Mrs. Scott's Kids

2010-05-18T05:15:00.000-07:00

Math on the Menu

We will begin our Math on the Menu project this week where students will create their own restaurant! They will create a menu and design their floor plan. We will need these sites . . . Web Quest for Day One. Go to this website for numbers 10-12.. Also on the first day of the unit, students will pick a Mexican Restaurant and plan a meal for under $20 . . . . they can pick from Azteca Mexican Restaurant, Taxco Mexican Restaurant, or
LaPaloma Mexican Restaurant.

2010-04-27T04:45:00.000-07:00

AIRPLANES

This website has several plane designs. Try one.

2010-04-27T04:43:00.000-07:00

KITES

This will be the website you will use to do the web quest.

2010-04-01T10:24:00.000-07:00

MATH REVIEW

You can use the following websites to practice math concepts that have been taught this year.
Place Value- Specific Place Value
Rounding- Fun Brain Rounding
Multiplication- Baseball
Division- Long Division Algorithm
Fractions- Who Wants Pizza?
Decimals- Fixing the Railroad Track
Geometry- Wrap A Package
Measurement- Jack the Builder

2010-03-12T04:55:00.001-08:00

SOUND

Go to this website to do packet page 7. Sources of Sound

LIGHT

We will learn how light behaves. On this website when it asks you to register just click Maybe Later. We will learn how it travels. We will also learn how to separate white light into the colors of the rainbow.

2010-03-12T04:49:00.000-08:00

Angles and Shapes

This site will help you review the types of angles. Try this matching game of angles. This game will give you practice with angles but don't get wet! Go to this website to see how to wrap a package while practicing nets. We will use these sites to learn about nets: Geometric solids at Illuminations and Math Nets Interactive Geometry. If you need extra practice with triangles this is the place. This will give you a little more practice naming those quadrilaterals.

Paper Folding Angles

These will be 2 websites you will visit to practice folding paper to measure angles. You can go to this website to fold paper 30 and 60 degrees. You can go to this website to fold paper 45 and 90 degrees. Make sure you follow the directions. Here is a great site to practice folding airplanes.

2010-03-02T04:48:00.000-08:00

Simple Machines

This website is where you will do the simple machines web quest. Then you may go to
EdHeads.

2010-01-25T10:37:00.000-08:00

Decimals

We are beginning decimals this week! Here are some concepts that we will need to practice: naming decimals, comparing decimals, ordering decimals, adding decimals and subtracting decimals. Have fun fixing the railroad track while adding decimals. If you have trouble converting fractions to decimals try the decifractator! Here is a great concentration game to practice matching tenths to hundredths.

2010-01-04T11:08:00.000-08:00

FRACTIONS

We have learned how to write fractions, using parts of a whole, naming fractions, and visualizing fractions. We have learned how to find equivalent fractions. We have also learned how to find the fractional part of a number, how to change improper fractions to mixed numbers and mixed numbers to improper fractions, and how to add and subtract fractions. This was a neat site to practice changing mixed numbers to improper fractions. Here is another cool site for equivalent fractions. This is a concentration game for equivalent fractions. For a fun way to learn about fractions this is the site to visit.

2009-12-01T05:28:00.003-08:00

Merry Christmas Fun

Tis the season to relax and have fun! Let's decorate a Christmas tree, do some problem solving with Mrs. Claus . Find a friend and play some Tic-Tac-Toe. You can even go Boxing with Santa!
This Frosty game takes some skill, but is fun to play. When you want a challenge try this Christmas Facts quiz. This face game will really test your skills in memory. Hope you enjoy these games. This is the Christmas website for all the games. For some real cold fun you can visit the North Pole! This is a puzzle to put together. To hear the Polar Express go here! Candy Cane Hangman.

2009-12-01T05:23:00.000-08:00

Water Cycle

We will be looking at several sites to learn about the water cycle. This is a great animated site to see the water cycle in motion. This site offers great background information on the definitions to the terms in the water cycle. We will also be do a Mini-Quest on the water cycle. Here is one more site to see the water cycle in motion.

