Monday, October 14, 2024

What's the Point of View?

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This week we are learning about the narrator's
POINT OF VIEW in a story!































Thursday, October 10, 2024

Multi-Digit Multiplication: 3 Strategies

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There are many ways to solve multi-digit multiplication problems. Choose the strategy that works with your brain! Here are three of them...







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No matter which strategy we use, the solution remains the same!

427 x 24 = 10,248


If you do not have your X Facts memorized, 5th grade math can take a long time to calculate. I would suggest gluing a Multiplication Chart onto the inside of your Math notebook cover. That way you can refer to it all year.



  
Here are a few sites that may help with multiplication...

X GAMES!


Keep up the great work, kids!

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

The Power of Ten

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Using exponents is an efficient way to write numbers that have a few too many zeeeeeros.

The exponent (or power) tells us how many zeros are in the number when the base number is 10.

The image below has a place for everything with everything in its place. The base can be any whole number, but today we are only focusing on the POWERS of TEN!

Here are the vocabulary words for this lesson: 
powers of ten
base number 
exponent










Click the image below for a catchy Powers of 10 song! 


Powers of 10 Song Lyrics:

Chorus
To find the power of ten
Look at the exponent
Take your pencil and then
and write that many zeros, let’s do it again
To find a power of ten
Look at the exponent
Take your pencil and then
Multiply that many tens
The base number is 10
2 is the exponent
10 to the second means 10 x 10
This power of ten is 100
Again the base number is 10
but now 3 is the exponent
it equals 10 x 10 x 10
The third power ten is 1000
The base number is 10
4 is the exponent
it's 10 x 10 x 10 x 10
The fourth power is 10,000
Again the base number is 10
5 is the exponent
write five tens and multiply them
and you’ll get 100,000
With a power of ten we can multiply or divide
Dividing slides left, multiplying slides right
The powers the number of places…
Slide the point that number of spaces
One hundred five and nine thousandths
Times ten to the third, the three represents
The decimal point sliding right three times,
The products one hundred five thousand, nine.
Now let’s divide by ten to the third
Slide three places left, or in other words
This number is now one thousand times less -
POWERS OF TEN ARE THE BEST
Using powers of ten is the norm
When writing numbers in expanded form
Split the values apart bit by bit
To see the value of every digit.