Meet the Dictionary!

A resource that we have used quite frequently this year is the dictionary. To celebrate this great book, we made a Do Ink video celebrating the dictionary. There are many parts!

Enjoy!

We created this movie on the ipad using a green screen, Do Ink, iMovie, and the camera roll.

An online dictionary has many of the same features!

What are some words that you have looked up?

Please, help us learn your word by leaving us an 

original example sentence!

Rounding Numbers :: Video Tutorial

In class, we have been working on rounding numbers!  
Here are the rules for rounding:

Radical Rounding Rules!

1. Underline the place value position to which you are rounding.

2. Write which two tens or two hundreds the number is between.

3. Draw an arrow to the neighbor on the right.

4. Think:  ♬ ♫  "If the neighbor next door is 5 or more, round up, round up!" ♫ ♬ 
     (If the neighbor is a 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 round up. If the neighbor is a 4, 3, 2, 1, or 0 round down.)


5. If it's not 5 or more, round down!

6. Circle the correct estimate/answer.

Here is a video tutorial we made last year to demonstrate the rules for rounding!

Watch the slide show and try the quiz to practice 
your rounding skills!

Rounding Numbers! on PhotoPeach

Rounding Numbers! on PhotoPeach 

************

How did you do on the rounding quiz?

How about asking a rounding question
 in your comment?

Once others write comments, look for question you can answer!

Tutorial: A Multiplication Strategy

REMINDER: Edublog Award voting is open until December 15. We are nominated in THREE categories. Please consider voting!  Click here to give us your thumbs up/like. 

We have been learning about multiplication. 

Sometimes we encounter a large multiplication sentence and we don't know the product. We learned a strategy called:  Break the Large Array into Two Smaller Arrays and Add the Products. 

Here is a fabulous tutorial explaining the process 

for 5 x 7 = ?

 


Here is another tutorial. Again, it is modeling how to split a large array into two smaller arrays to get the final product. 

What did you think of the multiplication strategy?

What did you think of the tutorial?

Give us a large multiplication sentence that we can practice splitting into two smaller arrays to solve.

Video Tutorials: What Are Quadrilaterals?

In our polygon unit, we are learning about four-sided figures called

QUADRILATERALS!

Many  people were confused about why some shapes have more than one name.  Here are some tutorials to help you learn about quadrilaterals.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a parallelogram?

Here is an interactive parallelogram.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a rectangle?

Here is an interactive rectangle.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a rhombus?

Here is an interactive rhombus.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a square?

Here is an interactive square.

*     *     *     *     *



Maybe you'd like to watch the Polygon Movie again and meet these quadrilaterals in person!  



*     *     *     *     *

Have you used our quadrilateral tutorials? 



Which tutorial helped the most?

Quadrilaterals: Special Names

In our polygon unit, we are learning about four-sided figures called

QUADRILATERALS!

Many  people were confused about why some shapes have more than one name.  Here are some tutorials to help you learn about quadrilaterals.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a parallelogram?

Here is an interactive parallelogram.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a rectangle?

Here is an interactive rectangle.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a rhombus?

Here is an interactive rhombus.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a square?

Here is an interactive square.

*     *     *     *     *



Maybe you'd like to watch the Polygon Movie again and meet these quadrilaterals in person!  



*     *     *     *     *

Have you used our quadrilateral tutorials? 



Which tutorial helped the most?

Video Tutorials: What Are Quadrilaterals?

In our polygon unit, we are learning about four-sided figures called

QUADRILATERALS!

Many  people were confused about why some shapes have more than one name.  Here are some tutorials to help you learn about quadrilaterals.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a parallelogram?

Here is an interactive parallelogram.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a rectangle?

Here is an interactive rectangle.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a rhombus?

Here is an interactive rhombus.

*     *     *     *     *

What is a square?

Here is an interactive square.

*     *     *     *     *



Maybe you'd like to watch the Polygon Movie again and meet these quadrilaterals in person!  



*     *     *     *     *

Have you used our quadrilateral tutorials? 



Which tutorial helped the most?

Tutorial: Subtracting Across a Zero

Today we reviewed how to subtract 3-digit and 4-digit numbers. Normally, we just borrow from the place value position to the left. However, today there was a zero and we couldn't borrow!

Here is a video showing one strategy for subtracting when the neighbor is a zero.

How did it work for you?

Did you find any problems where there were TWO zeros?

What did you do? 

Blogging Tips for Teachers

This week I will be teaching a class about educational blogging at my school.

I created several informational pages on my website.

Please use the links below to gather information about setting up and maintaining an educational blog.

A few of my third grade students have started blogs! I hope they use these tips too!

* * * * *

Why did I start an education blog and how does it benefit my students?

How did I set up the blog?

What do students write about?

How does a story get published on this blog?

How do you teach commenting skills?

What are the gadgets in the sidebar?


* * * * *

Let me know if you have any questions!

How is your blog going?

Please leave a comment below.

How Does a Story Get Published on this Blog?

Mrs. Yollis' Class shared their award-winning blog at a School Board meeting.


We used the following post at the School Board presentation.
It shows the steps we take to get a story published.


* * * * *
Step 1: Students organize the main ideas and details for a blog post.

Step 2: Students type their blog posts on their wireless AlphaSmart computers.

Step 3: Students get their stories checked by a student Fact Checker.


Step 4: Bloggers upload their stories to Mrs. Yollis' computer.

Step 5: Students add images and hyperlinks to enhance their posts.

Step 6: Students PUBLISH!


* * * * *

Comments help keep the blog alive!

Ask Comment Kitty where to type a comment
or
scroll down to the bottom of every post and click on comments.



Our blog has: tutorials, travel posts, music, lesson summaries, and videos!

* * * * *

We have educational blogging friends around the world!
See "Blogs We Follow" in our sidebar!


Here is a picture of one of Mrs. Yollis' bloggers commenting on another educational blog!



If you'd like to be notified when Mrs. Yollis' class
posts a story or if you'd like to follow our comments, we offer an RSS Feed in the sidebar.

Click here to learn about RSS.

* * * * *
We hope you enjoyed our presentation! Please leave a comment!

Tutorial: Quadrilateral Queries

In our polygon unit we are learning about four-sided figures called

QUADRILATERALS!

Many people were confused about why some shapes have more than one name. Here are some tutorials to help you learn about quadrilaterals.

Tutorial #1 - What is a parallelogram?

Here is an interactive parallelogram.


Tutorial #2 - What is a rhombus?

Here is an interactive rhombus.


Tutorial #3 - What is a rectangle?

Here is an interactive rectangle.

Tutorial #4 - What is a square?

Here is an interactive square.

* * * * *

Have you used our tutorials? Which one helped the most?
Please leave a comment by clicking the comment link right below this sentence.