Parents ask me all the time if there are any good websites that can be used to practice math skills, so I wanted to let you know about one that I recently found.
Go to...
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5
This website has practice problems on just about any math skill you can think of! Here is a list of some topics that you can have your child focus on right now:
- Number Theory - Prime and Composite Numbers
- Number Theory - Divisibility Rules Word Problems (Lots of students had trouble with this skill so it's a great one to review!)
- Fractions - Any of Lessons 1-4
- Of course, it's always a good idea to back and review topics that we have covered earlier in the year...especially if you remember your child struggling with something in particular.
You can see on the left side of the website that you can go up or down on the grade level. If your child is having trouble with the 5th grade material, you may want to go down a grade level for a little while and work your way back up. If 5th grade is too easy, challenge your child! They LOVE to know that they are working on "junior high stuff." :)
If you have some time, sit with your child while they work a few problems and get them to explain their answer and how they came up with their answer. We have been working on justifying every answer to make sure that they are really THINKING about how to solve the problem.
Keep this website in mind throughout the year since it contains practice for SO many topics!
Thank you for all you do at home!!!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Welcome to the Blog!
Hi everyone! Welcome to our class blog!
I've never blogged before, but I wanted to give it a try for our class! I will try to post something at least once a week that relates to what we are studying in class. I will try to find online resources, games, or activities that you can use at home to help your child review the skills we are covering in class.
To start with, I want to give you a link to Study Island. This is a program that your child is very familiar with. It directly relates to the Mississippi Frameworks and is great for MCT2 prep! Your child should already know his/her username and password. If not, the username will be the first initial and last name and then ".h5g" - for example: John Smith would be jsmith.h5g. All passwords start off as "password," so if your child has not logged on yet this year, that is probably still the password. When you log in, it will prompt you to change the password. Please change the password to your child's initials and a 5 - for example, js5.
If you have any problems logging in, please let me know and I can look up your child's log-in information.
Go here to get started: studyisland.com
Your child will see assignments to start on as soon as he/she logs in.
Please feel free to comment on the blog at any time! Like I said, I will try to update often to give you as many resources as possible to work with your child at home. If there are any specific skills that you would like for me to find resources on, please comment and let me know. I'm here to help!
Thank you for EVERYTHING that you do! This is a great group of students and parents, and I enjoy every day of working with your children! :)
I've never blogged before, but I wanted to give it a try for our class! I will try to post something at least once a week that relates to what we are studying in class. I will try to find online resources, games, or activities that you can use at home to help your child review the skills we are covering in class.
To start with, I want to give you a link to Study Island. This is a program that your child is very familiar with. It directly relates to the Mississippi Frameworks and is great for MCT2 prep! Your child should already know his/her username and password. If not, the username will be the first initial and last name and then ".h5g" - for example: John Smith would be jsmith.h5g. All passwords start off as "password," so if your child has not logged on yet this year, that is probably still the password. When you log in, it will prompt you to change the password. Please change the password to your child's initials and a 5 - for example, js5.
If you have any problems logging in, please let me know and I can look up your child's log-in information.
Go here to get started: studyisland.com
Your child will see assignments to start on as soon as he/she logs in.
Please feel free to comment on the blog at any time! Like I said, I will try to update often to give you as many resources as possible to work with your child at home. If there are any specific skills that you would like for me to find resources on, please comment and let me know. I'm here to help!
Thank you for EVERYTHING that you do! This is a great group of students and parents, and I enjoy every day of working with your children! :)
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