2009-12-01T05:22:00.000-08:00

PICTOGRAPHS

This week we learned how to problem solve using Pictographs. Improve your problem solving skills by creating your own pictograph, playing an interactive game called How it all Stacks up, or see how much you know with this interactive quiz game.

GRAPHING

This website will let you practice making a bar graph. This is a real "buggy game" to practice some graphing on. You can try entering some data here to see if you can make a bar graph match the data! After you have mastered graphs you can go to this website and refresh your understanding on the different types of graphs and then take a quiz to test that knowledge! Good Luck!!

2009-10-27T05:29:00.000-07:00

LONG DIVISION

We are starting long division. This can prove to be troublesome to some. This website will offer practice, but for now stick to the medium and hard. The divider machine will help you with some basic division practice (level 1 & 2). Another division game to practice those skills. This website is a challenge. Try it if you dare !

2009-10-13T05:33:00.000-07:00

Solar System

Here are a couple of websites to review moon phases. This site will show you the how Earth revolves around the sun. You can find information about stars here. This is a great website to learn information about stars. This website will be used as a dictionary for vocabulary. We will learn a little about a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse. If you have ever wondered how the planets compare in size just go here. We will visit this website for research information. Go to this website to color your planets. If there is any time for games this is the website we will use. This will be a long unit so I'm sure there will be more to come. This is the website we used to see how the moon looked on our birthday. This website is where we went to see the moon for the month.

2009-09-22T05:30:00.001-07:00

Plant & Animal Adaptations

We will be doing an activity exploring how a bird's beak is an adaptation. This website will help us with the idea of camouflage. This website will help you identify adaptations of certain animals. We will also be learning some plant adaptations. This game is just for fun on how animals meet their needs. This website will give you an idea of some basic vocabulary needed for this chapter.

2009-09-22T05:28:00.000-07:00

MULTIPLICATION OF LARGER NUMBERS

This week we are starting a new chapter in math. The key to multiplication will be knowing our basic facts. This concentration game will also help you practice your facts. We will be learning how to multiply 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers by playing baseball! Then we will learn how to estimate these larger numbers when we multiply. WOW! This website will help you practice 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. Here is another one to practice 2-digit by 1-digit numbers. This multiplication grid will help you learn those basic facts and discover a hidden picture. We will use this website to practice some mental math/pattern multiplication practice. This website will take you step by step through multiplication.

2009-09-22T05:10:00.001-07:00

MULTIPLICATION

Fact Practice

2009-09-22T05:09:00.001-07:00

ECOSYSTEMS

This website is where you can visit to see different habitats and the animals that live there. Here is another website to learn some more about habitats. This website offers some fun in looking at grassland insects. Have fun!

2009-07-29T18:55:00.000-07:00

Place Value

We will begin our year studying Place Value in math. We will learn the value of each digit up to the millions place. We will learn different forms of writing numbers and practice these by writing a check for a new car! This will be part of our performance assessment for our e-math unit. We will also be comparing numbers by using some of the surrounding counties' populations. Here is another fun site to practice matching standard form to expanded form. This is a fun game to test your skills. This site offers several games to practice our skills learned using place value.
This is a review game for place value that I created. This website will provide some great practice on rounding.

2009-05-12T06:04:00.001-07:00

Tech Lab Fun!

How can I get these cool activities at home?

Most of the activities that you do in Tech Lab this spring are free and available to anyone with internet access. WITH YOUR PARENTS PERMISSION, click the following links to access and DOWNLOAD these free resources . . . Picasa, Photostory, Google Earth, Celestia, the NASA Celestia Exploration Activity, Block CAD, Stellarium, and Google Sketch-Up.

2009-04-22T04:29:00.000-07:00

Math on the Menu

2009-03-31T09:12:00.000-07:00

MATH REVIEW

2009-03-22T16:50:00.000-07:00

Literacy Night

This is the Georgia Online Assessment website with practice tests for math, science, and social studies content. Your user name and password will be grade4. This website offers various interactive tests for math, science, and social studies also. Play this Jeopardy with your child to review math. This website offers many Jeopardy games to use as a review for content taught in 4th grade.

