Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Zucchini Bread Recipe Problems

Intro

Hi, I’m Aram, and we are learning about solving real-life cooking problems. I made these problems so you can try out the problems that we are doing.

Amounts

Sugar: 2/3 cup
Crushed pineapple: 8 ½ cups

Problems

Problem 1:
Bob needs to make 10 loaves of zucchini bread. How much sugar does Bob need (not powdered sugar)?

Problem 2:
Rick forgot to buy crushed pineapple.  The cans of crushed pineapple are 17 oz. cans. If Rick is making 2 loaves (1 batch), how much crushed pineapple is left over?

Leave your answer below in the comment section.

Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookie Math

Hello. My name is Adam and I’m studying word problems. Today I’m going to show you how math can help you in real life.  This is also why I made these problems. Now here are some examples.

PROBLEM # 1       Q. Fred wants to bake Peanut Butter-Pretzel Cookies for his party. He wants to have to start baking as late as possible. One batch makes 48 cookies and takes 30 minutes to cook. If the party is at 2:30 and 240 people are coming to his party and each person will want one cookie, what time does he have to start cooking?

PROBLEM # 2     Q. Grace loves Peanut Butter-Pretzel Cookies. If she sees her sister add 14 cups of crushed mini pretzels, and there are 2 cups of crushed mini pretzels in one batch, how many batches is she making?

Comment with your answer. We'll be back with the answers later.  

We're back!

It's a new school year and we're back with a new group of awesome fourth grade blog contributors. First up, some cooking problems. Next up salaries and taxes and other "grown up" sorts of things. Let us know what you think!

The Beating Stick Math Team

Monday, May 23, 2011

How long do you live?

How Long You Really Live

Hi, my name is Angelina, and I’m going to teach you how many hours you live, how many minutes you live, how many days you live, etc.
            Everybody lives for about 75 years in a lifetime. To find out how many days you live, you would do 75 (years you live) x 365 (days per year), and it equals 27,375. Therefore, you live for about 27,375 days. To find out how many hours you live, you would have to multiply 27,375 (days you live) by 24 (hours per day), to equal about 657,000 hours in your lifetime. Next, do 657,000 (hours you live) by 60 (minutes per day) to find out how many minutes you live, and 657,000 x 60 = 39,420,000 minutes in an average lifetime. Finally, multiply 39,420,000 (minutes in a lifetime) by 60 (seconds per day) to equal 2,365,200,000 seconds you live in your lifetime.

Here is the chart to show you how many years, days, hours, minutes, and seconds you live:


Years
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
75
27,375
657,000
39,420,000
2,365,200,000


Friday, May 20, 2011

The Next 50 Fibonacci Numbers

It's Angelina again and here's the next 50 Fibonacci numbers.


Next 50 Fibonacci Numbers

51     20365011074 
52     32951280099 

53     53316291173 

54     86267571272 

55     139583862445 

56     225851433717 

57     365435296162 

58     591286729879 

59     956722026041 

60     1548008755920 

61     2504730781961 
                                            
62     4052739537881 

63     6557470319842 

64     10610209857723 

65     17167680177565 

66     27777890035288 

67     44945570212853 

68     72723460248141 

69     117669030460994 

70     190392490709135 

71     308061521170129 

72     498454011879264 

73     806515533049393 

74     1304969544928657 

75     2111485077978050 

76     3416454622906707 

77     5527939700884757 

78     8944394323791464 

79     14472334024676221 

80     23416728348467685 

81     37889062373143906 

82     61305790721611591 

83     99194853094755497 

84     160500643816367088 

85     259695496911122585 

86     420196140727489673 

87     679891637638612258 

88     1100087778366101931 

89     1779979416004714189 

90     2880067194370816120 

91     4660046610375530309 

92     7540113804746346429
93     12200160415121876738
94     19740274219868223167
95     31940434634990099905 

96     51680708854858323072
97     3621143489848422977
98     135301852344706746049
99     218922995834555169026 

100   354224848179261915075


Can you tell we like Fibonacci numbers? We've learned some really neat stuff about it and we'll be sharing even more soon. Stay tuned!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

First 50 Fibonacci Numbers

I'm Angelina and Will's post about Fibonacci Numbers inspired me to find out the first 50 in the series. I did the math for all of them and it took FOREVER! Okay, not really forever, but it took a looooong time. Here they are:

