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Math Activities – A variety of activities for each grade that match the units in the WFB math series

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4K took the O.R.E.O. Project challenge this week and snacked on yummy cookies while working on math skills.

Each student was allowed 2 attempts to try to stack as many cookies as high as they could. As one student stacked cookies, his or her partner helped count the cookies. After the attempts were completed and recorded, the class worked together to find the important landmarks from the data they collected.

Here are the results from the 4K stacking challenge:

• Maximum number of cookies stacked – 25 cookies
• Minimum number of cookies stacked – 15 cookies
• Range of the number of cookies stacked – 10 cookies
• Mode of the number of cookies stacked – 21 cookies
• Average of the number of whole cookies stacked – 20 cookies

Ready to stack the cookies

Stacking cookie towers

Cookies galore

What activities can you do at home with your fourth grader to practice math skills, as well as provide challenging math activities?

Check your fourth grader’s SRB – Student Reference Book – for the math games on pp. 184-208. These games can be modified to provide practice and/or challenge, depending on the needs of the student playing the games.

Card games and board games that include math as a component can provide practice and challenge in an enjoyable format. Monopoly, Cribbage, Solitaire, and Rummy are favorites in my family.

There are mathematics web sites* available online that can be used to provide opportunities for students of all ages:

AAA Math

FunBrain.com

A+ Math

Math Forum

Cool Math.com

Brain Teasers

Math Challenges

*As always, an adult should carefully supervise children who are online.

Visit Everyday Math’s site for…

Parent Information

Student Information

4KR math students will take pretests prior to starting each new math unit beginning with Unit 2. Students are reassured that pretests are not scored or graded for report cards.

Teachers will use information from pretests for planning instruction, pacing lessons, and organizing partnerships and small groups.

4K math students are working on the fourth – and final – timed test session of the year. It is very important that students entering 5th grade are very secure in all of their math facts – addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Students in 4K math will be starting round #3 of the fourth grade multiplication timed tests soon. Please help your fourth grader review multiplication and division math facts using flash cards, card games, computer games, or other activities of your choice.

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2.1.09 @ 2:00PM

Students learned about the Create a Graph site in science from Mrs. Ade, and Jacob decided to try it out. Bravo, Jacob!

If you want to make a graph, plan your graph – think about the kind of data you want to show and the best way to show your data. Next go to the Create a Graph site and create a graph that fits your data collection. Mail your graph to me at school and we’ll work together to place the graph on your Class Blogmeister blog. Give it a go!