Daily Online Blogs 5/23/11-5/27/11

Class,

Here is the list of blogs we are going to engage in during the week of May 23rd through May 27th ...

Monday - Problem Solving
Tuesday - Whole Number Addition and Subtraction
Wednesday - Whole Number Multiplication and Division
Thursday - Number Theory
Friday - Final Reflection

Friday Blog

Friday - Final Reflective Blog

Tell me as the student what you liked about the course and what you like to see in future courses. Any thing you say would be helpful. Thanks.

Thursday Blog

Thursday - Come up with a real world problem that incorporates divisibility, prime factorization and GCF and LCM. Comment on each others and try and work it out ... don't post the answer until Friday.

Wednesday Blog

Wednesday - Take one of your models, strategies, etc. from the Whole number multiplication and division section and post it and tell why you picked this one and then comment on someone elses.

Tuesday Blog

Tuesday - Take one of your models, strategies, etc. from the Whole number addition and subtraction section and post it and tell why you picked this one and then comment on someone elses.

Monday Blog

Monday - Choose a specific type of problem from the Problem Solving section and make one of your own based on your style. Think in terms of a concept map. Incorporate things like definitons, geography, etc.

Example - #3 on page 18

Cookies are sold singly or in packages of two or six. How many ways can you buy a dozen cookies?

Materials - Actual cookies
Technology - SMART Board, videos, blogs, etc.
Definitions - singly and dozen
Strategies - table, direct reasoning, etc.
And anything else you can bring into the learning ernvironment

These problems have already been choosen:
Katie - #12 - 1A
Yulanda - #4- 1A
Melissa - #18- 1A
Caroline - #17 - 1B
Kyle - #5- 1A

Ellen and Helen please choose a different problem.

Respond to at least one classmate (constructive comments only)but you can comment on as many as you like but try and help me get everyone at least one comment.