn to
represent numbers on the abacus. Instructions for building abacus
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| 9/22/09 | We will finish constructing the abacus and then learn how to read numbers on it. We will practice some simple addition problems. We will also begin Mad Minute, a math fact practice curriculum. | Students will complete a worksheet to practice identifying the numbers indicated on an abacus. Here is a great resource for learning more. Mad Minute: Do test D11 at home. Time for 1 miute. |
| 9/29/09 | With the abacus finished, we are
going to move on to the art and mathematics of Tangrams next
week. Due to the availability of the Tangrams pieces, we
had to digress this week from the math of ancient Asia to more
mundane topics like factors and factor rectangles. Today we talked about prime and composite numbers, and what it means to find the factor pairs of a number. |
Students will complete a worksheet
identifying the factor pairs of various numbers. CMad Minute: do Test D12 at home. Time for 1 minute |
| 10/6/09 | Students were introduced to Tangrams today. Tangrams are ancient Chinese puzzle patterns that consist of seven pieces. The seven pieces include: a small square, a parallelogram, two small congruent triangles, one medium triangle, and two large congruent triangles. Students explored the area relationships between the various pieces and attempted to create pictures with the pieces. | Homework: Construct your own
Tangram set at home. Use the set to create your own
Tangram puzzle/picture. Your puzzle must use all 7 pieces.
You will challenge one of your classmates next week, so include
an outline of your puzzle, as well as an answer key. Play with Virtual Tangram Puzzle: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_112_g_2_t_1.html?open=activities Constructing your own Tangram set: http://mathforum.org/trscavo/tangrams/contents.html A Video on Tangrams: http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/7_Tangrams/index.html |
| 10/13/09 |
Today in the Math 5/6 class we continued to work with Tangrams, exploring the area relationships between the different shapes in the puzzle. Students also had the opportunity to challenge themselves with various Tangram puzzles, and to challenge friends with a Tangram puzzle that they made themselves.
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Homework is to
show a sibling or parent the virtual tangram puzzle available on
our math class website online, if they haven’t already done so.
In addition, students should practice Mad Minute math fact page
D-13 one time at hom Play with Virtual Tangram Puzzle: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_112_g_2_t_1.html?open=activities |
| 11/17/09 |
Today in class students . . .
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Bring in a picture of a car if they have not already done so. |