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
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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.
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.
Please visit the following link to log into ThinkCentral
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.
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.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
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)
"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)
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