But What About Subtraction?

Yes, I know, we've been doing a lot of addition and you're wondering when you get to practice subtracting. Well you don't have to wonder any more, today is the day!

Let's do some more skip counting. Use this 100s chart...

CLICK HERE

Start on 85. Pick a fun color and make a splat by skip counting back by 10s to the last number you can on the chart. What do you notice? How does the number in the 10s place change? How is that the same from when you skip counted up? How is it different? Now try some different numbers. Start with 42, start with 88, do you see a pattern?

Fruit is good for you, especially if it's mathy fruit! Play level 3 of Fruit Splat a few times. If you feel up to a challenge, try some higher levels! 

CLICK HERE to play

And finally let's do page one of these problems...

CLICK HERE

Think about when you skip counted backwards. Does that help you with these problems? How? What happens to the number in the 10s place? What happens to the number in the 1s place? 

Wonderful Weekend!

You're back! 

I'm so glad you came!

We are going to take it easy today, you've been working hard!

Try this fun bingo game. It's pretty easy but the creatures are cute...

CLICK HERE

Then we have a quick video...

CLICK HERE

and let's do page 2 from this set of practice pages...

CLICK HERE

That's it for today. Go out and get some fresh air!

It's time to swim!

Today we are going to warm up by swimming with the sharks...

Start with numbers up to 99. 

If you are feeling super mathy, try numbers up to 999.

 CLICK HERE to play the game. 

Ok, now let's do some coloring. Go to this cute 100s chart...

CLICK HERE

Choose the 1-100 chart. Pick a color. Start with 4 and skip count by 10s (so add 10 each time, 4, 14, 24 etc). What do you notice? Which number changes when you add 10? Why is that? Now start with some other numbers. Is the pattern the same? 

And now for some good old paper and pencil practice. When you are figuring out these problems, think about that 100s chart, are you adding tens? Is there an easy way to do that? What about the sharks, when you had to count those blocks, did you count by 10s or 1s? Can that help you with the problems?

CLICK HERE for the complete set, but just do page 1, we'll work on the rest later. 

Hello & Welcome Back!

It's super cold out today, so let's warm up with this game...

Play just one round of level 1 Place Values

CLICK HERE

Ok, now that you're all toasty warm, take a look at this video about adding double digit numbers, watch carefully because you'll be doing some next. You can watch it as many times as you want. Isn't the internet great?

CLICK HERE

Feel ready to try some on your own? Print this out and give it a whirl! 

Addition Sheet, click me.

It's Friday and you've earned a break! Check back on Monday for more mathy fun (yes, that is a thing). If you really can't wait until then, practice some multiplication facts with the fun games on the right ------->

Hello Third Grade Mathematicians!

Today we are going to practice place value with a fun game!

Please find one person to play Close to 100 with you.

Here are the directions...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7CtigGpIfcOdHlINHBmTy1Pb0k/view?usp=sharing


Here is the recording sheet...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7CtigGpIfcOSndyZUhWZXhiN2s/view?usp=sharing



When you are done, here is a fun game you can play as a reward...

Click HERE

It's perfect to go with all the snow we have! A little tip, on the third level click on the mammath (get it, mamMATH? Ha!) to slow him down.

Have fun and check back tomorrow!

Happy Summer!

Happy Last Day of School!  As we head into summer, I'll try to post some fun math activities that are travel friendly. Here is a link to a video description of a War card game using even and odd numbers. All you'll need is a deck of cards (you can buy them on Amazon by clicking the link to the right). Click on the picture for directions.

App Review

Hello!

Summer is just around the corner and so are those long car rides! How about putting those ipads to use learning some math!

This post is the first in what I hope will be a series of app reviews to help you decide which Math apps are worth your child's time. All the apps I will review are free, but some may include the option to upgrade for a cost.

Be sure to check the settings on you child's ipad and set your preferences for in-app purchases.

The fist App up is...

Splash Math!

This App requires you to create an account. This is done simply with a parent email address. If you don't want emails from them, you could always create a gmail account and use it uniquely to register things like free Apps.

Practice in subjects like addition, subtraction, place value, telling time, geometry, data and graphs for Grades 1-5. The graphics in this game are cute, but somewhat geared towards younger children. The games have a 'daily limit' of how much you can play and then it requires a purchased upgrade.

The younger grades have the directions read to them, which is helpful. In general, this game offers very simple practice with age appropriate skills. For Kilmer Students, after practicing for a bit at grade level,  you may want to have them go a grade up for a little more challenge.

Splash Math will generate parents reports giving you time on task, scores, and performance by topic.

For this App my overall rating is a 3 out of 5 stars. 

It's Ok, but the simplicity of the skills and the limited time play keep it from being 4 stars.