<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/xsl/rss2html.xsl" type="text/xsl" media="screen"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/scripts/wpcss/wiki/mcninchmathandscience/skin/friendly/rss" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Ms. McNinch's Class Webpage - Recently Updated Pages</title><link>http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/pageSearch/updated</link><description>Recently Updated Pages on http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com</description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>info@wetpaint.com</webMaster><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:28:46 CDT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:28:46 CDT</lastBuildDate><generator>wetpaint.com</generator><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>Ms. McNinch's Class Webpage</title><url>http://www.wetpaint.com/img/logo.gif</url><link>http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com</link><description>This website is a tool for communication between school and home.  Anyone is welcome to join - students, parents, other family members, etc.  If you need an invitation please email me mmcninch@voyageracademy.net</description></image><item><title>Classroom</title><link>http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Classroom</link><author>mcninch</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Classroom</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:28:46 CDT</pubDate><description>&lt;font size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;This site was for the 2008/2009 school year and will updated for the next school year, later in August.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; 	&lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Welcome to Ms. McNinch&amp;#39;s Class wiki!&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; 2-15-09&lt;br&gt;Being in the new building had been so exciting. We are at different places in the Everyday Math curriculum, however, both classes are moving forward at a great pace. Ms. McNinch&amp;#39;s homebase is finishing up Unit 5 on Fractions, Decimals, and Percents and is getting ready to forward to Unit 6 on graphing and a review of fractions. Mrs. Burton&amp;#39;s homebase is about half way through Unit 5 on Fractions Decimals and Percents. We are focusing on fractional parts of a whole, mixed numbers/improper fractions, and converting between fractions, decimals, and percents. Please take time to read the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttps://www.wrightgroup.com/download/em/em3mm_g5_u05_family_letters.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Unit 5 Family Letter&lt;/a&gt; or the Unit 6 Family Letter. The letters provide relevant definitions, at home activities, AND answers to the Study Link hw assignments!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Remember to use the resources that are posted on my website. Useful websites&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; are posted as discovered or as needed/requested under &lt;a href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/important+links&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;important links&lt;/a&gt;, and hom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;ework is posted &lt;u&gt;almost&lt;/u&gt; daily under &lt;a href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/assignments&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;assignments&lt;/a&gt;. Since the school&amp;#39;s internet blocker keeps me from updating my site from school, I have found an alternate way to post my daily hw. Follow the link on the assignments page. Students may also check out a SRB (reference book) from the class to use at home as needed.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;We finished up our RiverCutters science unit. The students learned alot about how water changes the land. They also learned the importance of writing lab reports. Now we have begun our study of Weather and Climate. Students should be watching the weather report daily. Not only should they be watching for the temperature but also to hear &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;why the weather is the way it is. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;We have already focused our study on the water cycle and clouds.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;h2&gt;So I got bored and went YouTube crazy over break....but now they are here for you to enjoy :)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Pictures from this Year</title><link>http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Pictures+from+this+Year</link><author>mcninch</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Pictures+from+this+Year</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 05:30:08 CDT</pubDate><description>UPDATED May 21, 2009&lt;br&gt; &lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Important Links</title><link>http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Important+Links</link><author>mcninch</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Important+Links</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:54:37 CDT</pubDate><description>&lt;h3&gt;EOG Practice&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math &lt;/b&gt;- Interactive Texas Grade 5 EOG Prep 				  &lt;br&gt;                   The following links are from the Texas Education Agency and do not correlate with NC objectives for 5th grade entirely. However, they will provide a good practice on many of the same skills. Each link is a different practice test. Note: Exercises requiring the use of a ruler will not be possible. &lt;br&gt; 					         &lt;br&gt;   &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2006/grade5/math/5math.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;5th Grade Math 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2005/math/level5/level5math.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;5th Grade Math 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2004/grade5/math.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;5th Grade Math 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade5/math.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;5th Grade Math 4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade5/math.