2009-03-19T04:17:00.000-07:00

SOUND

Go to this website to do packet page 7. Sources of Sound

LIGHT

2009-02-25T15:19:00.000-08:00

FRACTIONS

2009-02-25T15:12:00.000-08:00

Simple Machines

Go to this website to complete packet page 14. This website will offer great definitions and examples. This is a crossword puzzle to check your simple machine knowledge.

2009-02-25T15:11:00.000-08:00

Decimals

2009-01-26T17:30:00.000-08:00

Angles and Shapes

2009-01-12T11:27:00.000-08:00

Thirteen Colonies
We will discover the meaning of some of the words they used back in colonial times. You can also go to this site to find words.

2009-01-04T16:29:00.000-08:00

Water Cycle

2009-01-04T16:05:00.000-08:00

Paper Folding Angles

2008-12-16T04:33:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Fun

2008-11-11T05:34:00.000-08:00

LONG DIVISION

2008-11-11T05:19:00.000-08:00

Solar System

2008-10-15T06:01:00.000-07:00

MULTIPLICATION OF LARGER NUMBERS

This week we are starting a new chapter in math. The key to multiplication will be knowing our basic facts. This concentration game will also help you practice your facts. We will be learning how to multiply 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. Then we will learn how to estimate these larger numbers when we multiply. WOW! This website will help you practice 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. Here is another one to practice 2-digit by 1-digit numbers. This multiplication grid will help you learn those basic facts and discover a hidden picture. We will use this website to practice some mental math/pattern multiplication practice.

2008-09-25T04:36:00.000-07:00

Plant & Animal Adaptations

2008-09-12T17:07:00.000-07:00

MULTIPLICATION
Fact Practice

2008-08-27T16:20:00.000-07:00

PICTOGRAPHS

GRAPHING

2008-08-27T16:19:00.000-07:00

EXPLORERS

This week we are studying the Age of Exploration in Social Studies. We will be discussing various explorers including Christopher Columbus. See how well you can find the words we have been talking about on this word search. Want more of a challenge? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

2008-08-26T05:22:00.000-07:00

ECOSYSTEMS

2008-07-31T06:19:00.000-07:00

Place Value

2008-05-05T04:32:00.000-07:00

Math on the Menu

We will begin our Math on the Menu project this week where students will create their own restaurant! They will create a menu and design their floor plan. Finally, they will create a PowerPoint to share with their classmates. We will need these sites . . . Web Quest for Day One. Go to this website for numbers 10-12.. Also one the first day of the unit, students will pick a Mexican Restaurant and plan a meal for under $20 . . . . they can pick from Azteca Mexican Restaurant, Taxco Mexican Restaurant, or
LaPaloma Mexican Restaurant.

2008-04-21T08:03:00.000-07:00

Kites

We can look here for some fun history on kites. This site we will go to and do our webquest on kites. During this week we will design a kite and build a kite. Professor Kite will give you some hints on the perfect kite. NASA even has information on kites. This site all kinds of information on kites.

2008-03-24T05:58:00.000-07:00

Ecosystems

We will use this game to review for our test.

2008-03-11T06:11:00.000-07:00

Fractions
See how rich you can get!

2008-02-13T07:42:00.000-08:00

Simple Machines

Go to this website to complete packet page 6.

2008-02-12T04:37:00.001-08:00

Decimals

2008-01-29T05:52:00.000-08:00

NETS

Go to this website to practice a few nets. Each group will go to this website and print out a recording sheet. Then you will complete the activity as a group. After completing the above activity go to this website for some fun! We will use these sites to learn about nets: Geometric solids at Illuminations and Math Nets Interactive Geometry. The Geometric solids activity site will provide you with a recording sheet you can try at home if you want too. Go to this website to see how to wrap a package while practicing nets.

2008-01-28T05:16:00.000-08:00

Paper Folding Angles

2008-01-15T04:56:00.000-08:00

Center Activity
TOWER OF HANOI

2007-12-27T18:21:00.000-08:00

Forces & Motion

Go to this website and read in your groups 1-3. Then your group can do the quiz. You can go to this website to try some experimenting with friction. Go here to review the vocabulary terms for this chapter.

