Owls- Addition Strategies

1.  Use the problem 15 + 7 to explain (in words) how to use the "make a ten" strategy. 

2.  Explain another way or another strategy that you could use to solve the same problem.

Bears and Squirrels- Study the Graph!

Use the graph to answer these questions:
1.  What type of graph is it?
2.  What is the most popular pet?
3.  How many people like cats best?
4.  How many more people like fish that frogs?
5.  How many people like cats and frogs?
6.  How many people took this survey?

Where Should I Trick-or-Treat?

I'm all set to go trick-or-treating on Monday, but I only have a little time.  I will only be able to go to 3 houses!  Write a persuasive paragraph convincing me to come trick-or-treating at your house!  Remember not to beg, but instead give me good reasons why your house is the best.  You are welcome to work on this blog post at home!

A Mathematical Venn Diagram- Owls

There are several different types of graphs.  A Venn diagram is one type of graph that is good for displaying certain kinds of data.  Use the Venn diagram below to answer the questions.

1.  How many people have only a sister?
2.  What does John have?
3.  Who has no brothers or sisters?
4.  Which students have both a brother and a sister?
5.  How many people took this survey?

Fractions of a Set- Bears and Squirrels

Tommy's mom made 4 cookies.  Tommy ate 1/4 of the cookies.  Jack's mom made 4 cookies too.  Jack ate 1/2 of the cookies.  Who ate more cookies and how do you know?

Owls- Graphs!

Use the graph to answer the following questions.

1.  What type of graph is this?

2.  How many people like oranges the best?

3.  Which fruit is liked by most of the people?

4.  How many more people like bananas than pears?

5.  How many total people are represented by this graph?

Squirrels and Bears- Fractions!

A fraction is part of a whole.  Answer the 4 questions below.

1.  What fraction of the circle is colored?

2.  What fraction of the apple is shown?

3.  What fraction of the cake has been eaten?

4.  If my pizza was cut into 8 slices and I ate 4 slices, what fraction of the pizza did I eat?

More Shapes and Some Time

Squirrels- Name 4 3-D shapes and give an example of where you see that shape in real life.

Bears- Choose a 3-D shape and write some clues to describe it. Don't tell the answer because your other group members will commenting with what they think the shape is.

Owls- Explain why the numbers "60" and "24" are important to learning about telling time.