Looking for decks of cards

We are looking for about 20 decks of playing cards to use in our classroom. If you have any old ones or extras that you are willing to part with, we would gladly take them off your hands! Thanks!

There's an App for That!

For all of you out there that have i-pods, i-pads etc. there are some great apps for you to download. Try downloading some math facts or math flashcards that will help you practice your mental math skills. There is one called Fast Facts, AB Math, Math Flashcards and Kakooma. There is also a Mathletics app for i-pods and i-pads. Most of these are free! If you find anymore that would useful, please let us know so we can download them on our classroom i-pad and so we can let everyone else know. We are trying to master our multiplication facts up to 9. Our goal is to answer our facts from 1-9 in three seconds or less! Please help us practice our facts and give us a little test every now and again to see how we are doing. We have mastered the 2's and are pretty close to mastering the 5's and 9's, so keep practicing!

There is also an app for spelling city and if you search for Mrs. Zander in the teacher search, you will have access to our spelling lists that you can practice anywhere!

If you find any other apps that might be useful for us we would love to know about them! We have been having difficulty finding apps that assist our Science and Social Studies programs so if you are browsing the app store and come accross something that might fit, please let us know!
Currently, in Science, we are learning about living things, their adaptations, their environment, vertebrates, invertebrates, and the five kingdoms.
In Social Studies, we are learning about Confederation, Louis Riel and the rebellions, The Canadian Pacific Railway, The North West Mounted Police and the Gold Rush. The time period for this is 1867-1914! Wow!!

Practice Your Math!

This weekend as you are biking or walking or driving in the car, whatever you are doing, practice your math facts. Count by 9's with each step you take or go through your multiplication table while you are riding your bike. We are trying to get down to answering our facts within 3 seconds. You could also go on mathletics or www.multiplication.com. These are a couple of sites that are very helpful. Make your own flashcards or get some dice and play the dice game where your multiply the two numbers that appear on the dice.

Right now we are focusing on the 2's, 9's and 5's. We have learned a strategy for each of these. Ask your child what the strategy name is! See if they were paying attention!!

The Nifty Nines!

We are giving our multiplication facts a little extra attention. We learned a little trick for the nines and found a couple of neat patterns. Ask your child to explain it to you!