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;5th Grade Math 5&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;NC EOG ALL Grades Math Practice 				  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;                   This site was compiled by NC State University. It is interactive (checks your answers immediately) and is broken down into the NC Goals and Objectives. It is based on old EOG Objectives and students are not responsible for all skills tested here. You may view a current copy of the NC Goals and Objectives at http://www.learnnc.org/scos/2004-MAT/5/ The basic outline of the goals is still the same...questions in Goal 1 test Numbers and Operations, Goal 2 tests Measurement, Goal 3 tests Geometry, Goal 4 tests Data and Probability (Graphs) and Goal 5 questions test Algebra. It is also helpful to practice grade 4 questions for review.&lt;br&gt; 					         &lt;br&gt;   &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://cuacs8.mck.ncsu.edu/mathsampleitems/main.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NC EOG Math Prep&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math and Science&lt;/b&gt; - This site is from Virginia and similar to the Texas sites provide practice on SOME of the same skills that NC recommends. If you play around with this site, you can also customize it to specific goals and topics that you struggle with.&lt;br&gt; 					         &lt;br&gt;   &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://education.jlab.org/solquiz/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Virginia EOG Prep Grades 2-8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wake County Site&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;This website from a Wake County school has many links for students and parents about the EOG&amp;#39;s. Include practice EOG&amp;#39;s, articles from the State Board of Education, etc.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://wendelles.wcpss.net/eog.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Website on EOG&amp;#39;s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Cool New Site...&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.ixl.com/math/grade/fifth/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;IXL practice &lt;/a&gt;Practice questions are broken down by skill. The skills are organized into categories, and you can mouse over           any skill name to see a sample question. Without joining, you can answer 20 questions a day. When you join, IXL will track your score and the questions           will even increase in difficulty as you improve!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Weather and Climate&lt;/h3&gt;Links for further information on our 3rd quarter science unit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/mathhunt/StartGame.asp?QuizID=15&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Math Hunt Game - Extreme Weather&lt;/a&gt; : Brave the elements with me to investigate wild Web sites. Learn about meteorology while tracking down clues to blow away challenging math problems.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.ciconline.org/windward&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Windward! &lt;/a&gt;: Outsmart the weather in a race around the world.&lt;br&gt; &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.yvw.com.au/waterschool/juniors/water_comes.html#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cloudia Raindrop&amp;#39;s Journey through the Water Cycle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.projectwet.org/usa/mas/flash/wet.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Water Festival&quot;&gt;Water Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Fractions, Decimals, and Percents&lt;/h3&gt;Links for math practice for Unit 5 in Everyday Math.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.aaamath.com/fra.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Fractions&quot;&gt;Fractions&lt;/a&gt; --&amp;gt; All topics&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.visualfractions.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Visual Fractions&quot;&gt;Visual Fractions&lt;/a&gt; - fractions using number lines and circles (Great site for students who need to SEE it)&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/con_math/g05c28.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fraction, Decimal, Percent MEMORY GAME&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.quia.com/cb/34887.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fraction, Decimal, Percent Jeopardy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.mathsisfun.com/decimal-fraction-percentage.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Math is Fun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.purplemath.com/modules/percents.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;PurpleMath&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.elainefitzgerald.com/jeopardyfractions.ppt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fractions Jeopardy Powerpoint &lt;/a&gt;- similar to what we play in school 			&lt;h3&gt;River Landforms Links&lt;/h3&gt;Links to learn more about erosion, weathering, and deposition.                   &lt;br&gt; 					         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dam/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.enoriver.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Eno River Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_erosion.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Geography4Kids - Erosion and  Link to Weathering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0059-introduction-to-erosion.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Geology For Kids - Intro to Erosion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.nps.gov/brca/forkids/landformskids.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Landforms Kids Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://geoimages.berkeley.edu/geoimages/Wells/wells.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Photos of Geological Features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.geographyhigh.connectfree.co.uk/s3riversgeoghighlandforms.