1.1 Math Message

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1.1 Math Message

• Look through the Student Reference Book. It is
  divided into sections. Write the names of two of
  the sections.
• Find a page that looks interesting to you.
  Record the page number. Be prepared to share.

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1.2 Math Message

• Read Student Reference Book, pages 88 and 89 with
  a partner. List three places where geometry can
  be found in our world.

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1.3 Math Message

• Take 4 of each size straw. Take 4 twist-ties.
  Make a design or geometric shape. Do not bend
  the straws.

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1.4 Math Message

• Take a Properties of Polygons sheet and follow
  the directions.

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1.5 Math Message

• Take 3 of each size straw and 8 twist-ties. Make
  a shape with 5 sides.

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1.6 Math Message

• Your job is to draw a large circle on the
  playground. How will you do it? Discuss the
  problem with a partner. Record your ideas on a
  half-sheet of paper.

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1.7 Math Message

• Take answer sheet and complete it.

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1.8 Math Message

• Suppose your partner draws a line segment on a
  piece of paper. You want to make an exact copy
  of the line segment without using a copying
  machine. How would you do it? Record your ideas
  on a half-sheet of paper.

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1.9 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment

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2.1 Math Message

• Complete Work Page

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2.2 Math Masters

• On an Exit Slip, write as many names as you can
  for the number 10.

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2.3 Math Message

• Write the largest number you can using the digits
  0, 3, 9, and 7. Use each digit only once.

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2.4 Math Message

• 56,385
• 7,490,613
• Be prepared to read the numbers aloud.

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2.5 Math Message

• Guess how many raisins are in the box.
• Write your guess in Problem 1a on page 38 in your
  journal.

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2.6 Math Message

• Find the line plot on page 71 of your Student
  Reference Book. Write two things you notice
  about students scores on Mr. Jacksons spelling
  test.

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2.7 Math Message

• Solve the problems on a quarter-sheet of paper.
• Show your work.
• 46 233
• 37 158

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2.8 Math Message

• Take out your ruler. Complete this page.

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2.9 Math Message

• Solve the problems on a quarter-sheet of paper.
• Show your work.
• 90 239
• -37 - 157

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2.10 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment

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3.1 Math Message

• Each person in the United States uses about 50
  gallons of water per day. Use this information
  to complete the Whats My Rule? table.

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3.2 Math Message

• Cut apart the Multiplication/Division Fact
  Triangles on Activity Sheets 1-4 at the back of
  your journal. Write your initials on the back of
  each one.
• Put the Fact Triangles and two paper clips into a
  plastic bag or envelope. Think about how you
  will use the Fact Triangles.

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3.3 Math Message

• Find the 9s multiplication facts in the
  Multiplication/Division Facts Table on journal
  page 56.
• What patterns do you see? Write about them at
  the top of journal page 58.

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3.4 Math Message

• Take an answer sheet and complete it.

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3.5 Math Message

• How many bags of oranges, with 5 oranges in each
  bag, can be made with 35 oranges? How many can
  be made with 42 oranges?

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3.6 Math Message

• Examine the map of Africa on pages 282 in your
  Student Reference Book. Locate the capital of
  Egypt on the map.

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3.7 Math Message

• Vanessa and Marcus traveled from Chicago to
  Washington, D.C.
• Vanessa flew and Marcus drove.
• Who do you think traveled the greater number of
  miles?

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3.8 Math Message

• Read page 175 in your Student Reference Book.
  Think about how to solve the first problem at the
  bottom of the page.

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3.9 Math Message

• Write a sentence that is true. Write a sentence
  that is false.

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3.10 Math Message

• Tell whether each number sentence is true or
  false.
• 28 6 9 31
• 28 6 9 13
• Be ready to defend your answer.

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3.11 Math Message

• Is this sentence true or false? The sum of 10
  and some number is 15. Be ready to explain your
  thinking.

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3.12 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment

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4.1 Math Message

• Complete Problem 1 on journal page 78.

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4.2 Math Message

• Write the answers.
• 1 flat _____ longs
• 1 long _____ cubes
• 1 flat _____ cubes

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4.3 Math Message

• Solve Problem 1 on journal page 82.

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4.4 Math Message

• Describe two examples in which decimals are used
  in real-life situations.

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4.5 Math Message

• Take an answer sheet and complete it.

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4.6 Math Message

• Solve Problems 1 and 2 on journal page 90.

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4.7 Math Message

• Complete Problems 1-3 on journal page 94.