2007-12-12T10:24:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Fun

2007-12-09T13:53:00.000-08:00

LIGHT

Our new topic in science will be light. We will learn how light behaves. On this website when it asks you to register just click Maybe Later. We will learn how it travels. We will also learn how to separate white light into the colors of the rainbow. During the unit on light we will also learn about shadows.

2007-11-28T05:44:00.000-08:00

SOUND
Go to this website to do packet page 7. Sources of Sound

2007-11-12T06:23:00.000-08:00

LONG DIVISION

2007-11-12T06:20:00.000-08:00

Social Studies

Here is a neat website to go and become a settler in Jamestown and make some tough decisions.

2007-10-22T18:20:00.000-07:00

Too Much/Too Little Information
Play this game of Rags to Riches to test your skills.

2007-10-21T14:11:00.000-07:00

Estimate Products
Go to this website to practice. First try the matching. Then you can play concentration.

2007-10-07T10:45:00.000-07:00

More Multiplication News

We will be studying 2-digit multiplication. This website will be great to practice on but keep to doubles for now! Multiplication concentration is always fun. This website will take you step by step through multiplication. Try a few. You might want to try a 3-digit by 1-digit number. You really want to be good at 2-digit by 1-digit so you will be ready for the chapters to come. To make sure you have a handle on all of this learn those basic facts and brush up on mental math. Game 1 on this site will help with both basic facts and mental math. Now this should keep us busy for awhile!

2007-09-05T13:14:00.001-07:00

Multiplication

Go to this website to look up the definitions of the Chapter 5 vocabulary.

2007-09-03T07:27:00.000-07:00

Solar System

Here are a couple of websites to review moon phases. This site will show you the how Earth revolves around the sun. You can find information about stars here. We will be doing some research and these are the sites we will be using. Go to this website to color your planets. Here is where you can go to and find facts for your research on the planets. This will be a long unit so I'm sure there will be more to come. We will do a star webquest here.

Click here to download Blue Beauty, a PowerPoint slideshow about day and night on Earth.

2007-08-23T05:54:00.000-07:00

Center Activity
Click here for the Bar Graph activity.

2007-08-08T13:17:00.000-07:00

Addition/Subtraction

We have already completed a chapter in math. WOW! We are starting addition, subtraction, rounding, and expressions now. We will be using our rounding skills in estimating sums and differences. We will learn how to determine the value of a variable in an expression. Algebra! Sounds like fun!! There are lots of fun sites to practice these skills. We will also start practicing some multiplication facts that will keep us sharp for our next chapters.

2007-07-26T18:38:00.000-07:00

Place Value

2007-05-17T11:50:00.000-07:00

Industrial Revolution

You may go to the following websites to find information on your famous person of the Industrial Revolution to do your power point. The first site is Enchanted Learning. The other site you can use is Wikipedia.

2007-05-07T05:16:00.000-07:00

Math on the Menu

We will begin our Math on the Menu project this week where students will create their own restaurant! They will create a menu and design their floor plan. Finally, they will create a PowerPoint to share with their classmates. We will need these sites . . . Web Quest for Day One. Also one the first day of the unit, students will pick a Mexican Restaurant and plan a meal for under $20 . . . . they can pick from Azteca Mexican Restaurant, Taxco Mexican Restaurant, or
LaPaloma Mexican Restaurant.

2007-04-17T08:36:00.000-07:00

KITES

During the weeks of CRCT testing we will be doing a fun unit in math on kites. Each student will have the opportunity to design a kite and fly it. During the unit we will identify points, lines, line segments, parallel lines, intersecting lines, and perpendicular lines in our kite designs. We will also review some shapes learned as we use them in our designs. We will do a kite webquest to learn some facts about kites and the parts of a kite.

2007-03-28T15:16:00.000-07:00

NETS

2007-03-20T06:19:00.000-07:00

Symmetry

Go to the following website to practice!

2007-03-07T04:36:00.000-08:00

Websites for animal research

1. http://www.enchantedlearning.com

2. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

3. Wikipedia

2007-02-07T08:55:00.000-08:00

Decimals

2007-02-07T04:56:00.000-08:00

Center Activity
TOWER OF HANOI

2007-01-31T18:47:00.000-08:00

FRACTIONS

2007-01-07T11:45:00.000-08:00

MEASUREMENT

We will start the this 9 wks with measurement in math. We will be using customary and metric units. Some of the things we will be doing are measuring things to the nearest inch, 1/2 inch, and 1/4 inch. We will learn units of capacity and weight, how to determine perimeter, and how to determine temperature with Fahrenheit and Celsius. This is a metric matching game that is fun! Here is a website that uses a ruler for metric measurement.