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;River Landforms Vocabulary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Science News for Kids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; 			&lt;h3&gt;Division Links&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://teachers.saschina.org/jtoa/2008/11/11/division-partial-quotients-method/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;One Teacher's Website on Partial Quotients&quot;&gt;One Teacher&amp;#39;s Website on Partial Quotients&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9050630681203583203&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Partial Products and Partial Quotients How-to Video&quot;&gt;Partial Products and Partial Quotients How-to Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://ccsd.net/schools/carl/math/partialquotients.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Algorithm: Partial Quotients&quot;&gt;Algorithm: Partial Quotients&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.kidsnumbers.com/apple-baskets-division.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apple Baskets Division Game&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Educational Songs (lots of fun :) - includes Geometry Park)&lt;/h3&gt;From Kids Know It Network - &lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/play-educational-song.php?song=Geometry+Park&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Educational Songs&quot;&gt;Educational Songs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Unit 3 Geometry Links&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/poly/LPoly1.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Sum of the Interior Angles of a Polygon&quot;&gt;Sum of the Interior Angles of a Polygon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/sim-figs/Lsimilarf.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Similar Polygons&quot;&gt;Similar Polygons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://mrsdell.org/geometry/vocabulary.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Geometry Vocab&quot;&gt;Geometry Vocab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/bananahunt/bhunt.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Banana Hunt - Estimating Angle Measures&quot;&gt;Banana Hunt - Estimating Angle Measures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.learnalberta.ca/Launch.aspx?content=%2fcontent%2fmesg%2fhtml%2fmath6web%2fmath6shell.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Spy Guys Interactive&quot;&gt;Spy Guys Interactive&lt;/a&gt; --&amp;gt; Choose Skip Intro, then Lessons, then Lesson 16: Working with Angles&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Measuring Angles - Using a Protractor&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.ehow.com/how_12928_protractor.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.ehow.com/how_12928_protractor.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.mathopenref.com/constmeasureangle.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.mathopenref.com/constmeasureangle.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.pdtogo.com/files/how+to+use+a+protractor.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.pdtogo.com/files/how%20to%20use%20a%20protractor.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Scholastic Websites&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; 			&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Election 2008 for Kids&quot;&gt;Election 2008 for Kids&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www2.scholastic.com/browse/scholasticNews.jsp?FromBrowseMod=true&amp;Ns=Pub_Date_Sort%7C1&amp;CurrPage=scholasticNews.jsp&amp;TopicValue=Scholastic+News&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Scholastic News - News you can read&quot;&gt;Scholastic News - News you can read&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Book Wizard&quot;&gt;Book Wizard&lt;/a&gt; - For the book wizard, set the Reading Level System to Lexile System and then you may search by Book Title to find out the reading level or search by Lexile level to identify appropriate books.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.cnn.com/studentnews/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;CNN Student News&quot;&gt;CNN Student News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Multiplication Links&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.coolmath4kids.com/times-tables/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Cool Math's Times Tables Lessons&quot;&gt;Cool Math&amp;#39;s Times Tables Lessons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Interactive Games/Practice&quot;&gt;Interactive Games/Practice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.coolmath4kids.com/times-tables/times-tables-lesson-lattice-multiplication-1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Lattice Multiplication from Cool Math&quot;&gt;Lattice Multiplication from Cool Math&lt;/a&gt; 			&lt;h3&gt;Prime Factorization/Factor Trees&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=137e68f3d66a7941b331&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Teacher Tube Video - How To Video...&quot;&gt;Teacher Tube Video - How To Video...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.mathplayground.com/factortrees.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Factor Trees - Create a tree and it corrects your work&quot;&gt;Factor Trees - Create a tree and it corrects your work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.hi.com.au/mathszoneqld/pdf/MZQSA01b.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Textbook chapter from Australia - good info though&quot;&gt;Textbook chapter from Australia - good info though&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; 			&lt;h3&gt;Square Numbers and Square Root&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.mathsisfun.com/square-root.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Math is Fun -- Good Information&quot;&gt;Math is Fun -- Good Information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-square-a-number&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Blog on how to square numbers -- interesting rules if you understand the basics&quot;&gt;Blog on how to square numbers -- interesting rules if you understand the basics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; 			&lt;h3&gt;Motion and Design Links 				  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;                   These are some helpful links for review, practice, and enrichment for our unit on Motion and Design.