Math Nook

We just finished up our Math chapter on rounding numbers and money. That doesn't mean we won't be rounding again since all of these math skills we learn keep showing up in different areas. ;) I found this great website called MathNook (www.mathnook.com) the other day and more specifically the game called "Mathboat". It's a great way to practice the rounding skills we learned. We used our Mimeo interactive whiteboard and my new "toys" (a wireless keyboard and mouse) to project the game on the board and play it! Click HERE to play the game.

 

Some 4th graders playing the rounding game "Mathboat"
using the Mimeo and a wireless keyboard and mouse.
So fun!! :)

Candy Hearts and Coordinate Grids

Today for Math we did some candy heart estimating. I filled three baby food jars with candy hearts and the fourth graders had to guess how many were in the jars. After counting the first jar the kids re-estimated the other two using the information they had from the first one. We discussed what made our guesses more accurate and compared the results.  At the end of the activity they wrote about what they learned...and ate some candy hearts, too! :)

Since the fourth graders enjoyed the coordinate grid pictures we made at Halloween and Christmas time, I decided to give them another chance at it for Valentine's Day. 

Last week when we went to the computer lab the fourth graders used the website ImageChef to create hearts. They typed things that they love and were able to choose the colors and font for their heart. Then, they saved the heart and inserted it into a Kidblog post. Check them out on our Kidblog!