Math Websites

Here are some math websites in which you can print out addition, subtraction, and multiplication worksheets for your child to complete.

http://www.kidzone.ws/math/dynamic3.htm

http://www.math-drills.com/multiplication.shtml

http://www.math-drills.com/addition.shtml

http://www.math-drills.com/subtraction.shtml

Johnny Appleseed

This week we began our unit on Tall Tales. We started with reading Steven Kellogg's version of Johnny Appleseed and identified the elements of a tall tale.

Tall Tales

• Characters (Usually a hero)
• Setting
• Problem/Solution
  
• Told and retold by many authors
• May be based on a real person or a made-up person
• Includes exaggerations in the story

We identified, discussed, and recorded the descriptive language used in the story. We also learned the following vocabulary words from the story: exaggerate, inspire, boast, and penetrate.
On Wednesday we read Aliki's version of Johnny Appleseed and compared/contrasted the two stories using a Venn Diagram.
Next week we will continue our work with Tall Tales as we read about Paul Bunyan.

Kid Blogs

We are going to start using Kid Blogs to help us discuss and interact with each other about things we are learning about at school.
Our first blog post is about the mystery books that we are reading. Please visit the following link and post your response about your mystery book.

http://kidblog.org/MrsGriswoldsClass/

Your student's username is their first name and password is their last name.
I'm looking forward to finding out about your books!

Mrs Griswold

Multiplication

We have begun working on multiplication. We started with students identifying the things they know about multiplication:

• counting groups
• x0=the answer is zero
• x1=the answer stays the same
• x2=double the number; like addition doubles
• x5=count by 5's
• x10=county by 10's

This week we focused on relating multiplication to addition through the circles and stars activity. The students took turns rolling the dice and creating that number of circles and how many stars are in each circle. The students then created addition and multiplication problems for each picture. This activity really helped the students better understand how multiplication works.

We will continue to work on multiplication next week as we start to work on factor families.

Cause and Effect

We began working on cause and effect in stories. We focused on character's actions and how their actions impacted the story. As a class we read the story Arthur Lost and Found by Marc Brown. We wrote about the characters and how their actions impacted the story.

Character's Action (Cause): Arthur and Buster fell asleep on the bus.
Result (Effect): They missed their stop and got lost.

The students worked in pairs/groups to record character's actions and their results/impact on the story.

Arthur's TV Trouble
Character's Action (Cause): Arthur got the treat timer.
Result (Effect): Pal got enough treats to eat.

Character's Action (Cause): Arthur turned on the treat timer.
Result (Effect): Pal ran so that he didn't get hit by the flying treats/ Pal ran for cover.

Character's Action (Cause): Arthur worked hard for a treat timer.
Result (Effect): He got a treat timer.


Arthur's Halloween
Character's Action (Cause): Arthur and D.W. went into the witch's (haunted) house.
Result (Effect): They got candy.


Arthur's Birthday
Character's Action (Cause): Arthur and Francine came up with a plan to go to both parties at the same time.
Result (Effect): They both had a good party.


Arthur's Pet Business
Character's Action (Cause): Arthur dog sat for Perky.
Result (Effect): He got money for dog-sitting Perky.