Grid Paper and Graphics for SmartBoard

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Donna Young.Org donnayoung.org/math/c-grids.htm
offers FREE materials including grid paper, multiplication charts and coordinate grids in several sizes. For example, the ordered pair grids can be printed with one to six per page.

Also find UNIT MULTIPLIERS with information on converting customary measurements, simplifying fractions and more.

2.54 cm = 1 in (memorize this one)
1 cm = 0.3937 in
1 mi = 1.6093 km
1 km = 0.6213 mi
1 yd = 0.9144 m
1 m = 39.3701 in
14.59 kg = 1 slug [mass]
3.78 L = 1 gallon [volume]
3600 seconds (s) = 1 hour (hr)

Wordle

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http://wordle.net/create

Wordle is a graphic generator! You can use the site in a number of ways. One of the easiest is to simply type your word list. Edit options include changing font, color, and layout. This is an example of a graphic created in less than a minute using math vocabulary words.

Visit the site for more ideas. The generator will also find "most used" words from a selected text!

See another blog entry describing use of this tool in a reading lesson!
http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=103

Week 7

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Student's "I CAN" statements for 1st QTR:

• I can draw a Place Value Chart from millions to hundredths.
• I can complete the Multiplication Grid to the 12's times tables in 5 minutes or less with 80% accuracy.
• I can show my work to round correctly with whole numbers and decimals.
• I can show my work to compare two decimal numbers with <, >, or =.
• I can spell and identify names of common polygons.
• I can add and subtract decimals by lining up the decimal point.
• I can write the expanded form of numbers using thousands to hundredths.
• I can find the perimeter of a regular quadrilateral with missing sides.
• I can subtract numbers across zeroes.
• I can find the fraction of a set such as 3/5 of 15.
  
• I can solve word problems using clue words such as have left, how much change, total, how many more, each, and combined.

See Week 7 lesson plans.

SmartBoard and Airliner Workshop 10/16/08

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Lesson Plan and Assessment from Indiana

Pin It Indiana has a very user friendly link to lessons via objectives. Click on the drop down for grade level and choose STANDARD on the right column or COMPLETE RESOURCE.

http://www.indianastandardsresources.org/completeResource.asp?Subject=math&Grade=5

Waldo Maths

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http://www.waldomaths.com/index1116.jsp

Number and Algebra Positive and Negative Numbers Equations 1 Equations 2 Prime Numbers 1 Prime Numbers 2 Factors Prime Factors, HCF, LCM Factorising Quadratics Graph Recognition Inequalities Inequalities - Graphs Simple Sequences - nth term Simultaneous Equations - Graphs Straight Line Graphs 1 Straight Line Graphs 2 Straight Line Graphs 3 Higher Number and Algebra Circles and Lines Completing the square Factorising Harder Quadratics Function Transformations Trigonometric Transformations

Shape, Space and Measure The Pythagoras Rule Simple Trigonometry Angle Rule 1 Angles and Parallel Lines Angles and Triangles Areas of Parallelograms Areas of Triangles Part of Circles Circle Theorems 1 Circle Theorems 2 Circle Theorems 3 Circle Theorems 4 Circles and Triangles Angles in Polygons Translations Rotations Reflections Enlargements Symmetry Sectors, Arcs and Segments

Higher Shape & Space Sine Rule Cosine Rule & Triangle Areas Vector Addition Data Handling Combining Probabilities Cumulative Frequency Moving Averages Scatter Diagrams Higher Data Handling Histograms Investigative Tools Quadratic Sequences 1 Method of Differences: Quadratic Sequences Cubic Sequences