 Start    0
 1st       1
 2nd      1
 3rd      2
 4th        3
 5th        5
 6th        8
 7th        13
 8th        21
 9th        34
 10th      55
 11th      89
 12th      144
 13th      233
 14th      377
 15th      610
 16th      987
 17th      1597
 18th      2584
 19th      4181
 20th      6765
 21st      10946
 22nd      17711
 23rd      28657
 24th      46368
 25th      75025
 26th      121393
 27th      196418
 28th      317811
 29th      514229
 30th      832040
 31st      1346269
 32nd      2178309
 33rd      3524578
 34th      5702887
 35th      9227465
 36th      14930352
 37th      24157817
 38th      39088169
 39th      63245986
 40th      102334155
 41st      165580141
 42nd      267914296
 43rd      433494437
 44th      701408733
 45th      1134903170
 46th      1836311903
 47th      2971215073
 48th      4807526976
 49th      7778742049
 50th      12586269025

Maybe you can come up with the next 50...or maybe not! :)

How Many Seconds?

Hi I'm Will. I was interested in how many seconds were in different periods of time. So I figured it out.

1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 3,600 seconds
1 day = 8,640 seconds
1 week = 604,800 seconds
1 year = 31,556,926 seconds
5 years = 157,784,630 seconds
10 years = 315,569,260 seconds
50 years = 1,577,846,300 seconds
100 years = 3,155,692,600 seconds
1,000 years = 31,556,926,600 seconds
10,000 years = 315,569,260,000 seconds
100,000 years = 3,155,692,600,000 seconds

WOAH!

What do you notice? Do you see any patterns? How did I figure this out?

Read This! Monster Money Book

I'm Miranda and I read Monster Money Book by Loreen Leedy.

The Monster Money Book

This book is mostly about money. It talks about how to save money and teaches you different money vocabulary like deposit and savings. It also teaches how to add money and coins. This is a good book if you want to learn how to be money smart.

Roman Numeral Fun

Here are some common Roman Numerals:

I = 1
II = 2
III =3
IV = 4
V = 5
X = 10
XII = 12
L = 50
C = 100
D = 500
M = 1,000

You can even do basic math with Roman Numerals:

I x L = L (50)
X + X = XX (20)
L + C = LC (150)
I + V + X = XVI (16)

These are Roman Numerals. Usually Americans would use Arabic Numerals (1, 2, 3...) but there's an older number system, it's Roman Numerals! They were made in Greece. Even though we normally use Arabic Numerals, we sometimes see Roman Numerals. For example: we write World War I and World War II instead of World War 1 and World War 2. Using Roman Numerals can be fun, give it a try!
--Morgan and McKenna

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Interactive Probability Game

My name is Will and I am teaching how to figure out the probability of you picking different cards out of a bag. I am teaching this with a PowerPoint (which my teacher turned into an easily downloadable PDF file). I chose to teach it this way because it's interactive and a teacher could go as fast or as slow as she/he could manage with his/her class. I liked making this PowerPoint because I wasn't working on math worksheets (haha).





*Beating Stick Math Team Note: This game could be used whole class to reinforce basic probability concepts. It could also be used in small group centers. Another option would be to print the slides. Please feel free to use this game anyway you see fit. If you find a new and creative way to use it, please leave us a comment telling us how you used it.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

What is a Fibonacci Number?

A Fibonacci Number is a part of a set of numbers adding up the number before them starting with 1 + 1. The sum is the next number in the series.

Here is an example:

1 + 1 = 2
2 + 1 = 3
3 + 2 = 5
5 + 3 = 8
8 + 5 =13
13 + 8 = 21
and so on...

Can you figure out the next ten Fibonacci numbers in the series? Post your answers below.

Thanks,
Will

Monday, April 25, 2011

Video Preview: Percentages

We are learning about percents. To show our learning we are making a video about tips and tax at a restaurant. We are giving you a little sneak peek of our video. So, four people go to a restaurant and buy orange juice, two sodas, a fruit bowl, mini hotdogs, steak mashed potatoes and peas, pizza and fries,  a sandwich and fries, burger and fries, 3 doughnuts, pie slice, and ice-cream. If the subtotal is $36.00 and pay 7% tax and we leave a 15% gratuity (a fancy word for tip), what is the total cost of our dinner?

Post your guesses in the comments below, and stay tuned for our video.