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/coaster/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Design Your Roller Coaster Online&quot;&gt;Design Your Roller Coaster Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;EdHead's Simple Machines&quot;&gt;EdHead&amp;#39;s Simple Machines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/forces_action.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Forces in Action Game&quot;&gt;Forces in Action Game&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/friction.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Friction Game&quot;&gt;Friction Game&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/machines/sciber/intro.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Machines&quot;&gt;Machines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/momentum.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Moving Macgical Marbles Experiment&quot;&gt;Moving Magical Marbles Experiment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://kids.discovery.com/games/rollercoasters/coastervideos/extreme/extreme.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Roller Coaster Video Clips&quot;&gt;Roller Coaster Video Clips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Simple Machines and Examples&quot;&gt;Simple Machines and Examples&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles1/finalhome.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Simple Machines Learning Site&quot;&gt;Simple Machines Learning Site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/webcast.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Skateboard Science&quot;&gt;Skateboard Science&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Divisibility Rules&lt;/h3&gt;Here are two links to help with practicing the divisibility rules. These rules are helpful to determine factors and help to cut out the time to find some basic factors of numbers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.lessontutor.com/lw4.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;No, Its Not Cheating... NOTES&quot;&gt;No, Its Not Cheating... NOTES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.vectorkids.com/vkdivisible.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Divisibility Rules Game/Practice&quot;&gt;Divisibility Rules Game/Practice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; 			&lt;h3&gt;MacMillan-McGraw Hill Science Links: Motion and Design&lt;/h3&gt;Below is a link to the book&amp;#39;s website. You can find links to lesson summaries, reviews, games, and vocabulary.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.macmillanmh.com/science/2005/student/level2.php?isbn=0022812156&amp;level1=F&amp;level2=14&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Motion and Design &quot;&gt;Motion and Design &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; 			&lt;h3&gt;SparkTop&lt;/h3&gt;Sparktop&amp;#39;s name celebrates kids&amp;#39; individuality - &amp;quot;no two brains spark alike.&amp;quot; Kids ages 8-12 can go to the site to develop skills and have fun playing games.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.sparktop.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Sparktop&quot;&gt;Sparktop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; 			&lt;h3&gt;Online Math Dictionary&lt;/h3&gt;Definitions and interactive examples of math vocabulary words.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Math Dictionary&quot;&gt;Math Dictionary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; 			&lt;div class=&quot;txtHeader&quot;&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Arcademic Skill Builders&lt;/h3&gt;This site contains multi-user games where you can compete against students from anywhere else in the world. It also has some single-users games. There are math topics and language arts topics. For the Wii owners....these games are also optimized for Nintendo Wii&amp;trade;, using the Wii Browser and  Wii Remote.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://arcademicskillbuilders.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Academic Skill Builders&quot;&gt;Arcademic Skill Builders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;wickED&lt;/h3&gt;Many different interactive math review games can be found at this website. Two great games are Matho and Code Cracker. Matho reviews your knowledge of order of operations, while Code Cracker requires knowledge of just basic operations to reveal a code.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/maths/interactives.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;wickED&quot;&gt;wickED&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;The Magic Pen&lt;/h3&gt;Note: This site has many ads.&lt;br&gt;The goal of this game to get the small red ball to hit the red flags and go up as many levels as possible. In order to accomplish this, you use the &amp;quot;magic pen&amp;quot; to create ramps, balls, hinges, and levers to move the red ball toward the red flag. All of the objects behave just as they would in real life. Very cool to play around with. Good Luck!&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;The Magic Pen&quot;&gt;The Magic Pen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Brainbox Challenge&lt;/h3&gt;These games are associated with a new BBC show coming out. The games definitely challenge your brain but they move up in levels. You also decide the type of challenge that you want - visual, language, coding, spatial (dealing with space), dual task, or memory.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/brainboxchallenge/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Brainbox Challenge&quot;&gt;Brainbox Challenge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Math Arcade 				  &lt;/h3&gt;                   &lt;div class=&quot;txtBody&quot;&gt;Work your way around the puzzle playing various games related to 5th grade math. Use the 4th grade level to review skills and the 6th grade level to challenge yourself. &lt;br&gt; 					         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Math Arcade on FunBrain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;        &lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt; 								 	                								 	                             	                            Place Value Puzzler 				  &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;                   Play it to work on your place value skills.  