Math Friends Game

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Multiplying Powers of 10 Practice

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"Healthy Eating" Family Friday

Halloween Stamping

City Hall 10/28

Long Division

Hello Families! Over the past couple of days, the students started learning how to solve division problems with 2-digit divisors.  Most of them are getting comfortable using the partial-quotients algorithm, and we are working towards using the standard algorithm (how we learned to do long division!). Please keep encouraging and supporting your kids, and if you need extra resources, log in to GoMath.

Math App

Hi! We played this fun math (algebra) video game after the Chpt. 1 assessment, and some of the students were asking about it:
Twelve a Dozen

As promised, GoMath online resources

The user accounts for ThinkCentral have created. The username for the student accounts is the first and last name of each student, lowercase, no space. For example, the username for John Smith is "johnsmith". The password for all the students at this time is "PS154". The password for the account is case sensitive. 
Please visit the following link to log into ThinkCentral

https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

I am also attaching a screen grab because logging in the first time is a little tricky - make sure you select "Remember my school" so you won't have to do it again! Please email me if you have any trouble logging in. The school name is the third name in the P's, right after the O's.

Once you have logged in, you can view the resources that I have made available., including the student textbook "Go Math Student Edition." If you have any trouble logging in, please email me.

Welcome to 5th Grade Math!!!!

Hello and welcome to PS 154 5th grade math! It has been a pleasure meeting all of the fifth graders and starting to work with them.  For homework last night, the students were asked to describe "a world without math." Here are a few of their responses - enjoy!

"A world without math would be horrible." (Jeremy, 5-306)
"A world without math would be like, you would not know when you were born or what you weigh.... If you were a mailman, where would you put an envelope?" (Anthony, 5-306)
"To sum it up, everything in life would be HORRIBLE without math." (Jessica, 5-306)
"The world would really be nothing if it weren't for math." (Ella, 5-306)
"It would be a world of confusion." (Kyra, 5-306)
"It would be a very hard life." (Keith, 3-306)
"It would be really terrible because people need math in order to survive." (Leigh, 5-302)
"It would be boring without math...I can't play guitar without math." (Cooper, 5-302)
"You wouldn't even know what time was since it revolves around numbers." (Dylan, 5-302)
"A world without math would be disastrous." (Olivia, 5-302)
"If math did not exist, people would not be playing certain games, like foursquare, or even baseball." (Gideon, 5-302)
"It would be a devastating world to live in, and most people would not have good lives." (Luka, 5-302)
"Without math, we wouldn't have food or water, or a home, maybe not even school!" (Victoria, 5-307)
"We would probably use sundials, labeled snack-time, treat-time, and so on." (Nora, 5-307)
"The world would become unproductive and slow." (Piper, 3-307)
"Everything you see is mathematical formula: water, humans, fruit, chicken, everything....Without the application of math, no field or profession would be complete." (Nicholas, 5-307)
"The world would change, because the world is technically math itself." (Ozzy, 5-307)

Personal Reflection Guiding Questions

1. What did you learn that surprised you? Why did this surprise you?

2. What advice would you give to next year's students about doing the Million Dollar Project?

3.  What parts of the project did you enjoy? Why?

4. What parts of the project were challenging for you? Why?

5. What would you do differently next time? Why?

6. How was your experience working with your partner (if you had one)?

7. How will you use some of the skills you developed during the MDP in middle school next year?

Graduation Song

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MDP - Saving for College
Go to this site and research stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. After you have researched, decide which you will use for investing your money, and decide how much you will be investing.
Stocks:
If you are buying stocks, go to this site and choose which publicly traded company you would like to buy stocks in. Figure out how many shares you would like to buy, and what the total cost will be.
Mutual Funds
If you are investing in mutual funds, explain why you are investing in mutual funds.
Bonds
If you are investing in bonds, explain why you are investing in bonds, and what kind of bonds you will buy.

** You should write a paragraph about your college saving plans.

Million Dollar Project Links

Charity Finder

Cost Helper

Salary Finder

Vacation Ideas

Airline Tickets

Mr. Soskil's Project Page

Example Million Dollar Projects
Drive or Fly?

Slavery Projects

Middle Passage
Image of shackles
Slave Ship Image
Inside a slave ship
"The Middle Passage" Article

Triangle Trade
"The Triangle Trade" article
Website with maps and descriptions of Caribbean trade
Interactive Map

Life and Culture of Slaves
"On the Plantation" article
Slave House
A Slave Family
Broomstick Wedding


Slave Laws
Runaway Slave Ad
Slave Ad
Fugitive Slave Act
Virginia Slave Laws

Co-ordinate Grid Games

Cops and Robbers

Timed Game

Science Career Day Bios

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Poetry Book Template

Poetry book template

Poetry Sites

Poets.org
The Poetry Foundation

PSAs

Please watch and study 5 PSAs on here.

Holiday Homework

Holiday Homework

Reading: Read for 45 mins-1hr each day, and keep track of your reading on the Read-a-Thon Log. Write 3 high-quality ½-page responses.

Writing: Write your body paragraphs for your social issues persuasive writing.

Math: Complete the problems below on loose-leaf,  neatly with labeled area models. Please explain your work for each problem.

1. Anita’s mom baked her a birthday cake.  At her birthday party, 3/4 of the cake was eaten. Anita and her 2 brothers shared the rest equally for dessert. How much of the whole cake did each of them get to eat for dessert?

2.     Soraya filled 8   6oz  glasses 2/3 full with water. 

A. How much water did she use (in oz)?

B.    What is the smallest number of glasses she could use to hold that amount of water?

3.    Would you rather have 1/3 of  a 2/5 full  pizza or 2/5 of a 1/3 full pizza?

4.     Miranda had 1 and 1/2 boxes of pasta to make macaroni and cheese to share between herself and her 4 friends. How much of a whole box of pasta will each person’s portion be?

Another great way to research.....
Go to this website and use the article search engine. Make sure you limit your search to "Full Text." The search will come up with articles from credible sources.

Social Issues Resources

Smoking
KidsHealth Article
PBS Kids Article
American Cancer Society Article

Bullying
KidsHealth Article

Texting while driving ("Distracted Driving")
FCC Statement
US Department of Transportation's "Distracted Driving" Website

Racism
Southern Poverty Law Center

Fraction Games

Fruit Shooter

Go Math Website

Think Central

Fraction Games

Click here for fraction games.

Traditional Literature Websites
American Folklore
Mediopollito - A Mexican Folktale