Thanks,
Caroline, Cal, Morgan, Albert, Justin, Michael

Friday, April 15, 2011

Read This! Inch Worm and a Half

Lorenzo and Morgan each read Inchworm and a Half by Elinor J. Pinczes.

Inchworm and A Half

Here are their write ups:

Hi! I'm Lorenzo and I read Inchworm and a Half which is about an inchworm who can't measure everything so he gets a 1/2 inchworm. They still can't measure everything, so they get a 1/3 inchworm. They can't measure everything so they get a 1/4 inchworm. Finally they can measure everything. I found it interesting that he didn't need a 1/5 inchworm becuase there are so many different sizes in a garden. The book teaches you about fractions and different sizes.

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This book teaches small children fractions and how to measure. It teaches you that you can split an inch into four, three, and two. The rhyming words get stuck in your head so you will remember the important things in measuring. The inchworm is measuring things with her body but she comes to some things she cannot measure. Then a smaller worm comes along and asks what's wrong. Shes says, "I canot measure a length it spoils my fun if a length cannot be done." The half inch worm explains, "I am half your size so I could do it." So they run along measuring fruits and they come to something the half inchworm cannot measure. Then a third inchworm comes along and says, "what's wrong?" "I cannot measure a fruit." "I am exactly a third of an inch So maybe I can measure the rest of it." The trip looped on measuring fruits and vegetables until they came to something even the third inchworm could not measure. "How very absurd! Not even one third." "Here maybe I can help. I am one fourth of an inch." So they kept on adding worms.

By: Morgan

Read This! 12 Ways to Get to 11

I'm Caroline and I read a book called 12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merrian.

12 Ways To Get To 11 (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)



Can you think of 12 ways to get to 11 using addition? To get you started here is one way: 5 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 11. Comment below with the other ways.

Read This! Chimp Math

Today I read a book called Chimp Math by Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy Bickel. This book is about a chimp that had to be taken care of by people because he when he was born he was much smaller than an average baby chimp and his mother ignored him. This book also uses timelines and charts to show how the baby chimp grew. I found this book interesting because it uses an animal rescue as an example to teach you about timelines and charts.

By: Sydney

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Read This! Ten Black Dots

Hi! It's Caroline again. I also read a book called Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews.


Ten Black Dots

In the back of the book it shows a graph like this:

1   *
2   **
3   ***
4   ****
5   *****
6   ******
7   *******
8   ********
9   *********
10 **********

How many dots are there? How many dots would there be if the graph went to 50? Explain how you found the answers.

Read This! Spaghetti and Meatballs for All

Hi, I'm Albert and I read Spaghetti and Meatballs for All by Marilyn Burns.

Spaghetti And Meatballs For All! (Scholastic Bookshelf: Math Skills)

This book is about a couple who wants to host a dinner party for 32 people. They rent 8 tables and 32 chairs and try to set them up so each table has 4 chairs.  First they set up the tables so 8 tables form a 1x8 rectangle but that only seats 18 people. They kept trying different options to get all 32 people seated. Finally they set up the 8 tables seperately so that there were 4 chairs at each table and since 8x4= 32 all the people could sit.

This book teaches about perimeter by showing that if the tables were connected, less people could sit down but by having them seperate, more people can fit which means the perimeter is greater.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Read This! A Remainder of One

Michael and Will both read A Remainder of One by Elinor K. Pinczes.


Here's what they wrote:

A Remainder of OneThis book is about an army of 25 trying to divide the soldiers into even lines. Joe is left behind because there is a remainder of 1. He was left behind because the army tried lines of 4, 6, and 8, and each time there was a remainder of 1. Then they tried lines of 5. Then the lines are even because 5 x 5 = 25. I found it interesting that Joe didn't suggest to march in lines of 5 in the beginning. This book teaches about dividing with a remainder. By: Michael

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I'm Will and I read a book called A Remainder of One. This is about how if you divide 25 by 2, 3, or 4 you have a remainder of one but if you divide it by 5 you get 5 without a remainder. I found it interesting that 24 would divide evenly by 1, 2, 3, or 4 but not 5. This book teaches that all numbers can be divided by something.