Can you click on the right digit to match the place value?                   &lt;br&gt; 					         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Place Value Puzzler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Times Table Tester 				  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;                   This link provides an opportunity to practice those multiplication facts. Choose Easier, Harder, or Megahard. The harder problem you choose, the more points you earn. Challenge yourself.  					         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/testtest.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;   Times Table Tester&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;5th Grade Everyday Math Resources 				  &lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;                   The resources on this website are from another school&amp;#39;s website. I have no tried all of the links but the ones that I have tried match up with the lessons that we are working on in the classroom. Pick a lesson or topic that you want more practice on and play that game.  					         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/edm/5.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;   5th Grade Everyday Math Resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.auburn.wednet.edu/everydaymath/evrydaymathhome.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Everyday Math for Parents&quot;&gt;Everyday Math for Parents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/index.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Everyday Math's Website for Parents&quot;&gt;Everyday Math&amp;#39;s Website for Parents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.wrightgroup.com/download/em/emglossary.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Everyday Math Glossary&quot;&gt;Everyday Math Glossary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.wrightgroup.com/parent_connection/about.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Everyday Math Parent Connection&quot;&gt;Everyday Math Parent Connection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Figure This! 				  &lt;/h3&gt;                   Figure This! are math challenges made for the whole family to work with. You may work on them online or order the CD. Just click on &amp;quot;Challenge Index&amp;quot; to view the list of challenge problems. If you scroll down to the bottom of each challenge you will see a button for &amp;quot;Answer&amp;quot; in order to check your problem solving skills. &lt;br&gt; 					         &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.figurethis.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Figure This! Math Challenges for the Family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Assignments</title><link>http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Assignments</link><author>mcninch</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Assignments</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:52:23 CST</pubDate><description> 			&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Website isn&amp;#39;t working at school so the site may not be updated until I arrive home or not at all. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;I love a lot of the options on this website so I am no changing it however I have found a solution to updating the hw. You may click on the link below to obtain the document.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dd9ctrhr_26drv8hhc9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Daily HW&quot;&gt;Daily HW&lt;/a&gt; (Hopefully this works!)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is where you will find homework assignments. It will be updated often. Do not depend on this site for your nightly homework as some days it may not be updated. The students are responsible for writing down their homework daily in their school agenda. All homework is due the next night unless stated otherwise.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;Problem of the Week (11-10-08)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;: Must show work and write your name on the paper to earn credit. It must also be clear as to what the answer is (put in a box or circle around the answer) and make sure to include the appropriate units.    &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;H ow many triangles are present in the figure? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;11-13-08&lt;br&gt;McNinch Unit 3 Math Test - Monday - Students completed a study guide today in class and will play review Jeopardy tomorrow as well as receive extra practice in measuring angles.&lt;br&gt;Burton Unit 3 Math Test (Geometry) - Thursday - Students received their study guide today in case they want to begin reviewing the concepts and definitions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;11-5-08&lt;br&gt;McNinch - Finish your pattern.&lt;br&gt;Burton - Study multiplication; Play computer games to review concepts from this year or practice problem solving.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;11-4-08&lt;br&gt;Math - Words for the Operations (We played Algebra Election today in class - ask your child about the Electoral College - we learned all about it today)&lt;br&gt;Science - We began our new science unit on Landforms today. Talk with your child about the formation of land and how water changes the land around them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;11-3-08&lt;br&gt;McNinch&lt;br&gt;Math - Math Boxes 3.8 page 84 in Math Journal&lt;br&gt;Science - None&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Burton&lt;br&gt;Math - Study Link 3.6&lt;br&gt;Science - Finish Egg Drop Paper&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-30-08&lt;br&gt;MATH&lt;br&gt;Burton - Identify 2 pairs of vertical angles, and 4 pairs of adjacent angles in the picture drawn in their math notebook.