2006-12-03T12:12:00.000-08:00

Paper Folding Angles

These will be 2 websites you will visit to practice folding paper to measure angles. Small Group 2 will go to this website to fold paper 30 and 60 degrees. Small Group 3 will go to this website to fold paper 45 and 90 degrees. Make sure you follow the directions.

2006-11-30T06:46:00.000-08:00

Centers

1. Measure Teddy
2. Decorate The Tree
3. Pizza Fractions

2006-11-27T05:29:00.000-08:00

SOLAR SYSTEM

Go to this website to color your planets. Here is where you can go to and find facts for your research on the planets.

2006-11-23T17:12:00.000-08:00

DIVISION REVIEW

This week we will be reviewing skills learned while studying our chapter on division. One topic we will be reviewing is divisibility. Another skill we really need to work on is long division. We have also have been working on prime and composite numbers. Try this dividermachine to practice more division. This is a great division game to practice some more long division. This is a mental math division game to keep you on your toes.

2006-11-10T06:31:00.000-08:00

Divisibility

2006-10-31T07:55:00.000-08:00

ELECTION DAY

Today we have the opportunity to vote in the SCES mock election. Go to the website and cast your vote!

2006-10-17T12:11:00.000-07:00

PICTOGRAPHS

2006-10-16T12:14:00.000-07:00

EXPLORERS

2006-10-11T04:55:00.000-07:00

Ms. Speir's Lesson
Here are 2 websites to reinforce the skills taught in our lesson today.

2006-10-10T17:49:00.000-07:00

MULTIPLICATION OF LARGER NUMBERS

This week we are starting a new chapter in math. We will be learning how to multiply 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. Then we will learn how to estimate these larger numbers when we multiply. We will end the chapter with learning how to multiply 2-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers. WOW! This website will help you practice 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. Here is another one to practice 2-digit by 1-digit numbers. This website will help with mental math.

2006-09-14T07:59:00.000-07:00

Multiplication

Practice those facts!

2006-09-05T14:51:00.000-07:00

Ms. Kanzler's Lesson

You may go to the following sites to practice the properties of multiplication or play concentration to review the skills of today's lesson. This websit is problem solving using patterns. Try this website to practice more word problems.

2006-09-04T17:59:00.000-07:00

LIGHT

Our new topic in science will be light. We will learn how light behaves. We will learn how it travels. We will also learn how to separate white light into the colors of the rainbow. During the unit on light we will also learn about shadows.

2006-09-04T17:49:00.000-07:00

Addition & Subtraction

We will be finishing up addition and subtraction this week. Not only are we adding and subtracting numbers, we are estimating sums and differences. We have also learned a little bit of algebra. Here is another site to visit for addition.

2006-08-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

SHOW ME THE MONEY!

This week, we will be applying our addition and subtraction facts to concepts related to money. The students will be counting and comparing money and making change. The internet offers an endless supply of games and activities related to money. Please click on the following sites to practice money. The Library of Virtual Manipulatives, Fun Brain, aplusmath, Quia, Spending Spree, and Little Farmer.

2006-08-01T17:18:00.000-07:00

Tech Lab

We will start tech lab on Monday. Mrs. Holly Boykin will be teaching this class. We will go once a day for two weeks. Mrs. Boykin will have stations set up to teach simple machines, how to use our classroom digital camera, and creating a power point. Mrs. Boykin has put a lot of hard work into these stations and I can't wait. I know this will be a rewarding experience for the students.
Mrs. Boykin also has a blog that tells about the technology lab. I'm sure she would love for you to visit her site.

Place Value

2006-07-25T18:00:00.000-07:00

We will start our year in math with place value. We will begin by learning how to write numbers in standard form, word form, and expanded form. We will also explore the concept of comparing and ordering numbers, and rounding numbers up to the millions place.