Mrs. Clancy's Class Blog

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Scientists at Work!

We loved experimenting with the properties of matter! Check out our hats we made to protect us when we were "stuck on an island"! We experimented with insulating and conducting materials. We also had to decide which candies would be best to send to our friend at "Camp Way Too Hot"!

Multiplication Practice at Home!

There are many ways to practice multiplication and math at home! Here Ella and Calle are making columns and rows as they bake cookies! Here are just a few more ideas!

When Baking and Cooking, include your student in the measuring and calculating
Study Island Online Games
Take a nature walk, look for patterns and shapes
Games to Play

Ways to practice multiplication facts at home

Where to Start

· Start by teaching the zeros and ones facts. These facts are easy to learn because they follow specific rules.

Anything multiplied by zero equals zero (8 X 0 = 0)

Anything multiplied by one equals itself (8 X 1 = 8)

· Demonstrate how the twos facts are just the numbers added together

(8 X 2 = 8 + 8)

· Show how to solve five facts by counting by fives

(5 X 3 = 5 + 10 + 15)

· Show how to use the multiplication facts they know to find the facts they don't know

(If they know 5 X 3 = 15, solve 5 X 4 by adding 5 + 15)

· Then move to each of the fact families: 3's, 4,s, 6's,7's, 8's and 9's, 11's and 12's.

· Remind that all multiplication facts can be done backwards

(8 X 2 = 2 X 8)

· DO NOT move to a different fact family without first mastering the previous one.

Flashcards

· Create your own. Students write the multiplication question on the front of the card and the answer in number and picture format on the back. Example, students write 4x7= (front of card) and write 28 and 4 sets of 7 on the back of the card. The picture representation allows the student to understand how 28 becomes the answer. Multiplication is simply repeated addition.

· The dollar store almost always has multiplication flashcards.

For Active Kids

· Have your child bounce a basketball or catch a ball as he or she says the multiples of different numbers. For example, he can practice the multiples of 9 for each bounce 9, 18, 27, 36. Then he can say them backward: 81, 72, 63, 54. Research shows that kinesthetic movement helps the brain learn facts.

Games

· This game is played with two people. They put both hands behind their backs and on their count, shoot out a number. Each player multiplies his or her number times the other player’s number, and keep score.

· Multiplication War: Deal a deck of cards between two people. Each person flips the top card of his/her deck onto the table at the same time. The first person to call out the product of the two numbers on the cards gets to keep the cards. (Ace=1, Jack=11, Queen=12, King=0)

· Roll the Dice: This game can be played with one person or two. Roll two dice. Multiply the two numbers showing face up. Write the digits 7-12 on squares of masking tape and stick to the dice to practice your 7-12 facts.

Some great websites that will help you practice those facts:

www.multiplication.com

www.mathsisfun.com

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Flashlight Reading Celebration

We had a great time at our reading celebration with reading by flashlight! The last picture is our "brain break" before we started, so we could get our wiggles out and get our brains and bodies ready for doing some serious reading. It was also Crazy Hair Day! We love getting creative!

Surveys in Science, and more!

We loved practicing our data collection skills by asking questions and taking surveys! We also made an egg float and designed hats using what we have learned about the properties of matter!

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Buddy Time!

We were so excited to meet our buddies! We get to be the "Big Buddies" this year and show off our leadership skills. We talked and worked to make posters about being proactive!