The first unit we did in math this year was reviewing all the operations in decimal format. We reviewed how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions. We practiced the skills in rotations. Then we did a project at the end of the chapter in which we had to pretend we were travelling on a vacation and had to plan a budget. We looked at brochures from the Imaginary Travel company and planned vacations according to a budget we got randomly. Our vacation choices were to Jamaica, Hawaii, or a cabin in the mountains.
After the project we played Trashketball (or is it Trashket Ball?) to review. That was fun. The teams were The Shiny Nose Sheepies, Ravenmath, Robo-something, and The Zachs (I wonder who chose that name...). How to play: the teacher puts a problem on the board and we solve it. Then, she picks one person from each group. If that person gets the problem right with the right work shown, they get to shoot a member of the Green family (squishy ball things) into a recycling can from different spots in the room. The tape marks are where you shoot from and you get more points the further away you shoot. If you make the shot, you get that number of points for the team. Some of the things we learned was adding 1.5 + 2.5 and 4.0 (Don't worry, I lined it up and all on a different paper, it's just hard to do here on the blog post). Thanks for reading this post!
After the project we played Trashketball (or is it Trashket Ball?) to review. That was fun. The teams were The Shiny Nose Sheepies, Ravenmath, Robo-something, and The Zachs (I wonder who chose that name...). How to play: the teacher puts a problem on the board and we solve it. Then, she picks one person from each group. If that person gets the problem right with the right work shown, they get to shoot a member of the Green family (squishy ball things) into a recycling can from different spots in the room. The tape marks are where you shoot from and you get more points the further away you shoot. If you make the shot, you get that number of points for the team. Some of the things we learned was adding 1.5 + 2.5 and 4.0 (Don't worry, I lined it up and all on a different paper, it's just hard to do here on the blog post). Thanks for reading this post!