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4.8 Math Message

• Find at least three examples of measurements in
  your Student Reference Book.

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4.9 Math Message

• Without measuring, try to find something in the
  classroom whose length or height is about _______
  centimeters.
• Be ready to explain how you made your choice.

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4.10 Math Message

• Complete Problems 1-4 on journal page 101.

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4.11 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment.

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5.1 Math Message

• Solve the problems.
• 6 apples cost 40 each. What is the total cost?
• There are 40 cans of tennis balls, with 3 balls
  per can. How many balls are there in all?

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5.2 Math Message

• Use each of the numbers 2, 4, 6, and 8 to fill in
  the blanks on the left side of the sign so you
  get the largest possible answer.
• (_____ _____) (__________) ?

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5.3 Math Message

• Take an answer sheet and complete it.

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5.4 Math Message

• Take an answer sheet and complete it.

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5.5 Math Message

• Pauls new baby sister sleeps about 16 hours per
  day. About how many hours does she sleep in one
  week?

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5.6 Math Message

• Solve the following problems on a computation
  grid
• 4 29
• 3 260
• 803 6
• 418 7

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5.7 Math Message

• What do you think the missing digits are?

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5.8 Math Message

• Read page 4 in your Student Reference Book. Be
  prepared to discuss how commas in large numbers
  are helpful.

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5.9 Math Message

• Find the largest number you can in the World Tour
  section of your Student Reference Book.

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5.10 Math Message

• A newspaper reported that 20,344 participants ran
  in the 2004 Boston Marathon. Do you think that
  number is exactly correct? Be ready to explain
  your answer.

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5.11 Math Message

• Find the table listing the tallest mountains on
  page 304 in your Student Reference Book.
• Which digits tell you that Everest is taller than
  K-2?
• ten thousands thousands hundreds tens ones

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5.12 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment

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6.1 Math Message

• There are 6 rows of chairs. There are 4 chairs
  in each row. How many chairs are there in all?

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6.2 Math Message

• A box holds 6 chocolate candies. How many boxes
  are needed to hold 134 chocolate candies?

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6.3 Math Message

• How many days are there in 30 weeks?
• How many weeks are there in 98 days?

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6.4 Math Message

• Three students share 13 sticks of gum. How many
  sticks of gum does each student get if they
  receive equal shares?

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6.5 Math Message

• How many minutes does it take the minute hand to
  move through a full turn on the face of a clock?
• A ½ turn?
• A ¼ turn?

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6.6 Math Message

• Read the top half of page 92 in your Student
  Reference Book. Be prepared to tell some things
  that all angles have in common.

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6.7 Math Message

• Complete the Math Message problems on journal
  page 157.

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6.8 Math Message

• Turn to journal page 161. Find the city of
  Tralee on the map. Be prepared to explain how
  you found it.

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6.9 Math Message

• Make a list of the things that you know about the
  world globe. Write down one question that you
  have about the world globe.

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6.10 Math Message

• Egg cartons hold 12 eggs. How many cartons do
  you need to pack 246 eggs.

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6.11 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment

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7.1 Math Message

• List three ways that fractions are used outside
  of your math class.

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7.2 Math Message

• Take 20 pennies. Show ½ of 20.

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7.3 Math Message

• Which phrase extremely likely, 50-50 chance, or
  very unlikely best describes the change of
  picking a red card from a regular deck of playing
  cards?

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7.4 Math Message

• ½ of the students in Mrs. Lopezs class went to
  the soccer game.
• ½ of the students in Mr. Williamss class also
  went to the game.
• Did the same number of students from each class
  go to the game?

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7.5 Math Message

• If the hexagon pattern block is the whole, what
  fractions are represented by the trapezoid, the
  rhombus, and the triangle?

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7.6 Math Message

• Take out your Fraction Cards. Write down two
  things that you notice about the cards.

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7.7 Math Message

• Complete journal page 201.

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7.8 Math Message

• Write the following fractions as decimals
• 1/10 32/100 7/10 9/100

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7.9 Math Message

• Work with a partner to solve Problems 1 and 2 on
  journal page 205.

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7.10 Math Message

• Solve Problems 1 and 2 at the top of journal page
  208.

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7.11 Math Message

• Think of a game you like in which the players
  roll dice. Be prepared to explain how dice are
  used in the game.

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7.12 Math Message

• Complete journal page 213.

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7.13 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment.

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8.1 Math Message

• Complete Problems 1 and 2 on journal page 220.

