SPELLING IDEA OF THE WEEK
SPELLING Robber- If you don't like the idea of "hangman" I just draw a man (without the hanging part) who I make to look like a robber by adding a striped shirt and mask, and when the man is done so is the game and if they did not get the word I say "oh man! You got robbed!!! "
. So you use our spelling words and choose one each round. You write out " _ " for the of letters in the word and then your child guesses letters one at a time. If they guess the correct letter you put it in the blank. If they guess the wrong letter you draw an arm or a mask on your robber. |
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SPELLING CITY
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Test your knowledge in history, science and math
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HISTORY QUEST - tons of history fun.
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Literature arcade
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FUN with MATH . . . .
BASE 10 blocks online
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Addition Attack
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Multiplication CARWASH
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ACTION FRACTION
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MATH ARCADE
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Math FUN Game of the Week
Number Cards to Teach Expanded Form
Submitted by Claire from Tennessee 3rd Grade Teacher My students and I love our math lesson on expanded form. Expanded form can be boring to teach and to learn. It can also be a difficult concept for third graders, so I have tried to come up with ways to make it interactive. The best way so far has been using number cards. I use 8 1/2 x 11 paper and make cards labeled with the digits 0-9 on one side and zero on the back. I also make several commas. I pass out the cards randomly and then say a number (ex. 56,291). The students with the cards work to build the number in front of the class. We check to make sure they are correct and I write it on the board. Then we look at each digit one at a time. You can easily see the value of each digit if one child holds their card up and the others flip their cards to the zero side. (ex. 6 is really 6,000 and 9 is really 90). I write each number we see on the board in expanded notation. I find that this helps place value become more concrete in the students' minds. It also helps them see where the values come from. They really enjoy moving around to make the numbers as well. |
WEBSITE of the Month
Imagination-Cafe, a free online magazine for kids between the ages of 4 and 12.
There's something for all kids on Imagination-Cafe! Young chefs can discover new recipes in the Cook's Corner. Avid young readers can submit their own book reviews. The joksters will laugh-out-loud at the weekly jokes in the Cafe Crackups newsletter. For the music fans, there's an online music player that will crank out great tunes. Pet lovers will oooh and aaaaw over the pictures in the the Doggy Bag Gallery while photographers will be taking their own snapshots to add to the collection. All kids will want to participate in the online Game Room activities. Teachers and parents - Have your kids check out the seasonal contest. Next month, kids will be invited to write a Presidents' Day essay and submit it to the site. The first and second place winners will receive a t-shirt! The top three will be published online. Hopefully many students will participate in the fabulous contest |