Comparing Decimals & Fractions: 8/29/11 to 9/2/11

Comparing decimals & fractions: Test FRIDAY! September 2!


5.2.9 Compare whole numbers, decimals and fractions using the symbols < (less than) , > (greater than), and =.
Tips: The MOST important step is to LINE up the decimals and numbers to ensure proper comparison between decimals. Children often want to say that since there are more numbers on the decimal side that it automatically makes it the decimal bigger. That is not the case with decimals.

Ordering Numbers:

Greatest ---> Least  12.9, 12.7, 11.4, 10.2, 10.1, 9.0

Least --> Greatest 1.5, 1.52, 1.6, 2.3, 2.31, 3, 4.5

Comparing Numbers:

3.99999999999999 < 4
0.9999999 <1
9.97654 > 9.97653
0.4= 0.40
1/4 > 0.33
5/6< 0.999



They will also have a LOT of mixed comparisons with decimals AND fractions!


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Adding & Subtracting Decimals and Estimating 8/22/11 to 8/26/11

SPI 0506.2.5 Solve addition and subtraction problems involving both fractions and decimals.

We will be adding & subtracting decimals this week as well as using our rounding, truncating skills to give approximate estimates


On TCAP, students will need to know how to add and subtract problems with decimals and fractions in the same problem as well as just decimals and just fractions.
 
Students will also need to estimate sums & differences for TCAP.

SPI 0506.1.2 Estimate fraction and decimal sums or differences

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Continuing Place Value! 8/15/2011 to 8/19/2011

We are continuing to work on place value!
Monday: Review concepts
Tuesday: Place Value Bingo & ActivBoard
Wednesday: Place Value Stations
Thursday: Jeopardy review 
Friday: TEST!!!

Please check out our ONLINE MATH BOOK to help study & checking out test like questions!

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Place Value: 8/9/11 to 8/12/11

This week we will be working on place value. Students are to be able read and write whole numbers up to the hundred millions (100,000,000) and decimal numbers as small as millionths (0.000001). They will also have to be able to recognize place value in a variety of on contexts.

Sample Problems:

1. Q. How do you write ten million, one hundred twenty thousand, thirty in standard form? A. 10,120,030
2. Q. How do you write 987,002,620 in written form? nine hundred eighty seven million, two thousand, six hundred twenty A.
3. Q. How to you write two hundred twenty four thousandths in standard form? A. 0.224
4. Q. How do you write 0.000009 in written form? A. nine millionths

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Coming up!

Monday we will be doing DIBELS testing.

Tuesday will be our 1st day switching classes! Students will be seperated into four groups! Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, & Group 4.


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