We have been learning about counting change and working with coins in math. I found a couple of good websites for practice.

http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/

http://justkidsgames.com/play.php?MakingChange

http://www.mathplayground.com/making_change.html

http://www.abcya.com/counting_money.htm

We learned about Minnesota History with 4 stations.

Farming

·         That they had small wagons to travel in.

·         They used buffalo chips to build fires.

·         They used oxen to pull the plow.

·         They used a special corn planter.

Lumber Jack

·         They had 8 big work horses that pulled huge trees.

·         They branded their trees so they knew who they belonged to.

·         There were 2 huge fires that collided and destroyed towns.

·         They worked from sunup to sundown with one hour to eat.

Flour Mills

·         Flour mills had stones that ground up the wheat.

·         The flour powder was flammable.

·         When there were sparks the flour would explode.

·         There are four types of flour; corn, rye, wheat, white.

·         You can make baskets and toys out of straw.

Immigrants

·         They made their own sausage with pig intestines.

·         Most people had a chicken coop and a pig pen in their backyard.

·         They washed clothes by hand with a washboard.

I will post pictures once I figure out how to get them off the ipad.

iPad sharing!

Students have been writing and publishing their own stories using our favorite app, Scribble Press. I would like to invite parents to come in and check out our creativity and our new iPads. Please come in and eat lunch with your child any day in April. After lunch your child will share some of their favorite Scribble Press stories that they created and if there is time they can share some of their favorite apps.

Students come in from recess around 12:45 to eat lunch. No need to sign up, just sign in at the office and then meet your child in the cafeteria.

Mr. Mathern

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·         We have been learning about fractions.

·         We have been learning equivalent fractions.

·         We have been learning about measurement with yards and meters.

·         We learned about animal habitats.

·         We did Easter word searches and made Easter Bunnies.

·         We have been learning about informational texts and strategies to learn.

·         We had performance day in Music.

·         We read about dessert habitats.

·         We read a play in reading.

·         On the ipads we have been doing

o   National Geographic Explorer

o   Math Games where you practice facts then race

o   Brain Pop

o   Tumble Books

This weekend I am going to . . .

·         Garrett “to my grandpa and grandma’s house.”

·         Noah “to get a haircut.”

·         Madi “have a birthday party.”

·         Reagan “have an Easter Egg hunt.”

·         Emma K. “my aunt’s and my grandma and grandpa’s.”

·         Mariah “to my grandma and grandpa’s house.”

·         Peter “have a big party on Easter Day.”

·         Ryan “the eye doctor.”

·         Aidan “play Jumbline 2 on my iPad.”

·         Brianna “my grandpa and grandma’s cabin.”

·         Sreejani “have an Easter Egg Hunt.”

·         Linaya “be in a play.”

·         Andrew “go to Wisconsin.”

·         Ari “have an Easter Egg hunt with my cousins and George.”

·         Olivia “have my cousins come over for Easter.”

·         Emma O. “my grandma’s house.”

·         Kate “my grandma’s house.”

·         Lydia “be at my grandma’s for Easter.”

·         Tyson “my grandma’s house to do an Easter Egg hunt.”

·         Colton “have an Easter Egg hunt.”

·         Mr. Mathern “spend time with my youngest sister and her family.”

·         Tyson “jumping on my neighbor’s trampoline.”

·         Derek “watching two 3-D movies.”

·         Kate “going to Arrow Wood Resort.”

·         Aislin “Alex and Alley store in the mall.”

·         Riley “playing with my friends.”

·         Colton “doing stuff with my dad.”

·         Noah “going to Duluth and watching the Bulldogs game.”

·         Eli “playing video games.”

·         Olivia “going to Savannah Georgia.”

·         Reagan “playing in our tree house.”

·         Mariah “going to Chuck E. Cheese.”

·         Garrett “going to the Tavern for dinner.”

·         Ryan “having my friend over.”

·         Aidan “spending St. Patrick’s Day with friends.”

·         Sreejani “going to the Science Museum.”

·         Emma O. “getting a camper.”

·         Lydia “going to my dad’s house.”

·         George “meeting Native Americans.”

·         Linaya “going to the biggest indoor water park.”

·         Brianna “spending my dad’s birthday on St. Patrick’s Day.”

·         Madi “going to the Mall of America.”

·         Peter “going on a cruise.”

·         Ari “going to my grandpa’s house.”

·         Mallory “going to my grandma’s.”

·         Emma K. “sleeping.”

·         Triston “playing with his friends.”

·         Mr. Mathern “sitting on the beach in Mexico watching the ocean. Very relaxing.”

On the ipads we have been . . .

·         On Scribble Press we make books and show them on the Smart Board.

·         Using Teach me Second Grade to learn and earn coins.

·         On Jbline2 you make words out of scrambled letters.

·         On Rocket Math we solve math problems to get money to buy parts for space ships that we launch in to space. Then you do more math!

·         On Hungry Fish we combine numbers to make the number the fish will eat.

·         On Doodle Buddy we draw pictures and use pictures.

Apps we have been using . . .

·         Paint With Time

·         Rocket Math

·         Scribble Press

·         Addition

·         Doodle Buddy

·         Chess

·         Mancala

·         Find Sums

·         Coins

·         Fast Facts

·         Hungry Fish

·         Teach Me Second Grade

·         Tumble Books

·         Jbline 2