Week of April 15th-19th

Wasn't Spring Break AWESOME???? I hope you had a nice week off. We only have 6 weeks of school left and only 1 week until the CRCT. Here are the activities I would like for you to complete this week.

Measuring angles
reading a protractor
Net game (thought you might like this game, I am not very good at it......you need to read the directions BEFORE you play)
solid figures
Batter's Up Math
Cowboy Math (multiplication)
Baseball Math

Week of March 25-29

Hello everybody! Hope you enjoyed our geometry unit, now we will begin a unit on measurement. I am going to post some links to measurement games, hope you enjoy them. Let me know if there is anything you would like me to put on here.

Alien Angles
 Measuring Angles
Tank Attack
Airline builder
U Fix it
Turtle Pond
measurement drill
Time units
Mr. Nussbaum ( I am giving you a link to a site with LOTS of games, the more games you play on this site, the better prepared for the CRCT you will be. I just found this site and want you to have access to all his games. Don't just play the games though, there are some drills on here that would be good for you to practice too. It says right next to the red words what the activity is.)

Week of March 18th-22nd

We will continue working with geometry this week. I am planning on finishing soon.

Types of quadrilaterals
quadrilaterals memory game
more quadrilaterals (this one is a speed game)
quadrilateral quest
Sammy's Symmetry Shuffle (you need to read the directions to learn how to play this game)
symmetry artist
symmetry game
Ice blocker
Shape shooter

March 11th-15th

We will be looking at triangles and quadrilaterals a little closer this week. I am asking that you spend your time with all the activities I am placing on the blog, not just the one game you like the most.

Geo-boards    (you do not have to play this, I am using it during math class)
Classifying triangles game
Geometry Baseball
Cowboy Math
Quadrilaterals and Triangles
Snowy's Friend
Hungry Shapes

Week of March 4th-8th

We are beginning a new unit on geometry. I am going to find new games that deal with the topics that we will be covering in this unit. I MAY include some games about fractions and decimals just to make sure you still remember most of those topics. Remember, you are asked to play EVERY game EVERY day!

2D shapes game
3D shape game
DuBlox
RoboPacker
Billy Bug 1
geometry word problems
ShapeMods

Geoboard (I will be using this for a lesson later this week, there is nothing you need to do with this site during center time)

Weather site  (this is something I am using in Science on Monday, you do not need to visit this site unless you want practice forecasting the weather)

Week of Feb.25-March 1

Please make sure you play these games EVERYDAY before you go to the "fun" game I put on here.

Flurry of Flavors ( you need to play the 6's, 7's, 8's and 9's)
Adding money
Baseball math
Math racing
Building blocks
Count the Cubes
Monsterland 1
Red Ball ( this has to have Java, I am not positive you will be able to play this on the laptops)

Week of Feb.18th-22nd

Welcome back! I hope you had a nice break. I sure did. It certainly is cold now isn't it? Well, let's continue working on decimals this week. I will put a few games that deal with decimals and a few that will help with your multiplication facts.

Sketch's World   (You must play harder levels, I do not want you playing just the 1's, 2's and 5's!)
Scooter Quest
Balloon pop
Decimal hundredths
Beat the Clock (this game may not work but let's give it a try) You will need a partner to play against.
Concentration (this one may not work either)
Snail Bob

Week of Jan. 28th- Feb.1st

Only 2 weeks until winter break, can you believe that? Seems like we just got back to school doesn't it? Please, complete the following activities.

Decimal comparison
Identifying decimals
Bridge Builders
Wangdoodles
Number Invaders

Jan. 21-25

Hope you had a nice little break!

Soccer Math
Jelly Golf (this is SUPER easy but you might like it)
Mixed numbers and improper fractions
Fraction problem solving
Fraction Bridge

Week of Jan. 14th-18th

Hope you are enjoying the games I have put on the blog. Make sure you are staying on this week when you are working in centers. Any other time, you can go to older posts and play those games.

Water conservation

Find Grampy
Cookies for Grampy
Fraction Frenzy
Factory Balls

Week of Jan. 7-11

Welcome back! I trust you had a nice vacation. It was nice to spend time with family and get a little rest wasn't it? I bet you all stayed up late at night and slept late in the morning.

Please complete the following activities.

Our World of Water  (this is some of the book we are reading in class)

Falling leaves (make sure you read the directions)
Ordering fractions game (you will need to click "play" when you go to this site)
fractotron
visualizing fractions (this is not hard, but it may help you understand fractions just a little better) You may have trouble loading this site

Week of Dec. 10-14

Only one full week and 2 more days until we get a little break for Christmas. I know you are excited! Please, complete the following activities.

Math:
Fruit shoot (only pick level 1 or 2)
Action Fraction
Fractions Game
Fruit shoot (only pick level 1)

Math tiles

Week of Dec.3rd-7th

I know that you are excited about getting out of school, but we still have 2 weeks and 2 days to complete. We need to finish our equivalent fractions study and complete our performance task on that. I am going to try to get you ready to do that by Thursday. Complete the activities I have listed to help get you ready.

Math:
Target Shoot
Fraction Frenzy
Matching Fractions (advanced)
Triplets (I beat this game, can you?)

Week of Nov.26th-30th

Welcome back, I hope you all enjoyed your week off. We are going to begin a new book as well as a new math unit! My goal is to finish both before we leave for our Christmas break. That means lots of work to do. Please complete the following activities.

Math:
Fractions Shoot
Fractions as Parts of sets
Prime Numbers
Melvin's Make a Match


Reading/Language Arts:
George Washington's Socks site

Week of November 12th-16th

This is our last week before Thanksgiving break. It is also Miss McKenzie's last week of full time teaching. I will be taking back over after we return from our break. I have missed teaching you all these last four weeks.

Complete the following activities:

Math:
Snork's 
Number invaders
Number eaters
Factor feeders

Reading:
Fling the Teacher
poetry theater (use this site to find your next poem for "Coffee Shop")

Week of Nov. 5th-9th

SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 I am finally updating my blog. I apologize for leaving the other one up so long. I think most of you know that my father-in-law died last week. It was a very sad day for my family and I have been out trying to help with everything. You should be seeing me a lot more, but Ms. McKenzie will still be teaching for 2 more weeks and then I will slowly start taking back some of the lessons. I have missed working with all of you so much! I am giving you some new activities for this week. Enjoy!

Math:
color world
quick math
grand slam math
calculator chaos
algebra puzzle

Reading:
Poetry for Kids
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy Poetry
Fling the Teacher

Week of Oct. 1st-5th AND 8th-12th

I am continuing this post, I think we need a little more work on the following activities.

Language Arts:
Prefix jeopardy
Building prefixes
Building words
suffixes
Short circuit
Sentence clubhouse
Fact/opinion quiz
synonym matchup
What's the main idea

Math:
Drag and Drop math (I want you to choose subtraction and do 10 problems)
Great American Math challenge (you can compete with other states and countries to see if we know more multiplication facts)
Grand Slam Math
Powerlines
Teacher Dodgeball (once you get through the first round, it will get a little harder)

Interesting stuff:
Make you own totem pole
Interactive buffalo (ever wonder how the Native Americans used the buffalo, use this link to find out)

Hi everyone!  I am planning on finishing Stone Fox this week. I am loving the book and you are doing a great job with the book.  I think I will begin literature circles really soon....I will know if you read my post if you ask me questions about what we will do in literature circles. :)

Please complete  the following activities this week.

Language Arts:
Vocabulary
"Stone Fox" word search
"Stone Fox" test ( will will take this later this week, don't go here until I tell you to do so)
Type of sentences practice
Sentence Clubhouse

Math:
Dynamite multiplication ( I will be adding the 7's to this week's test, when you play this game you MUST practice the 6's, 7's, 8's and 9's)
Division Dragons
Algebraic reasoning (If you are up for some harder work, this is the game for you)
Pumpkin Multiples
Weigh the Wangdoodles (I love this game)

Interesting stuff:
Star gazing
Virtual Solar System
Hopi Indians

Week of Sept.17th-21st

     We will be reading Stone Fox for the next two weeks, I think you are really going to enjoy this book. I wanted to take a break from the nonfiction we have been reading. You will not have activities on spelling city this week.

Reading:
Vocabulary Match
"Stone Fox" word search


Math:
Who wants to be a Millionaire?
Subtraction with a grid
Subtraction with a grid #2
Prodigi math
Subtraction blast (make sure you read this directions)

Week of Sept.10th-14th

We will continue to read our story about the Wright Brothers this week. We will have a reading, spelling and D.O.L. test this Friday. Our words are a little hard so make sure to visit Spelling City often this week. The following activities will help you with all the skills we are working on this week.

Spelling City
Vocabulary Match
Generalize
Making generalizations (this is a little difficult) You will need to click on the "making valid generalizations" link

Math
Estimation game
Estimating sums
rounding numbers
Estimating Valley Golf
properties of addition (scroll down to play the game)

Interesting reading:
Cerebral Palsy
History of Flight
History of Flight timeline
The Nine Planets