Monday, April 29, 2013

Two Digit Adding- Bears and Squirrels

Write your own addition story problem using 2 two-digit numbers.  Here's an example:

Sally bought 13 pencils.  Her brother bought 25 pencils.  How many pencils did they buy together?

Name the Array- Owls

Jim's mom made a pan of cookies.  She put the dough into 6 rows with 4 in each row.  What is the repeated addition sentence and the multiplication fact?  How many cookies did Jim's mom make in all?

Then, write your own multiplication story problem.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Rhyme Time!

Create a rhyming poem using some of this week's spelling words.  We are working on the long a sound!

Monday, April 15, 2013

Baby Names

Choosing a name for a baby is hard work!  Help me out by giving me some good suggestions for our baby girl's name!  Thanks!

Sunday, April 14, 2013

What Basket- Bears and Squirrels

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Mrs. McMahan has two baskets of base-10 blocks.  'Basket A' has 7 flats, 8 rods, and 3 units.  'Basket B' has 7 flats, 6 rods, and 23 units.  Compare 'basket A' to 'basket B' using the symbols, or vocabulary terms, above. 

Place Value Pete- Owls

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This is Place Value Pete.  Can you see his face?  Place Value Pete is made up of base 10 blocks.  First, figure out what number Pete's base 10 blocks make altogetherSecond, show me how strong you are by stretching that number out in expanded form

Monday, April 8, 2013

Spring Break!

I can't wait to read all about your Spring Break!  Write a paragraph or two to describe what you did when you weren't in school.  Where did you go?  Who did you see?  What was the best part?  What was the worst part?  Add as many details as you can remember.