&lt;br&gt;McNinch - Play Polygon Capture with someone at home (15-20 min)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Science - Spend 15-20 working on Egg Drop data sheet, questions, writing frame, paper. Goal: Finish assignment by end of class tomorrow.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-28-08&lt;br&gt;Math McNinch - Math Rules! due Friday; SL 3.6&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Science - Parent signature on science quiz&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-23-08&lt;br&gt;Math McNinch - SL 3.5 (don&amp;#39;t measure angles in #1-3)&lt;br&gt;Math Burton - SL 3.4 on reading protractors&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Science - Motion and Design Quiz (21 ques) tomorrow. Mini-Book due tomorrow.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-22-08&lt;br&gt;Math McNinch - Baseball math - may be challenging students should try their best&lt;br&gt;Math Burton - Fill in today&amp;#39;s vocabulary in foldable, read over notes twice, study multiplication facts&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Science McNinch - Egg Drop Questions; Quiz Friday&lt;br&gt;Science Burton - Egg Drop tomorrow (2 ish); Quiz Friday&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-21-08&lt;br&gt;Math McNinch - Study Link 3.4&lt;br&gt;Math Burton (Blue Group w/ McNinch) - Geometric Figures on parallel lines, etc&lt;br&gt;Math Burton (Purple Group w/ Hillman) - Measuring the Parts&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Science - Students in both classes received the answers to the review in the mini-book. Students should answer the questions before checking their work. Many students have not answered the review questions yet. See other science dates below.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-20&lt;br&gt;Math McNinch - Math Rules! due Friday&lt;br&gt;Math Burton - Place Value Puzzles (Lesson 3.2)&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Important Science Dates (McNinch HB)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Tuesday (21st) - Study Guide is due. Students will build their Egg Drop Container/Parachute.&lt;br&gt;Wednesday (22nd) - Drop eggs around 9:45 - parents welcome.&lt;br&gt;Thursday (23rd) - &lt;br&gt;Friday - End of Unit Quiz (20-30 questions). Science mini-book is due. This is the end of the quarter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Important Science Dates (Burton Homebase)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tuesday (21st) &lt;/u&gt;- Motion and Design Study Guide is due. This is found on pages 29-30 in students&amp;#39; mini-book. Students are to try the best they can. Answers will be provided on Tuesday. Students will also begin designing their egg drop container/parachute. They should bring in any supplies they think they might use.&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Wednesday (22nd)&lt;/u&gt; - Students will build their egg drop container/parachute.&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Thursday (23rd) &lt;/u&gt;- Students will drop their egg from 12 feet and observe the physics concepts surrounding the motion of this egg. We will do this around 2:00 - parents are welcome.&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Friday (24th) &lt;/u&gt;- End of Unit Quiz (20-30 questions). Science Mini-Book (assignments on notebook paper if book was lost) is due. This is also the end of the quarter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-14-08&lt;br&gt;Burton Math - Continue to study multiplication facts.&lt;br&gt;McNinch Math - Study multiplication facts. Test Corrections and Parent Signature on test due tomorrow. Math Rules! due Friday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Science - Students should be collecting supplies for the Great Egg Drop Parachute. I suggest materials such as cotton balls, aluminum foil, small strawberry baskets, ribbon, rope, egg crates, etc. Anything that can be cut and pasted.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-12-08&lt;br&gt;BURTON MATH - Unit 2 Test is Tomorrow&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-9-2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Math - McNinch &lt;/u&gt;- Study for Unit 2 test which is tomorrow. &lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Science - McNinch &lt;/u&gt;- I by accidentally printed off science progress reports so students are bringing them home today so I make use of the wasted paper. They are updated with the Simple Machine study guide and quiz grade.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-8-08&lt;br&gt;Math - See below for information about math test. Tonight both classes should complete the study guide.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-7-08&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math test will be on Friday. Students will work on a study guide in class on Wednesday. The test will be on adding/subtracting whole numbers and decimals, number stories/word problems, place value, partial products method, lattice method&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;magnitude estimates, multiplying decimals, probability using a probability meter, expanded notation/form, landmark numbers (max, min, median, range, mean).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;McNinch - &lt;/u&gt;Study times tables. Play math games. Think about math.&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Burton - &lt;/u&gt;Choose 5 multiplication problems to complete from today&amp;#39;s classwork. You may solve them using traditional, partial products method, or lattice method.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-6-08 (Math test will be later this week - either Thursday or Friday)&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;McNinch -&lt;/u&gt; Math Rules! due Friday. Study Link 2.10&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Burton&lt;/u&gt; - Study times tables. Think about any multiplication questions that you have to ask in class tomorrow.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-2-08 (I am out this day)&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;McNinch&lt;/u&gt; - Finish worksheet side of Decimal Diagram (you do not have to finish Pick Those Books)&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Burton&lt;/u&gt; - Study Link 2.8 #1-3&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-1-08&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;McNinch -&lt;/u&gt; Study Link 2.9&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Burton&lt;/u&gt; - Study multiplication facts.