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Practicing Math on IXL at Home

2/3/2017

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Each week, the Eduminions practice and learn about math in many different ways. We play games, we do whole-class lessons and small group lessons, we complete challenges, and we practice our math skills on IXL. 

IXL is a math application that can be used both here at school and at home. It can be used on a regular desktop computer or laptop and on tablet devices. Below, I will review how it works for the iPad, but this process is generally transferable to all devices. Click here for the iPad app and click here for the Android app (both are free to you - but the school pays for a subscription for your child). To access their website, click here. 

One thing to note is that this is a supplementary app for practice. In no way does it replace the in-classroom mathematics experiences such as working with manipulatives (blocks, cubes, etc), playing games, and solving problems. However, it does help reinforce the concepts we cover. The app is “smart” in that it tailors upcoming questions based on the accuracy of the student. If the student is doing well, it will ramp up the difficulty level; if not, it will simplify the skill again. 

To start, open the app and have your child log-in:
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Next, select the grade level you’d like to work at. Please keep your child’s ability level in mind when making these selections.
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After you select the grade level, you will be presented with various options for math strands that they can practice. When you look at a box containing a particular strand, you will have an option to select from various activities for that strand. For example, these are some of the Grade 3 strands and lessons:
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When you select your activity, a practice question will be presented. Tap in the answer box and choose for a number keyboard to come up to input your answer. You can also choose to handwrite in your answers and a smart sensor will turn your handwriting into numbers!

(For the devices where these options don't come up and you just get a regular old iPad keyboard, I'm trying to find a fix. Stay tuned!)

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You can also use the pen tools on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen to annotate and draw to solve the problem.
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Please note that all of the questions practiced through IXL are recorded for my records. I can see how many problems students attempt, their accuracy, and how long they spend on IXL each week. 

As I mentioned earlier, this is great supplemental practice at home that saves you from searching for math worksheets online. I also encourage the use of manipulatives (counting beans, money, candies, cereal, blocks) or a 100s chart to assist students as they complete questions at home. 

I hope this little breakdown helped to provide more understanding around IXL. If you have a device at home that your child can work on, please don’t hesitate to get them started on this, even for just a few minutes a night. We just started working on simple multiplication and every bit of practice makes a BIG difference! 

-Mrs. LS
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A Welcome, Genius Hour Updates, and Some Photo Fun!

4/15/2015

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Hello families, 

I would like to extend a warm welcome to another student in our classroom, Matthew! Please make sure you say hello to him and his family if you see them around the school. We are so excited to have them here at West Langley! 

Division 5 has been busy this month with everything from our continued skating field trips, to Genius Hour, to learning with Ms. Ledlin (our student teacher), and much, much more! As the school year is creeping to a close, Ms. Olson would like to let you know more about the project and our presentation times.

About Genius Hour

Genius Hour gives students an hour each week on Thursday afternoons to learn about a topic that they are passionate or curious about. Each project idea was thought of and designed by the student, approved by the teacher, and must be based upon their individual research. Please note that this project is oriented on the documentation of the student's progress, not the final product! In many cases, students won't actually be able to accomplish their final goals by June, but should be able to document their learning along the way.

Several students are building projects (creating board games, stop-motion animation props, robots, etc.), whereas others are creating theirs digitally (making websites, filming stop-motion animation, learning to code, etc.). Please discuss the next steps of this project with your child and what they would like to accomplish by the end of the year. Their work so far can be found in their Google Drive folders. 

Genius Hour Sharing Events

Students will have 2 opportunities to present their findings from their topics and central questions this year.  The first will be at the end of May at the Inquiry Fair and the second will be the final presentation to the class in the middle of June. While that might still seem very far away, it's actually time to start considering what we need to accomplish before then!

Final presentations in June must have a digital component involved so that it can be shared on student blogs. Students are allowed to use any presentation or video software they like to present their learning journey. In class, we will be discussing which presentation tools will most effectively demonstrate their learning and I will guide them to one that will work best for them. Chances are that no matter which tool they end up selecting, there will need to be a lot of photo documentation of their project as possible, so please take lots of photos if they are working on this at home!

