Category Archives: Math
Geometry Vocabulary
- Acute Triangle: A triangle that contains only angles less than 90°
- Right Triangle: A triangle that contains one 90º right angle
- Obtuse Triangle: A triangle that contains one angle greater than 90º
- Scalene Triangle: A triangle that has sides of all different lengths
- Isosceles Triangle: A triangle with at least two congruent sides
- Equilateral Triangle: A triangle that has all sides the same length
- polygon: a closed plane figure with sides made from straight line segments
- quadrilateral: a polygon with four sides
- pentagon: A polygon with five sides
- hexagon: A polygon with six sides
- octagon: A polygon with eight sides
- square: a quadrilateral with all sides the same length and all right angles
- parallelogram: a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides
- rectangle: a quadrilateral with all right angles
- rhombus: a quadrilateral with all sides the same length
- trapezoid: A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
- right trapezoid: a trapezoid with one right angle
- kite: a quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of congruent, adjacent sides and diagonals that intersect at a right angle.
- circle: a plane figure with all points the same distance from a fixed point called the center
Multi-Digit Multiplication and Long Division Practice
Right now, Track 4 is working hard on their multi-digit multiplication and long division. This is their first time ever working on problems that require this amount of work, and when you incorporate word problems and high level analytical thinking to the mix, these problems become downright difficult and rigorous.
The students are also struggling with pushing themselves past the problems that we assign for classwork and homework.
The bottom line is that the students need to practice, practice, practice. What do we mean?
1. The students have to know their math facts. We will work minimally on them here in class, but you can supplement at home with flash cards and printable online assessments. If you need help finding these, http://www.math-drills.com is a great little site that we use a lot.
2. They have to practice the old school algorithm in both Multiplication and Division. This is the tried and true method that we worked on as kids. Now, we DO work on other methods in school (area model & base 10 model), but both are pathways to the methods we use. The other methods actually make more sense, but in middle school, they’ll be working on the “regular” methods.
What does practice look like? It doesn’t have to take much time, but 2-4 problems a day would suffice. Repetition is key, as many mistakes are made in these problems because they haven’t formed the correct patterns in solving, or make basic multiplication problems because they haven’t learned their facts yet.
These skills are definitively necessary for math for the rest of their lives!!!
Have a phenomenal day!!!!
Grocery Store Activity 2013
Hello fantastic fifth graders! Keep working hard on those Grocery Store Activities! Make sure the you are creating balanced meals…and be specific!!!!
Here are some websites that can help you on your journey! The Lowe’s Foods and Harris Teeter links can give you specific prices from stores right here in Holly Springs and Fuquay Varina!!!! If you want coupons…find them here as well, but make sure you either print them out (at home), find an ad, or write down the coupon, and the store! You can use any store that’s in the Triangle, and any coupon that works at those stores! Think outside the box!!!! Who can make balanced meals on the lowest budget…that will actually work!!!!!
Krogers
Work Hard shoppers!!!!
More Math Vocabulary
- Circle–A plane figure with all points the same distance from a fixed point, called the center
- Equilateral Triangle–A triangle with sides all the same length
- Hexagon–A polygon with six sides
- Isosceles Triangle–A triangle with two sides the same length
- Kite–A quadrilateral with two distingt pairs of congruent, adjacent sides and diagonals that intersect at a right angle.
- Regular Pentagon–A pentagon with all equal sides and all equal angles
- Scalene Triangle–A triangle with sides of all different lengths.
- trapezoid–A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.
2 Dimensional (2D) Geometry Vocabulary
Polygon–Flat shape with at least three straight line segments and is a closed shape.
Rectangle–A four-sided shape with opposite side parallel and four right angles.
Parallelogram–A figure with opposite sides that are parallel.
Quadrilateral–A four-sided figure that’s a polygon.
Rhombus–A parallelogram with all equal sides.
Square–A parallelogram with four equal sides and four right angles.
Pentagon–A polygon with five sides.
Triangle–A polygon with three sides.
Right Triangle–A triangle with one right angle.
Acute Triangle–A triangle with three acute angles; angles with less than 90 degrees.
Obtuse Triangle–A triangle with one obtuse angle; an angle with more than 90 degrees.
Grocery Store Activity
Hello fantastic fifth graders! Keep working hard on those Grocery Store Activities! Make sure the you are creating balanced meals…and be specific!!!!
Here are some websites that can help you on your journey! The Lowe’s Foods and Harris Teeter links can give you specific prices from stores right here in Holly Springs and Fuquay Varina!!!! If you want coupons…find them here as well, but make sure you either print them out (at home), find an ad, or write down the coupon, and the store! You can use any store that’s in the Triangle, and any coupon that works at those stores! Think outside the box!!!! Who can make balanced meals on the lowest budget…that will actually work!!!!!
Krogers
Work Hard shoppers!!!!
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