®Mom and Dad's Corner
® During Welleby's recent parent
workshops for Reading, Writing, and Math, many parents asked for a way
to electronically download the hundred square that students use to
practice addition and multiplication facts while racing against the
clock. By clicking on the following links, you can download
and save to your computer hard drive several versions of the
squares.
double_hundred_square.pdf
twenty-five_square.pdf
sixteen_square.pdf
nine_square.pdf
Traditionally, our second
semester First Graders and all Second Graders begin the process with 9
square, 16 square, and 25 square grids before moving
on to a full hundred square for addition. Times appropriate to
shoot for are 1 minute for a nine square, 1.5 minutes for a sixteen
square, and 2.5 minutes for a 25 square. April/May second
graders should be completing an addition hundred square in
6 to 7 minutes or less error free.
September third graders should be completing an
addition hundred square error free in 5 minutes or less. Once
multiplication strategies have been thoroughly taught and practiced,
third graders should be able to complete a hundred square in 5 minutes
or less by the end of the school year. All fourth and fifth
graders should be able to complete a multiplication hundred square
error free in three minutes or less. Welleby currently has two
4th grade classes with 100% of the class under 3 minutes and many of
the students under 2. One of Welleby's fifth grade girls
holds the school record for a hundred square with a blistering
time of 57 seconds error free.
As new or useful web sites
come online, Mister Goodmath will provide links that will enable you to
visit them from your home. The Florida Department of Education http://www.fldoe.org is a site you
need to bookmark on your computer. It contains thousands of
documents that will supply you with answers to any question you may
have concerning K-12 education in the state of Florida.
Very helpful to parents are
the Sunshine State Standard's, Grade
Level Expectations http://www.firn.edu/doe/curric/prek12/index.html
which tell you in easily understandable language, what your student is
expected to learn in mathematics during their current year in
school. Once on this page, proceed to the table and click on the
green button opposite Mathematics for the grade level you want and
download the file to your hard drive for reading or printing.
FCAT Explorer (the Math
Station) http://fcatexplorer.com
provides comprehensive practice with the math benchmarks tested on the
5th grade FCAT. With a colorful, appealing interface, the Math Station
includes over 150 context-rich practice problems and five
benchmark-based math games. In addition, the Math Station offers hints
for incorrect answer choices and detailed correct answer
explanations. Students can also use their login and password for
much more. The user information is their last name plus first
initial of their first name and the password is the first four letters
of their last name plus a 2 digit birth month plus a 2 digit birth day.
Our new math series, Harcourt
Math, is now
available online. The children no longer need to carry their math
book home to complete homework. Using you favorite internet
browser, log onto http://www.eharcourtschool.com/index.jsp
and type in the username and password that was sent home with students
several months ago. My Subscriptions will appear. Click on
"Go to the Online eBook." You will see drop down menus, on for
the chapter and one for the lesson. Use the drop down menu to
choose the lesson, click "Go", and you're on your way.
There are two incredible
sites for virtual manipulatives that you must visit. Plan on
having lots of time because you'll want to play for several hours at
each site. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics hosts
a site called Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/
offering virtual manipulatives that parallel the manipulatives your
child's teacher uses every day in school. You'll find everything
from money to clocks, geoboards, pattern blocks, math balances, and
tons more. Utah State University hosts another interactive math
activities site called the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
that allows students to explore and visualize abstract math
concepts. You'll have loads of fun with these two sites.
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