Area Math Chant

We added another math chant a couple of weeks ago for "area".  This one is different from the one we have done the past two years.  Don't forget, Studio 214, "area is length times width!"

Spring Carnival at CCES!

We had our spring carnival at CCES last night and it was so much fun!  There were a few different booths this year that students could visit such as the photo booth, the jail, and the ping-pong toss where you could win baby chicks and fish to take home as pets!  Here are some pictures from members of our class that came by the jail.  Our school raised a lot of money and we had a great turnout.  Thank you for coming out!

Reptile Review

Today we have been reviewing mammals and reptiles and lucky for us, Ms. Paulette brought her pet snake to share with our class!  I touched the snake, which was the first time I had ever touched a living snake, and it felt completely different than what I thought it would feel like.  It was really cool!

Rock This Test!

We're gonna ROCK this K-PREP test!  Ms. Valerie made this video of third, fourth, and fifth grade students for our pep rally today- the students loved it!

April Students of the Week

These students represented our class for April's students of the week.  They have worked hard to complete all their work and to remember our rules and procedures in Studio 214.  Keep up the good work!

Hillshire Farm- GO MATH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8_wr0tGP_0&feature=related

We used this commercial to create a chant like the Hillshire Farm commercial to remember the difference between factors and multiples.  I don't know about you, but I love funny commercials and they get stuck in my head!  I got the idea from attending the Kentucky Math Conference.  At a session we attended, the presenter suggested using tv shows, commercials, and songs or anything in pop culture to tie in content curriculum because in general, students watch television so often that when they see those things at home at night, it would remind them of what we studied at school!  Genius! 

The students helped write this chant and they did a great job!  I hope you enjoy and don't forget the difference between a factor and a multiple! 

Here are the lyrics to the chant if you would like to use it.  One person leads the chant, while the rest of the class repeats.

Go Math!  Go Math!

I say let's multiply,

I say let's multiply.

I say let's multiply the factors and get the multiples.

When I say mutiply, you say factors.

Multiply- factors.

Go MATH!

Planting Seeds

We are learning about plants and used our school green house to plant some seeds to watch them grow.  There is an experiment ongoing to see what happens with plants that do not receive water or sunlight.  Students made their predictions and we will test their hypothesis to see if they are correct!