This week, for the Dreambox site, continue to look for lessons marked by the blue calendar with the blue star. I would encourage you to try to finish one lesson, before moving to the next. New lessons are added to accommodate those who have finished and are ready to move on. As always, do what you can and have fun!

Activities to try for Tuesday/Thursday:

1. You can continue to practice Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers with:

 www.mathplayground.com , under Math Games,

 (a) Scroll down and click on the orange bar "More Fraction Games".

 (b) Once there, scroll down to near the bottom of the page to find the heading "Computation- Fractions and Decimals". 

 (c) There are two headings to practice. Each gives an example as a reminder, then you can try. The headings to try are 

 "Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers"

 "Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions" 

2. On the same site www.mathplayground.com under Math Games,

a. Scroll down and click on the orange bar "More Fraction Games".

b. Scroll down to the Brain Builders section and click on 'Math Monster" game.

Have fun!

Hoping everyone had a Happy Easter weekend! I just want to give a big shout out to all you kiddos who have been doing your best to try some of the activities being offered. I hope too, that you are having some fun with them. 

The Dreambox site work is going well. I can see a lot of you have logged on and have explored the different activities and lessons offered there. This week, I would like you to try the lessons/activities identified by the little blue calendar with a blue star inside. These are lessons that correspond closely to either what we were working on when we were last at school, or something we have recently worked on. Good luck to you! I look forward to seeing how you do.  :)

Keep in mind, if you have any questions, you can reach me on your team page (grades 6-8). Parents can also send me an e-mail should they have questions. Have a great week!

Welcome to Week 2!

This week I would like everyone to look for lessons identified by the blue calendar, with a blue star on their dreambox page. 

Activities to try for Tuesday/Thursday:

1. Comparing Fractions and decimals game "Monster stroll". Search or follow the link  www.mathplayground.com

(a) Click on Math Games, then scroll down to the orange heading "More Fraction Games" and click on that.

(b) Once there, scroll down to the Brain Builders section and click on the "Monster Stroll" game.

(c) The object of the game is to reach the finish line first by moving your player to the fraction or decimal that makes each statement true. 

Have fun!

2. Fraction Card Game  - you will need a deck of cards to play, and a partner or two, even three!  :)

(a) Start by removing the Jack, and face cards from the deck.

(b) Using the cards Ace = 1, through 10, shuffle the cards and give each player four cards. 

(b) Each player makes the biggest proper fraction they can using two of their four cards. (*remember 5/5= 1, so it's not a proper fraction)

(c) The player with the largest fraction gets the point. 

(d) Return cards to the deck, shuffle and play again. 

(e) The player with the most points at the end wins! (you can decide how many rounds will make the game)

Welcome to Week 2!

This week I would like everyone to look for lessons identified by the blue calendar, with a blue star on their dreambox page. 

Activities to try for Tuesday/Thursday:

1. Fact Practice game "Sketch's World."  Search or follow the link   www.multiplication.com/games

Once at the site, click on Multiplication Games, then scroll down to find Sketch's World - Multiplication. You can then scroll down again to see how the game is played. Go back up to the game, click on START. Choose your fact family to practice, and START. After you successfully answer the fact questions, you can help Sketch get to the next level. Have fun!

2. Equivalent Fractions game "Triplets."  Search or follow the link   www.mathplayground.com/Triplets/index.html

Once there, click on the arrow to start. The objective is to match fractions and models to their groups by dragging the fraction or model to where it fits.

*Hint: I like to start with the unit fraction (numerator is 1, example 1/4), or the model and then find the equivalent fraction to the unit fraction to finish the group. Give it a try!