Budding Meteorologist

Our challenge students are learning all about the weather in their Meteorology Unit.  Check out some of the hands-on STEM activities and weather instruments they have created!  

Mrs. Miller's Book Club

Happy Book Fair Week!  Please check out this short video to learn more about Mrs. Miller's Book Club!  You can also check out my table at the book fair all week in the library! 

Happy Reading!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIPcuXhaKKw

Place Value Structures in 5th Grade

Take a peek at what was happening in Mrs. Torres' class today! 

I gave the students the number 1,245 and they had to take out that amount of PV blocks and build a structure that stands.  I then told them to take away 10.  (The structure may have had to be rebuilt).  They completed the math on their desk to show how many blocks were left.  I then told them to take away 7.  Some, very quickly, decided that they needed to exchange a 10 for 10-1’s before they could take any away. But others just took away the 5 – 1’s and 2 sticks of 10 to equal taking 7 away.  We had the discussion of having to make that exchange first.  They then completed the math on their desk to show what regrouping looks like in a math equation.

We then took it up a level and made the PV blocks be ones, tenths and hundredths and did the same activity.  Great discussions were had about lining up decimal points and how regrouping looks the same.

Place Value in 3rd Grade

3rd graders have been working on different ways to write a number. This includes standard form, base ten form, word form, expanded form, and expanded notation. We used our place value disc to help us with expanded notation.