Read This! One Hundred Hungry Ants

I read One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes. In this book one hundred ants are marching to a picnic. The smallest ant keeps thinking they are going too slow and keeps arranging all the ants into more and more rows. Since that won't make them go any faster, they loose time and when they get to the picnic there isn't any food left because the other animals ate it. It was interesting that the ants actually thought that making more rows would make them go faster. This book teaches you the different ways you can divide 100 evenly.

By: Cal

One Hundred Hungry Ants

Read This! Polar Bear Math

Hi! I'm Amanda and I am the beating stick math teacher. The other day the kids and I decided to read different math books and then share with you what we learned. I asked them to share the title, author, a summary of the book, and what we learned from reading the book. We had fun completing this activity! I know teachers usually just watch their students complete assignments, but I saw a book that really caught my eye and I decided to complete the activity too. Here's my write up:

I choose to read the book Polar Bear Math: Learning about Fractions from Klondike and Snow by Ann Whitehead Nagada and Cindy Bickel.

Polar Bear Math: Learning About Fractions from Klondike and Snow

I was so excited when I saw this book because I remember when Klondike and Snow were born at the Denver Zoo. Their mom abandoned them and the zoo keepers had to take care of them. Klondike, Snow, and their caregivers received a lot of attention from the media (meaning they were on the news). Here is more about their story if you are interested. This book teaches fractions through the real life needs (making formula, the caretaker's schedule) of these two polar bears. It was really interesting to me to see just how fractions are used in real life. It's funny, because I tell my students all the time about how fractions are used in the real world, but it is so neat to actually see them in action. Also, I learned something neat. Did you know that 2/3 of all polar bears give birth to twin polar bear babies? That means for every three mommy polar bears five baby polar bears are born! That's kind of crazy! I really enjoyed reading Klondike and Snow's story and learning about fractions too. This book is great for kids just learning about fractions and for kids who like learning about animals too.

We hope you enjoy our book reviews, and hopefully you will find them helpful.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Discounts!

We've been learning about percentages and shopping discounts. After solving several "percent off" porblems, we created our own. Here they are:

1. Leo dcided to buy 12 dog bowls for a dog show. Each dog bowl cost $10. The store had a 10% discount. How much did she end up paying after the discount? (By: Angelina)

2. To get 5 of Adam's lollypops it costs $2. If I promise not to raid Adam's room for one week, the lollypops will be 15% off. How much will they cost if I do not raid his room for a week? (By: Sydney, Adam's sister)

3. You can get a dog for 8 payments of $480. If you want to pay for the dog all at once, you will get a 25% discount. How much would the dog cost if you pay for it all at once? (By: Will)

4. At Southern Season you bought a jar of ketchup that originally cost $4. It was in the "Summer Sale" bin and marked "25% off." How much did you actually pay for the ketchup? (By: Michael)

5. Joe wanted to buy a apartment that cost $20,000. He happened to have a apartment coupon, so he got 10% off the price. How much did he save? How much did it cost with after the discount? (By: Justin)

6. Fred is selling a 100 crate gold bar. He says you can give him $1,000,000 or give him a sandwich and get a 35% discount. How much money would the gold bar cost if you give Fred the sandwich first? (By: Albert)

Try some of them out and post your answers below.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

A Multiplication Problem

Hi! We're Kevin and Simon. This is the equation 11 x 32 = 352 using inch cubes. We did this by combining Justin, Jackson, and Ari's idea (see the Centimeter Cube Challenge) but with inch cubes. First we solved the problem and then turned the inch cubes into numbers. Then we finished the problem and took a picture. Here it is: 

Exploring Area

Last week we explored area. We were given a certain area and then asked to create a geometric shape on a geoboard to represent that area. We then had to color in our shape on grid paper. Here is some of our work:



This irregular polygon has an area of 8.5 square inches



This irregular polygon has an area of 7 square inches

This irregular polygon has an area of 10 square inches


Here is one sample of completed work.
This student chose to label each square so that it was very clear what the area was.


Here is another work sample.
You can see there are some irregular polygons and two rectangles.

We noticed that there are often many ways to represent the same area. For example if you are making a figure with an area of 12 square inches, you could have a 1" x 12" rectangle, 3" x 4" rectangle, or a 2" x 6" rectangle. It is also possible to create an irregular polygon with an area of 12 square inches.

We also noticed that when working backwards from a given area, the rectangles you can make are the same as the factors for that number. For example, the factors of 12 are 1 and 12, 3 and 4, and 2 and 6. We also made a connection between area and arrays (a way we use to solve multiplication problems before we memorized our math facts). It is neat to see how it all goes together.

