Monday, January 31, 2011

Bunnicula

Have you ever heard of a bunny vampire?
The Monroe family has a new pet who has some suspicious habits!

Friday, January 28, 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Partial-Products Multiplication


To learn more about this method watch the online tutorials at

click to launch the free family resources
select "Algorithms in Everyday Math"
fourth grade
multiplication
partial-products multiplicaiton
watch and learn!

(You can also access these same tutorials through the student login on the Everyday Math site!)

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Metric Measurements

To help me remember the metric measurements from biggest to smallest, I remember this little saying...

King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk
K in King= Kilometer (1,000 meters)
H in Henry= Hectometer (100 meters)--you won't study this in fourth grade
D in Died= Decameter (10 meters)--you won't study this in fourth grade
M in Monday= Meter (1 meter)
D in Drinking= Decimeter (0.1 meter)
C in Chocolate= Centimeter (0.01 meter)
M in Milk= Milimeter (0.001 meter)

to move from big to small (down the staircase) move the decimal point to the RIGHT
example:
4 meters = ? mm

Answer is 4,000 mm

to move from small to big (up the staircase) move the decimal point to the LEFT
800 cm = ? m

Answer is 8 m