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Science&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Simple Machines quiz tomorrow&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9-30-08&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;McNinch - &lt;/u&gt;Study Link 2.8, Math Rules (due Fri as usual)&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Burton&lt;/u&gt; - Study Link 2.6&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Science&lt;/b&gt; - Due to having a substitute yesterday, some students were confused on the due date of the study guide even though it was also written on Mrs. Burton&amp;#39;s board. :-) Unless I announce otherwise, all hw is due the next day. We will go over the study guide tomorrow in class and the quiz is on Thursday. See quiz information below.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9-29-08&lt;br&gt;I was out today so just have the students try their best on their hw.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math -&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;McNinch&lt;/u&gt; - Math Rules! due Friday. SL 2.7.&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Burton&lt;/u&gt; - Study Link 2.7&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Science&lt;/b&gt; - Simple Machines Study Guide - due Tuesday. Quiz is on Thursday and will not only include information about Simple Machines but there will also be 2-3 questions from the information from the first quiz in this unit on Newton&amp;#39;s Laws. The goal is to have the students continually reviewing their notes to hold them accountable for the information throughout the year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9-25-08&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;McNinch - Math Rules! and POW due tomorrow&lt;br&gt;Burton - Find the mean, median, mode, and range of the data set. The data is written in their notebooks. Note: there is NO mode. POW is due tomorrow as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9-24-08&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;McNinch - &lt;/u&gt;Worksheet on Mean, Median, and Mode. Only do even problems....unless you want to do them all :) And as always, Math Rules! is due on Friday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Burton&lt;/u&gt; - SL 2.4 Open Sentences and Number Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Science&lt;/b&gt; - I have been telling the students that it is their responsibility to finish any science classwork that they do not finish in class. I will be collecting their work at the end of the unit for a classwork grade. They have been completing activities on roller coasters and now on simple machines. At the end of the book, you can also find the study guide for this unit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9-22-08&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;McNinch&lt;/u&gt; - Signed math tests and retests are due tomorrow. Study Link 2.3 (Another Number Hunt) due tomorrow. Math Rules! due Friday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Burton&lt;/u&gt; - Worksheet: Subtracting Decimals&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;9-19-08&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;/b&gt; - Unit 1 Tests need to be signed and returned. Students should also be working on their re-tests to make sure they are getting additional practice. Signed tests and re-tests are due back on Monday for Mrs. Burton&amp;#39;s HB and due on Tuesday for McNinch&amp;#39;s HB. Have a good weekend.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9-18-08&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Math&lt;/b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br&gt; Burton&lt;/u&gt; - Students received their Unit 1 math tests back today. There is a note to you about the grading of the test. The students also know so ask them questions. You need to sign the test. All students who earned a B or lower must complete the re-test because there is always more practice that can be done. The signed test and re-test are due Monday the 22nd.&lt;br&gt; &lt;u&gt;McNinch&lt;/u&gt; - SL 2.2 and Math Rules! is due tomorrow. (whoops...forgot to write Math Rules in agenda)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9-16-08&lt;br&gt;Math - Test tomorrow.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9-15-06&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;/b&gt; - There is a math test on Wednesday. It is on Unit 1 material. Students received a study guide today in class. We spent the entire class completing the study guide. Students were also offered additional practice if they would like it. Students should know (but not limited to): arrays, factors, factor rainbows, prime and composite, multiples, even and odd numbers, divisibility rules, word form of a number, place value.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9/11/08&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;/b&gt; (Unit 1 test will be beginning of next week. Students will get a study guide on Monday that we will begin in class.)&lt;br&gt;McNinch - Study Link 1.7 and 1.8 - For the practice problems, only answer the even ones.&lt;br&gt;Burton - Create factor trees for the numbers 48, 100, and one number of choice. Make sure to write the prime factorization in exponential notation. See important links for more information on factor trees.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Science&lt;/b&gt; - none&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9/10/08&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;McNinch - Math Rules!&lt;br&gt;Burton - Study Link 1.8 Try your best. If you have questions leave it blank and write a note. But you MUST try.&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Science&lt;/b&gt; - Finish classwork - drawing and description of group/personal roller coaster design on pages 14 and 15 of the their science mini-book.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9/8/08&lt;br&gt;Math&lt;br&gt;McNinch - Math Rules! Due Friday; Study Link 1.6 due tomorrow&lt;br&gt;Burton - Study Link 1.6&lt;br&gt;Science - None :) Think scientifically.