New Website!

Check out the new website for my math class! I will be posting podcasts and valuable links for 5th and 6th grade math. www.awmath.com

Google Teacher Academy!!!

Hello!
Again, I am not sure how many of you are actually reading this over the summer, but I am going to write anyway. I think I told some of my classes about a cool opportunity I was going to try for. I applied for the Google Teacher Academy in Colorado in August and I got in!!! This is a 12 hour class where Google people will teach 50 teachers how to use the Google tools in the classroom with students- yes, the real Google! Then, I will be sharing the knowledge with other teachers at our school to help them out. Very cool, right? I look forward to sharing pictures and cool stuff with you when school starts. If I won't have you again next year, stop by and I will share some pics and stories. Looking forward to our time together in August! Hope your summer is going well!!! Check out the map to see where I will be traveling for the Google Teacher Academy :)

Sheppard Games

I found a new math games site for those of you dedicated students looking to add a little math excitement to your summer! It can help you will many different skills. I would recommend getting the basic facts down pat first, then using the speed games to get faster at them. Here is the Sheppard Software Game Site.

Variety of Math Skill Games

Here is a site with quite a few different types of basic math games:
OCSD Interactive Games

Math Magician

Hello students,
I have missed you this week :) Hope the beginning of the summer is going very well. Remember: Practicing your math facts is a great thing to do over the summer, especially on a rainy day, like today. Math will be a ton easier over the years if you know your facts. I have found a site that drills you on your facts based on the ones you need so you can focus on certain fact families. I will try my best to keep new things posted over the summer for my diehard fans. I hope the summer continues to be awesome for you! Leave me a comment to say hi!
:) Mrs. Dursch
Math Magician
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SET Game On-Line

This is the new game I introduced to the 6th graders today. This is the on-line version. The true version is a card game for 1 - several players. It is a great challenging game for families. Check it out at www.setgame.com or click the link below. There is a great on-line tutorial to teach the family how to play. It includes practice rounds to help you learn. This site does a puzzle-a-day contest. Check it out! I just learned about it from another teacher this weekend and now I am hooked!!! Logo from www.setgame.com.
SET website

Quia Math Practice

Fractions, Decimals & Percents
Fractions to Percents
Mean,Median & Mode & Range
Mean, Median, Mode, Range Part 2
Order of Operations
Exponents
Proportions Battleship
Finding the Rule
Area & Perimeter
Geometry Words Jumble

Batter's Up Baseball

This is a site that allows you to practice multiplication by levels... the higher the level the closer you get to a home run!
Batter's Up!

Input/Output Tables: Finding Rules

This is the site we visited in class to learn about rules. It would be great practice for you at home.
Input/Output Tables UPPER
Input/Output Tables LOWER

Reading OAT Prep

I wanted to keep the site Math only... but Mrs. H found some great Reading OAT prep games that she thought would be great! So here they are: Most of them are Quia Games:
Cause and Effect
Cause & Effect #2
Reading Comprehension
Prefixes #1
Prefixes #2
Greek Prefixes & Suffixes
Prefixes, Suffixes & Text Structure
Prefixes #3
Literary Terms
Main Idea
Main Ideas/Supporting Details
Inferences
Homonyms
Synonyms

Visual Fractions

I have said many times, most of you are visual learners. This is a new site I found to help you visualize fractions. There are several different parts of the site. Click on the menu bar on the left to navigate to different types of practice, including games! Visual Fractions Site

Measurement Practice

We need to work on our measurement conversions. Follow these links for some practice :) Customary Measurement
Metric Measurement
Metric Conversion

Surface Area & Volume

This is a great site to help students visualize surface area and volume of 3D shapes. There is a practice section to allow kids to test their knowledge. It is important to break a figure apart into a net in order to find the surface area, find the area of each piece and add them all up. To find volume, we find out the amount of cubes are in the bottom layer and multiply it by the number of layers (or the height). The formula for volume of a rectangular prism is V= l x w x h. Surface Area & Volume Site

Fractions, Decimals & Percents

This is the site I used for my afterschool OAT Prep session today. If you would like to review how to compare and convert fractions, decimals and percents look at the 'factsheets'- they are very helpful. The game allows you to practice using what you learned and the quiz will let you find out how much you know. Try it out! Fraction/Decimal/Percent Practice

Are you a Math Millionaire?

This is a link to a Quia site that a teacher in Talawanda created. She made it for her students to do 5th grade Math OAT review. Instead of entering your name at the beginning, say 'Play this game!' Math Millionaire