Math Websites

www.ixl.com

www.mobymax.com

www.xtrmath.org

Your child has an active username and password for the above websites. We work on these in class every Thursday and sometimes they are assigned for homework. But your child can also work on them at home every night or at least three to four times a week. On the ixl website, the skills match what they're working on in class. On the Moby Max website, every student took a placement test at the beginning of the school year. Moby Max placed them accordingly; they're working on lessons to improve their math skills. The xtramath website helps students with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division fluency. To master a skill, the problems have to all be answered in under 3 seconds. Once addition has been mastered, your child is moved on to subtraction; then multiplication; then division. Once division is mastered, there are higher math skills for your child to master. As of right now, 13 students have mastered addition; 4 students have mastered subtraction; 2 students have mastered multiplication. Everyone should have mastered addition and subtraction by now ~ the 3rd quarter of school.

• Book Fair is week of February 22 - 26
• Ident-A-Kid ~ Thursday, March 3
• Jump Rope for Heart ~ Last day for money donations is Friday, March 4. Students will be participating during scheduled PE class.
• Spring Pictures ~ Tuesday, March 8

Yellow and Red Groups dividing fractions. They're dividing fractions by whole numbers, mixed numbers, and fractions. Ask them about Keep, Change, Flip. The hardest part when reading a division fraction word problem is deciding which fraction represents the total and which fraction represents the part to be divided. We are working on this in class daily so that your child will be able to tell the two fractions apart.

Blue Group is multiplying fractions. Our test will be Friday of this week. This test will cover multiplying a fraction by a fraction, multiplying a fraction by a whole number, and multiplying a fraction by a mixed number. The test will also have a couple questions and the answers will be coded in a gridded response format.

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Thursday, February 11th is Pajama Day for my homeroom!!

Yellow Group -->  We are dividing fractions. Ask your child to explain Keep, Change, Flip. Also ask them why the total number has to be written first in the problem. They can explain both of these to you and their answers are not "Because Ms. Creech said so!"

Red Group --> We're multiplying fractions, whole numbers, and mixed numbers. We'll be finishing this up within the next week and begin dividing fractions.

Blue Group --> We are multiplying a fraction by a fraction using both area models and multiplication. I'm sure your child has a preference in the way they prefer to solve the problems. We have also started multiplying a fraction by a whole number and will soon multiply a fraction by a mixed number.  


Friday, Feb 12  Teacher Workday
Monday, Feb 15  Teacher Workday

Yellow Group --> Multiplying fractions. We just started multiplying mixed numbers. Continue to work with your child on reducing fractions. All answers have to be given in simplest form. We'll soon be moving on to dividing fractions.

Red Group --> Finished adding and subtracting fractions and now beginning multiplying fractions. We will multiply fractions by whole numbers, fractions, and mixed numbers. All fraction answers have to be written in simplest form!!

Blue Group --> We are working on subtracting fractions with regrouping. And will soon be moving on to multiplying fractions. Remember all fraction answers have to be written in simplest form! We are continuing to work on this in class.

**Reminders**  Feb 3rd Symphony and Art Museum Field Trip
                           
                           Feb 5th Awards 9:00