Please watch the following videos to check your work
Adding Fractions practice:
Video Here
Subtracting Fractions practice:
Video Here
Multiplying Fractions Practice:
Video Here
Simplifying Fractions Practice
Video Here
If there is anything you are quite unsure of, and the video does not clear up things for you, please check your notes and the google classroom.
I will be moving away from updating this site and instead focus on the google classroom, where I find it easier to check on individuals and communicate. Tonight if you have not finished it, you should finish your center work from the week. Remember I need at a minimum one question from each center completed WELL, that you have highlighted and/or circled so that I know it is the question you would like for me to grade.
The centers as well as the notes for this week are in the google classroom.
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter
This month has been insane. Too many days missed, and we haven’t had a full day of school in a MONTH. ugg. I will also be changing the layout of this website before the 3rd quarter begins. I have something in mind that will make it much simpler for the two teams to find their individual information.
Today we talked a great deal about equivalent forms of numbers. We talked about how someone can have $10 in many different ways:
a single 10 dollar bill
10 one dollar bills
100 dimes (tenths)
1000 pennies (hundredths)
We took some notes and talked about this a good deal:
It is very important that students understand that our standard algorithm for subtraction involves finding equivalent forms of a number that make it simple to subtract.
Tomorrow will be our last day this quarter. Students will receive a progress report and we’ll talk about whether they are happy with their grades or not, and what they can do to improve or continue to do to be successful.
have a good one!
-Mr. Potter
Today we began a *lot* of work.
This week students will be given freedom to choose when they do their work. Each day will be divided into three rotations, and they will choose what work they will do each day. They have three major things to be working on:
Project:
Students should be writing their addition word problem and working on their script. These are due by Thursday, but I would love to see students beginning their filming starting Wednesday. More information and requirements can be found in google classroom.
Here is an example video
Packet:
Students today received a packet that covers everything we have covered over the last month. They should be working on this daily and have it finished by Friday.
Centers:
Students have a total of 5 centers to do this week. How and when they choose to do those centers is up to them.
Each day this week students will be working on these items. I will be pulling small groups to go over certain concepts and ensure everyone is getting their work done and in a quality fashion.
All items are due Friday. For more details, check the google classroom.
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter
It’s already Thursday!
EVERYTHING is due tomorrow:
Note book
Examples book
Here is what they should look like at this point:
Video project (see google classroom for info)
I know this: Base 10 Math Packet
I would highly recommend that you come to class with ONLY your video left to finish. You will have the entire class period tomorrow to finish this, but as some of you saw today, taping your video can be a long process.
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter
Today was a LOT more work on our projects, ‘I know this’ packets, and centers.
I let students know that as it is Wednesday, I would expect them to be over half-way done with everything at this point. That means:
less than 2 pages left to do in their packet
Their word problem and script are done
They have completed at least 3 centers
If they are not at this point, they may want to do some work outside of class.
Students should be practicing what they will be doing and saying during their addition video. We will begin filming tomorrow!
Please make sure you look over the requirements on google classroom as well as your notes to prepare.
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter
Today we continued our work on the project, packet, and centers.
At this point I would expect you to have:
2 centers finished
2 pages in the packet finished
And be putting the finishing touches on your script
Please remember that everything is due Friday at the end of class!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter
Today we began a *lot* of work.
This week students will be given quite a bit of freedom to choose when they do their work. Each day will be divided into three rotations, and they will choose what work they will do each day. They have three major things to be working on:
Project:
Students should be writing their addition word problem and working on their script. These are due by Thursday, but I would love to see students beginning their filming starting Wednesday. More information and requirements can be found in google classroom.
Here is an example video
Packet:
Students today received a packet that covers everything we have covered over the last month. They should be working on this daily and have it finished by Friday.
Centers:
Students have a total of 5 centers to do this week. How and when they choose to do them is up to them.
Each day this week students will be working on these items. I will be pulling small groups to go over certain concepts and ensure everyone is getting their work done and in a quality fashion.
All items are due Friday. For more details, check the google classroom.
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter
Today we did quite a bit of work with our Abaci.
We learned how to represent multi digit numbers, and how to do simple addition with an abacus.
Essentially the abacus works by representing each place value as a rung. The beads on the bottom row we will think of as ones, the second row as tens, and so on. We may adjust this later for some more complex problems, but for now the simple whole number place values will suffice.
Tonight students have some addition problems that they should do on their abacus. They should then write down the process they used to solve the problems on the abacus. This is all detailed on the worksheet they received:
We did the first page together:
Please remember that tomorrow we have a test. This test covers more base 10 things, such as using powers of ten and expanded forms. There will also be a question or two asking you to convert/figure out a base. Finally there will be 4 questions that ask you to use your abacus to perform arithmetic.
Much of the test looks like this:
And here are the answers to check:
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter
Today was Abacus day!
First we very briefly went over the mental math strategies we were talking about yesterday. These strategies may seem simple and unneeded, but as we become more adept at them, we will move onto more challenging problems and uses.
Next we all made our own abacus!
We will be using this as we talk about numbers and operations in the upcoming weeks. Students will also need to use their abacus in a video they make about addition and another video about subtraction. What I’m saying here, is DO….NOT…LOSE…IT.
Also treat your abacus with consideration and care. It’s sturdy, but not little brother or sister proof.
Making the abacus took us quite some time, so we didn’t actually have time to discuss their function. We will get into those details and do a ton of exercises tomorrow.
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter