Tuesday January 31, 2012

Fast Math. Finish practice with area and perimeter of rectangles. Homework: Finish Half sheet

Friday January 27, 2012

Vocab and context clues assessment. Game day after assesment!! :)

Thursday January 26, 2012

Vocabulary practice. Work on using context clues to help discover the meaning of unknown words. Then do graphing activity. No homework

Wednesday January 25, 2012

Go over Fractions Test. Work in small groups to go over tests. Fastmath and computer time. No homework

Tuesday January 24, 2012

Fractions TEST today. Testing in small Groups. No Homework

Monday January 23, 2012

Finish study guide in small groups. FAST MATH. Homework: STUDY STUDY STUDY!! Fractions TEST tomorrow!!

Tuesday January 17, 2012

Fast math (or review groups). Small groups for division with fractions practice. NO homework. TEST FRIDAY!!!

Thursday JAnuary 12, 2012

Start Dividing with fractions. Flip the second fraction then multiply across. No homework

Wednesday January 11, 2012

Review Stations today. Reviewing adding subtracting, and multiplying with fractions (fraction to fraction, fraction with whole numbers and fraction with mixed numbers). Also practicing reducing fractions, and changing an improper fraction to a mixed number. No homework

January 10, 2012

Review adding, subtracting, multiplying with fractions. Practice reducing fractions. LEARN how to change improper fractions to mixed numbers.

Monday January 9, 2012

Continue work with multiplying fractions. Multiply fractions by fractions, fractions by whole numbers, and fractions with mixed numbers. No homework.

*Always multiply straight across (NO common denominators)
*when there is a whole number put a "1" under it as the denominator. Then it looks like a fraction and you can multiply straight across
* When there is a mixed number turn it to an improper fraction first, then you can solve like a fraction problem.

Friday January 6, 2012

FASTMATH. More with multiplying with fractions. No homework

Thursday January 5, 2012

Work with multiplying fractions AND reducing answers to lowest terms. No homework

Wednesday January4, 2012

FastMath. Review adding and subtracting with fractions. Start multiplying with fractions. No homework

Tuesday January 3, 2012

WELCOME BACK!!!

Review Social Contract and go over expectations. Start unit on fractions. Today Mini-Lessons on adding and subtracting fractions. Ticket out. No homework