Photo Fun!

See the photos below to see some EduMinions learning magic (in no particular order at all; we have been very behind with our sharing!)


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Just What IS IXL?! 

2/13/2015

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The EduMinions have been working on the development of Math Stations for the past few months and many of the parents of Division 5 got a taste of some of the work we did in our Student-Led conferences last week. One of the main questions that we got was “What is IXL?”

The answer:

IXL is a math application that can be used both here at school and at home. It can be used on a regular desktop computer or laptop and on tablet devices. Below, I will review how it works for the iPad, but this process is generally transferable to all devices. Click here for the iPad app and click here for the Android app. To access their website, click here.

One thing to note is that this is a supplementary app for practice. In no way does it replace the in-classroom mathematics experiences such as working with manipulatives and solving problems. However, it does help reinforce the concepts we cover. The app is “smart” in that it tailors upcoming questions based on the accuracy of the student. If the student is doing well, it will ramp up the difficulty level; if not, it will simplify the skill again.

To start, open the app and have your child log-in:
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Next, select the grade level you’d like to work at. Please keep your child’s ability level in mind when making these selections.
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After you select the grade level, you will be presented with various options for math strands that they can practice. For example, these are the Grade 3 and Grade 4 options:
When you select a particular strand - in this case, division - you will have an option to select from various activities.
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When you select your activity, a practice question will be presented. Tap in the answer box for a number keyboard to come up to input your answer.
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You can also use the pen tools on the bottom right-hand corner of the screen to annotate and draw to solve the problem.
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Please note that all of the questions practiced through IXL are recorded for my records. I can see how many problems students attempt, their accuracy, and how long they spend on IXL each week.

As I mentioned earlier, this is great supplemental practice at home that saves you from searching for math worksheets online. I also encourage the use of manipulatives (counting beans, money, candies, cereal, blocks) to assist students as they complete questions at home.

I hope this little breakdown helped to provide more understanding around IXL. If you have a device at home that your child can work on, please don’t hesitate to get them started on this, even for just a few minutes a night. It makes a BIG difference!

-Ms. Olson
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Photo Galleries Galore: Buddies, Blogging, Math, Dairy Labs, and Mystery Skype!

11/15/2014

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Division 5 has been a hub of learning activity over the past few weeks. I apologize for being far behind on sharing photos. Please peruse our photo galleries below for the latest and greatest of what's been going on. 

Included galleries are: 
  • Pumpkins with Little Buddies
  • Paper Blogging
  • Write-On, Wipe-Off Math
  • A Visit from the Mobile Dairy Lab
  • Mystery Location Skype with Kyle

Pumpkins with Little Buddies

This year we are little buddies with Mrs. Alsop's Kindergarten class. These photos are from our first time meeting them in October. We made pumpkins for Halloween.

Paper Blogging

Paper blogging helps us to learn about blogging and commenting in the safe and closed environment of our classroom. We learned about 3 different kinds of comments: Dead-end comments, Side-street comments, and Highway comments. We are working on commenting on others' written work in a thoughtful and meaningful way so positive conversations can be had about the work.

Write-On, Wipe-Off Math

Math activities are easy to reproduce when photocopies do not have to be made. Here students are working with write-on, wipe-off page protectors and dice to explore mathematical concepts like multiplication and addition. With partners, they can use any tools of their choice to solve the problems.

A Visit from the Mobile Dairy Lab

The Mobile Dairy Lab visited our school this week and we got to learn all about cows, how they produce milk, and where that milk goes to make our favourite dairy foods like cheese and ice cream!

Mystery Location Skype with Kyle

Kyle, one of our students, has been away this week but kept his whereabouts generally secret from the class. After exploring some mapping terminologies and sharing them on our Twitter page, we worked on developing a set of yes or no questions that we could ask Kyle to pinpoint his location. Students used Google Earth, atlases, and maps and used Kyle's answers to determine that he and his family were in Molokai, Hawaii, USA! The gallery of our 20 minute call is below. 
Thanks for taking the time to check out our photo galleries. Please comment below if you have any favourites! 

-Ms. Olson
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