Mathematics Archive

Typhoon Day – Home Learning!

Posted September 21, 2011 By jzraskin@gmail.com

Dear 2R,

What a surprise! In the middle of our short week, we will miss another day together! I hope you stay safe and dry in your homes. While you’re at home today, I have a few, fun typhoon day jobs for you!

1) Your Health Diary
Even though we’re not at school today, we still want to see how healthy we are, so you should still complete today’s page in your health diary. Don’t forget to use lots of detail You’ll have to be creative to think of ways to have exercise when you’re indoors too! We’ll look at each others diaries tomorrow.

2) Mathletics
Wednesday is our Mathletics day, and now you have extra time to play! If you’ve finished all the assigned tasks, you can play Rainforest Maths, My Games, Problem Solving, Mathletics Live or any of the other parts of Mathletics we’ve looked at.

3) Reading
I’m looking forward to reading my book today, and I hope you enjoy yours too! Don’t forget to record today’s reading in your Reading Log.

4) New Video on the Blog
You’re a movie star! I made a cool 2R movie about being dentists yesterday, and it’s up on the blog! You can watch the movie and write a comment today.
How was playing dentist and patient for you?
What did you learn about how clean your teeth are?
To write a comment click on the word “Comment” on the grey bar under the movie, fill in all the boxes, write the secret word and click “Submit Comment”. Don’t forget to add your first name, so we know who’s writing! It will ask you to add an email address too. You can use your parent’s, mine (raskinj@yis.ac.jp) or your own if you have one!

Have fun, stay dry, stay healthy and please write me an email if you have any questions!

See you tomorrow,

Jamie Raskin

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Clock making!

Posted September 8, 2011 By jzraskin@gmail.com

This week’s update is from Sari, in her words…

We were making clock yesterday. We used paper, marker, ruler and glue. stick them together. I just put 12, 3, 6 and 9.

How did you know where to write those numbers?

I made the paper half top and down, and I make it half again. Writing number was easy. folding paper was difficult.

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Conversation-Starters for 2R!

Posted August 30, 2011 By jzraskin@gmail.com

Want to engage in deeper dinner-time discussions with your children about their school learning? Some of the topics below should help you get started.

  • exploring math manipulatives
  • graphing sleep patterns
  • brainstorming what a “balanced lifestyle” means
  • drawing “All About Me”
  • grade 2 team time
  • using adjectives to describe delicious foods
  • food groups
  • independent learning projects
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Exploring Math Tools

Posted August 30, 2011 By jzraskin@gmail.com

Near the beginning of the year we always take time to really explore the tools of our classroom. Before students can be expected to use math tools and manipulatives for specific tasks, they need time to explore, experiment and play with them freely. This activity can teach me a lot about their approach to mathematical processes, and is a ton of fun for the class!

Click through the images below to explore with us, and feel free to comment. We love to hear what you have to say!

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