Is there anything you notice that you would like to share with us?

A Geoboard Sea Monster!!!

Hi! I'm Jackson! This is a design I made our of four 5 by 5 geoboards and a bunch of rubber bands making a sea monster with a line of symmetry down the middle. The main body is a huge reqular octobon, one swuare, and eight right triangles. The head/mouth is made of ten right triangles, two parallelograms, and three straight red lines. The tail was made of one long straight yellow line, two parallelograms, and three triangles. Each arm is made of one right triangle, two squares, one tall trapezoid, and four green lines.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Accuracy and Precision

I cannot explain this without examples, so here is one.

A man is throwing darts at a dart board. All his darts land in a cluster, each dart within a milimeter away from each other, but far away from the bullseye. He is very precise, but not very accurate.

Here is another example: Your scale at home says you weigh 81 pounds. Then you got to a chekc up at the doctor's office and the doctor's scale says you weigh 81.4 pounds. Both scales are accurate, but the doctor's scale is more precise because it can measure more after the decimal point than your scale at home. 81 pounds is still accurate, but 81.4 pounds is more precise. Your scale weighed to the best of its abilities, wich, in this case, has nothing after the decimal point. But if your scale says you weigh 8 pounds, that is not accurate because accuracy comes before the decimal point. Precision comes after the decimal point. 1.000 is not more accurate than 1, but it is more precise because the more digits there are after the decimal point, the more precise that number is.

Confused yet? Oh, and what does this mean for what we told you about pi and using 3.14 to solve problems?

Alana

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Area and Perimeter

Hi everybody-                              
         We wrote perimeter and area out of geoboards.      



The perimeter is the distance around the shape.  To find the perimeter you add up all of the side’s length and see how large the perimeter is. 

The area is multiply the height and the base for a rectangle, square, or parallelogram or you multiply the height and the base divided by two for a triangle.

Thanks!
David, Zachary, and Christopher


Centimeter Cube Challenge

Hi everybody-
                I’m Justin and I decided to make a project with my friends, Ari and Jackson. We decided to write “CENTIMETER CUBES” out of centimeter cubes and “INCH CUBES” out of inch cubes. (Get it?)We were inspired by our teacher, Amanda. She was teaching a lesson about centimeter cubes and finding the area and perimeter. We completed this task in about eight days. We decided to write “INCH CUBES” after we wrote “CENTIMETER CUBES”.

So what is the surface area of the centimeter cubes? What's the perimeter? What is the surface area of the inch cubes? How about the perimeter? Don't forget to use the correct units to label your answer!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Speedy Sam

Hi. I'm Alana and this is a math game we sometimes play in our class called Speedy Sam.

Two players stand back to back and a third person, the caller, calls a math fact SLOWLY. As each part of the fact is called, each player takes a step forward. Then, after the word "equals" is called, the players whirl around and shout the answer as quickly as possible. The person who says the correct answer first is the winner and another challenger steps up to try to beat them.

For example, if the fact is 3 x 6, the caller would say each part separately. The caller says "3." The players take a step. The caller says "times." The players take a second step. The caller says "6." The players take a third step. The caller says "equals." The players take a fourth step, turn around, and yell the answer.

We plan on making a video demonstrating Speedy Sam. Until we get it made and posted, please comment if you are still confused.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Circles and Pie

Okay not Pie, Pi!

Hi I'm Will and I'm going to show teach you about finding the area of a circle.
Here's the formula: A = Pi times r squared  or in words, Area equals pi times radius squared

Let's say the radius of a circle is 3 cm.
First multiply the radius by the radius. 3 x 3 =9
Then multiply this answer by 3.14 (the short version of pi). 9 x 3.14 = 28.26 cm.
So your answer is the area of a circle with a radius of 3 cm is 28.26 cm.

Here's some words to rememember when you are solving the area of a circle:
Pi is 3.141592... when solving math problems we use 3.14
Formula- a way of finding the perimeter, area, etc.
Radius- line from the center point of a circle to a point on the outside of the circle

Now makes some example of your own, and share them with us by leaving them in a comment below.

Thanks!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Random Math Facts

Did you know?

1. 

This symbol, pi, is equal to 3.14159265358979323846....












