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Tonight we are trying out the new Verb Academy Page.

To get to tonight’s assignment, go to the homework page and click on the link for today.

Remember, your user name is

first.last{at}verbeck.net       just use the @ symbol instead of {at}

and your password is last2011

Long division problems can be tricky when there is a zero in the quotient.  Unfortunately, it’s tough to know if there are zeros in the quotient until you’re done.  This  video should help with tonight’s homework.

In class today we worked on solving long-division problems and checking our answers.  Students who need a review should watch these two videos:

Dividing and checking

Dividing and checking with remainders

I just posted a video to help with 3 x 3 multiplication.  You can view it by clicking here.

Please remember what I said in class about tonight’s homework: if you are having trouble with 3 x 3 multiplication, I’d like you to watch the video and try your best.  Spend no more than 20 minutes on this work. If you are still having trouble, I’ll help you during math time tomorrow.

We’ve been using the Khan Academy a bit for the first few weeks of school and while it’s been going pretty well so far, I’d like to try something a little different tonight – sort of our own version of it.

Instead of watching a video made by Sal Khan, I’d like you to watch one that I made.  And instead of doing the exercises on the Khan academy site, we’ll be using questions I made and posted onto Discovery Education.

First watch the video:  UPDATE: The link I posted before does not seem to be working, so try this one: http://verbeck.net/video/estimating-productsv-2.wmv

Here’s the old one, just in case it starts working. (http://www.schooltube.com/video/8536d576b46b4dfd88c2),

Second click here to login to the Discovery Education site and take the assigned quiz.

Your login is the same as it is for Google Docs and the Khan Academy:

firstname.lastname(at)verbeck.net       (stu.dent(at)verbeck.net)

Your password is your last name and 2011  (dent2011)

Important note: in the sample addresses above I put (at) instead of the @ sign.  When you type it, however, you need to use the @ sign.  If you’re interested in why I did this, just ask.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Click the links below to try one of these games that teach about the 3 branches of the federal government.

Law Craft

Executive Command

Court Quest

We had our first election of the school year on Thursday/Friday and I’m pleased to introduce our new class government. Please click here to see the results of the election and join me in congratulating our new elected officials.