Winter Break!

What will you be doing over the winter break?  Write a paragraph letting your classmates and your teacher know what you will be doing during your 12 day break from school.  Be sure to let us know what you are most excited about!

Winter Story Problems

This week you should type some of your own winter or holiday themed story problems.  They could be addition or subtraction problems, just make sure you know how to get the answer!  Be sure to ask a question at the end of your problem.

Here's an example:
Mrs. McMahan was rushing through the airport to catch her plane for winter break.  She passed 3 book shops, 2 coffee shops, 1 souvenir store, and 4 restaurants.  How many businesses did Mrs. McMahan pass in all?

Vocabulary

Fishers: Choose 3 of this week's vocabulary words.  Look up the definition at www.wordcentral.com.  Then use those 3 vocabulary words in a sentence.

Swimmers: Choose 2 of this week's vocabulary words.  Look up the definition at www.wordcentral.com.  Then use those 2 vocabulary words in a sentence.

Hikers: Go to www.wordcentral.com and look up the words arithmetic, admire, and dialogue.  These are words from our story, "Gooney Bird Greene."  Write a sentence for each of those vocabulary words.

Spelling Word Challenge

With your table, work to come up with as many words as you can that have -ir-, -ur-, and -er-.

-ir-                                           -ur-                                                -er-

It's About Time- Owls

Explain why the numbers "60" and "24" are important to learning about telling time.
Also, name something you do that takes about 1 minute and name something you do that takes about 1 hour.

Fractions- Bears and Squirrels

A fraction is part of a whole.  Answer the 4 questions below.

1.  What fraction of the circle is colored?

2.  What fraction of the apple is shown?

3.  What fraction of the cake has been eaten?

4.  If my pizza was cut into 8 slices and I ate 4 slices, what fraction of the pizza did I eat?

Fractions of a Set- Bears

Tommy's mom made 4 cookies.  Tommy ate 1/4 of the cookies.  Jack's mom made 4 cookies too.  Jack ate 1/2 of the cookies.  Who ate more cookies and how do you know?