2. A sphere has two sides. However, they are one sided surfaces.

3. Among all shapes with the same perimeter, a circle has the largest area.

Do you have any random math facts? Share them below.

Thanks,
Will

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Screen Casting: Basics of Multiplication

Hi! We're Ari and Lena. We created a screen casting to teach you some basics about multiplication. We hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching!

Screen Casting: More Lattice

We're Morgan and McKenna and we created this screen casting to teach how to solve multiplication problems using the lattice method. Enjoy!

Screen Casting: Comparing Fractions

My name is Sydney and I am teaching how to compare fractions. To teach this I made a screen casting because with screen casting I can narrate the movie. A challenge I had was I could not clearly narrate the movie. To solve the problem I selected a different microphone to record my voice. I enjoyed this project because it was not too hard, but it was kind of challenging.

Screen Casting: Adding Fractions

My name is Alana and I will be teaching you how to add fractions with this screen casting. I chose to make a screen casting because I had only done it once and I wanted to do a harder, more complicated one. First I made the slides with the Smart Notebook on the laptop. Then I recorded my voice to the slides, but it was too quiet and there were lots of background noises. At the end I rerecorded it in a closed room and I spoke louder. Some parts of this project were frustrating and hard, but in general it was fun.

Movie Time! Converting Fractions to Decimals

Hi! I’m Cal, and I’ll be teaching you how to convert fractions into decimals. I’ll be teaching this through a PowerPoint, which I converted into a video. I chose to teach it this way because I thought it would work very well. A challenge for me was how to convert my PowerPoint into a video. I overcame it by asking Katie, the computer person, if she could help. I liked this project because it’s better than math pages and I like technology and would like to learn more about it.

Screen Casting: Equivalent Fractions

Hi! I’m Caroline and I am going to teach you about equivalent fractions. I made a screen casting video. I made a screen casting video because I wanted to talk and give time for the people understand what I was talking about . A challenge I had was when I was trying to preview it didn’t work when I was logged in as anyone else. It only worked when I was logged in, because I forgot to finish it! I enjoyed  this project because I love to see other people’s work, and I thought it was a lot of fun.




Movie Time! Pattern Block Equivalencies

Hi-
I’m Justin and I’m teaching you about equivalent fractions. I’m going to teach you this by making a stop-motion video with pattern blocks. I decided to teach you by making a stop-motion because it was a very good way to teach you for the topic Amanda assigned me.  I thought this was hard because I had troubles trying to get the text onto the pictures. I ended up fixing it in PowerPoint.  I liked this because I enjoyed being able to make a stop-motion video.


Screen Casting: What is One?

Hi! I’m Ana. Today I will be teaching you about if you have a fraction how to figure out what is one whole. Here is an example:

23 goldfish are equal to one fourth of the goldfish, and you have to figure out how many goldfish there are in all? Watch the video and try to answer the question, then after enough people have guessed, I’ll tell you.

I decided to make a screen casting video because I think that it is the best way for people to absorb the math in it. The process was hard but fun. The first thing I had to do was create the slides, that took up a lot of my time because I had to do it on a laptop not the smart board (which by far is easier). Then I got to record on the smart board but you couldn’t here me so I had to re-record with some struggles because it wasn’t on the right microphone (Katie helped me with that). Then I picked music, made credits and edited. I had a lot of fun and I hope you will to with all our new fraction entrees. So I hope you enjoy the video.
                                                 
                                       -Ana

P.S. Kaite is spelled  in the videos credits (is supposed to be spelled Katie)

Friday, February 25, 2011

Movie Time! Fractions of Whole Numbers

        Hi, I’m Michael. I’m teaching about fractions of whole numbers. I made a power point and turned it into a movie. The reason I chose to make a power point was because I thought it would be easier to learn with each step on a different slide. I had trouble getting music for my video. Katie showed me how to fix it. I liked this project, because I liked the fact that I‘m teaching.            


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Another Logic Puzzle

Everybody-
Remember the other logic puzzle I made? Well, here’s a new one. Your mission is to figure out what Laurie, Bill, Joseph, and Anna’s favorite flavors of ice cream are. (Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and mint chocolate chip.) Here are your clues:
Laurie likes something with chocolate IN it.
Joseph’s favorite flavor is fruit flavored.
Bill’s preferred ice cream is usually white.
NOTE: Last time I forgot to tell you that each person can only have one favorite.
             -Justin