Multiplication Math Workshop

We are on our way to becoming multiplication experts. This week we are taking the challenge of multiplying 3 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. This are the stations we are using to help us meet our goal this week. Remember you can do the computer and skills station at home!

Smartboard Station
Students get to play teacher as they use the SmartBoard for practice in skills and problem solving.

Menus
Students create math projects to show their expertise in math

Center
These partner games get students talking and challenging themselves

Computer
Try these games at home also.

More Games

Skills
Students use flashcards and skill games to practice their 4 operations

Task Cards
Students use task cards to practice problem solving and skills at the same time. 

Matter

3 States of Matter
solid: has a definite shape and definite volume
liquid: has NO definite shape and definite volume
gas: has NO definite shape and NO definite volume

We were able to identify the freezing points of mystery substances.



Play this game and take the quiz to practice you states of matter!

Discover the different melting and freezing points of different materials other than water. 

Electricity

Circuits

Today in Science Lab, students were able to create a circuit to light a light bulb and/or power a motor. 
Students drew diagrams and model to represent what they did today . 



 

Here is some extra practice to experiment with circuits. 

        

Conductors and Insulators

In Science Lab we also experimented with conductors and insulators. 

Conductors: allows electricity to flow through it. 

Insulators: does NOT allow electricity to flow through it. 

Students tested a variety of materials to see which one was a conductor and which one was an insulator. 

 

Here is a fun online game to test more materials to see if they are conductors or insulators. 

Car in Motion

This week students had to design an experiment to test the effects of motion on a toy car. We were able to practice by testing a Foss plane in science lab.

States and Capitals

Every year the students must learn the states of the United States and their capitals. Instead of giving them a map to label they had to use cooperation skills to build their map and then use that to record the states on their black United States map. They had a great time and used some great communication skills and teamwork. Go Owls!   

         

         
         
         

Mountain Plot

Every fiction story has a plot. A plot includes: characters, setting, problem, climax, solution, and conclusion. A great way to remember is to think of a mountain. As the story goes on the character's problem get bigger and worse, to the point where the character has to make a decision. That is when we arrive to the top of the mountain, the most exciting and suspenseful part of the story. Going downhill is where the story starts to wrap up. Here is the visual students are using when reading a story.

 The students today read "Red Kayak" with a partner and created a mountain plot for the story. Looks like it really helped!

 

Place Value

  This week students have been learning about place value all the way up to billions! They had to read, write, compare and order large whole numbers. They used their place value chart and foldable to help them. Next week DECIMALS!

                                     

To write, read and use standard form the students created a foldable as a go-to resource. 

Science Lab - Weight Watching

Students today had to predict the weight of 3 objects: a plastic chip, a wooden block and a steel washer.  They had to put the objects in order from heaviest to lightest. Everyone predicted that the washer was heaviest but there was argument between the wood and the plastic. How could we prove which one was heavier? THE BALANCE BEAM! After clarifying the argument, students made their own prediction on the weight of certain objects and were able to prove or disprove their findings. 




                       
 
Students were able to correctly use a balance beam to accurately measure the objects using the standard unit grams.