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8.2 Math Message

• Work with a partner and estimate
• The long side of our classroom is about _____
  feet long.
• The short side is about ______ feet long.
• Write your estimates in the table on the board.

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8.3 Math Message

• Read page 133 of your Student Reference Book. Be
  ready to describe a situation in which you would
  need to know to know the area of a surface.

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8.4 Math Message

• Take 3 sheets of grid paper. Cut and tape the
  grids to make a square with side that measure 1
  foot (12 inches).
• How many square inches are there in 1 square foot?

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8.5 Math Message

• Complete Problem 1 on journal page 232.

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8.6 Math Message

• Take 2 short straws, 2 long straws, and 4
  twist-ties. Use them to construct a
  parallelogram.

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8.7 Math Message

• Make a list of everything that you know about
  triangles.

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8.8 Math Message

• Read page 295 of the Student Reference Book.
• Be prepared to give several reasons why it is
  hard to measure the areas of countries, oceans,
  and deserts.

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8.9 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment

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9.1 Math Message

• Be ready to discuss the examples of percents you
  collected for Study Link 8-6.

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9.2 Math Message

• Complete Problem 1 on journal page 252.

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9.3 Math Message

• Use your calculator to divide the numerators of
  the following fractions by the denominators
• 1/2, 3/4, 4/5, and 6/10.
• What did you notice?

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9.4 Math Message

• Experiment with the percent key on your
  calculator.
• Find a way to rename ¼ as a percent.
• Write your method on a half sheet of paper.

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9.5 Math Message

• Use your calculator to rename these fractions as
  percents
• 1/8, 3/8, 5/8, 7/8

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9.6 Math Message

• Use your calculator to rename the following
  fractions as percents to the nearest whole
  percent
• 18/63 57/78 42/59 2/47

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9.7 Math Message

• Look at the table of data on Student Reference
  Book, page 301. Be ready to talk about what kind
  of information is in the table.

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9.8 Math Message

• Solve the problem at the top of journal page 268.

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9.9 Math Message

• Think of a number story that could be solved by
  dividing 4.2 by 7. Be prepared to discuss your
  answer.

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9.10 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment

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10.1 Math Message

• Work with a partner. Take one transparent mirror
  for your partnership.
• Read page 274.
• Then experiment with the mirror.

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10.2 Math Message

• Have you ever played darts or pocket billiards?
• Discuss the object of each game and some of the
  rules with a friend.

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10.3 Math Message

• Stand facing a partner.
• One partner poses.
• The other partner positions his or her body to be
  the mirror image of the partner.
• Then switch roles.

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10.4 Math Message

• What is symmetry? Be ready to name an object in
  the classroom that has line symmetry.

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10.5 Math Message

• Read page 108 in your Student Reference Book. Be
  prepared to describe what you notice about the
  three frieze patterns.

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10.6 Math Message

• Take a copy of Math Masters, page 320.
• Follow the directions and answer the questions.
• Share 1 transparent mirror with a partner.

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10.7 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment.

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11.1 Math Message

• A nickel weighs about 5 grams. Look around the
  classroom. Find objects you think weigh about
• 1 gram
• 10 grams
• 25 grams
• 100 grams

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11.2 Math Message

• Complete journal page 289.

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11.3 Math Message

• Open your Student Reference Book to page 102.
• Solve the following riddle
• I have the same number of faces as vertices.
  What am I?

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11.4 Math Message

• Read page 137 of the Student Reference Book. Be
  prepared to explain why there is a picture of a
  sandbox on the page.

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11.5 Math Message

• Complete journal page 298.

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11.6 Math Message

• On a sheet of paper, list any shortcuts that you
  use when you add credits and debits (positive and
  negative numbers).

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11.7 Math Message

• Fill in the missing numbers in the Math Message
  problems at the top of journal page 305.

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11.8 Math Message

• Complete Self Assessment

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12.1 Math Message

• Find the median for each set of numbers.
• 4, 9, 3, 12, 15, 9, 7
• 2, 10, 6, 9

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12.2 Math Message

• Flashlight batteries are on sale at 2 packages
  for 3.00. What is the cost of 6 packages of
  batteries?

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12.3 Math Message

• Use a calculator to help you solve the problems
  at the top of journal page 316.

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12.4 Math Message

• Read and complete journal page 319.

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12.5 Math Message

• Use a calculator to help you solve the division
  problems at the top of journal page 322.

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12.6 Math Message

• Complete Problems 1-4 on journal page 324.

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12.7 Math Message

• Complete the Self Assessment