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9/4/08&lt;br&gt;Math - McNinch: Math Rules! and Study Link 1.5 due tomorrow&lt;br&gt;Burton: Study math. Read over your notes, specifically the divisibility rules from today. (This class does not have SL 1.5)&lt;br&gt;Science - Quiz on Monday. This quiz will be on the 12 flash cards we created at class/home. It will also cover pages 2-6 in their mini-book.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9/308&lt;br&gt;Math - McNinch: Math Rules! due Friday; Study Link 1.4&lt;br&gt; Burton: Study Link 1.4&lt;br&gt;Science - Read pages 3-5 in your mini-book&lt;br&gt; Quiz Monday on vocabulary&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;8/29&lt;br&gt;Friday Communication folders went home today with a couple of important announcements. PTA meeting Tuesday here at Voyager on the field. Curriculum night is Wednesday at 6:30pm. Scholastic book orders went home and are due by Sept 8th if you would like to place an order.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;8/28&lt;br&gt;Math - McNinch: &amp;quot;Which is More?&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt; Burton: &amp;quot;What&amp;#39;s Next?&amp;quot; ---&amp;gt; We forgot to write it down in our agendas. But it should be in their hw folders.&lt;br&gt;Science - None&lt;br&gt;Specials - Tomorrow is Art&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;8/27&lt;br&gt;Math - McNinch HB: Finish &amp;quot;Big Winners&amp;quot; page 10&lt;br&gt; Burton HB: Finish &amp;quot;Name that Value&amp;quot; page 9 (give the DO MORE a try)&lt;br&gt;Science - Finish Welcome to Science collage&lt;br&gt;Specials - Tomorrow for McNinch is Spanish.&lt;br&gt; PE HW - Supplies; Parent Info Sheet&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;8/26&lt;br&gt;Math - Math Boxes 1.1 (Math Journal page 4, #2-6) If students struggle, this is okay. This is to see what the students do and do not know. It does not need to be correct or completed as long as students try their best.&lt;br&gt;Science - Work on CW. This is cutting out pictures and words that either represent themselves or represent science.&lt;br&gt;Specials - Tomorrow is PE.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;8/25/08&lt;br&gt;Math - n/a&lt;br&gt;Science - Bring magazines or newspapers that you can cut up.&lt;br&gt;Computer - Bring supplies, Have parents sign important sheets, Finish student information sheet&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;8/21/08&lt;br&gt;Math - Come Monday excited and ready for fun.&lt;br&gt;Science - Bring magazines or newspapers that you can cut up.&lt;br&gt;Specials - Schedule for the week: Computer, Music, PE (wear sneakers), Spanish, Art&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Announcements</title><link>http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Announcements</link><author>mcninch</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Announcements</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:16:29 CST</pubDate><description>11/3/08&lt;br&gt;As I have mentioned many times, Everyday Mathematics is a spiraling curriculum. This is a new concept for many parents (and teachers). This is an article I found with teachers as the intended audience, however, I think it might be helpful to those still struggling with the concept. &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.teachersnetwork.org/ntny/nychelp/energize/everydaymath.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Everyday Mathematics (K-6) in a Workshop Model: Making the Paradigm Shift for Effective Instruction&quot;&gt;Everyday Mathematics (K-6) in a Workshop Model: Making the Paradigm Shift for Effective Instruction&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9/24/08&lt;br&gt;Games are an important part of the Everyday Mathematics curriculum. This is an article/interview with a professor about the benefits of using games in a mathematics classroom. &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.metametricsinc.com/learninglink/QA.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Raising Student Achievement with Mathematical Games&quot;&gt;Raising Student Achievement with Mathematical Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;9/10/08&lt;br&gt;Birthday/Holiday Goodies&lt;br&gt;Voyager Academy is embracing healthy eating. Fast food and soda is not permitted during lunch. I understand that many students would like a treat to celebrate their birthday or to celebrate a holiday. Please contact me when these holidays or celebrations are approaching so we can make sure that we do not have 60 cupcakes in a single day (it happened last year). We also have many birthdays that are back to back. It would be appreciated if a single treat was organized for the class. And as always healthy treats are welcome and preferred over sugar (we&amp;#39;ve all seen 10-year-olds after cake and icing, try then having class).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;8/27/08&lt;br&gt;FROM THE OFFICE....&lt;br&gt;-Medical forms must be signed by a doctor. We cannot administer any medication with just a parent note.&lt;br&gt;-Children should be dropped off and picked up in the car line. No children should be dropped off or picked up in the front office unless they are late coming to school (after 8 am) or leaving early (before 2:30 pm). No child should be signed out after 2:40 pm.&lt;br&gt;-Please do not call the front office between 2:45-3:15, during car pool there may not be anyone available to answer phone calls.&lt;br&gt;-Children will not be called out of class (unless being signed out), nor will messages or supplies be delivered to the classroom during instructional time.&lt;br&gt;-The school needs a free lunch form from EVERY child. If you do not wish to apply, you may put your child&amp;#39;s name on the form and sign the &amp;quot;I decline&amp;quot; line.&lt;br&gt;-A background check will be completed for every volunteer. If a background check was completed last year, it is not necessary to redo it this year.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;8/22/08&lt;br&gt;It was great to meet so many students and parents at the Open House last night. I&amp;#39;m really excited about this upcoming year and I hope you are as well.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;8/14/08&lt;br&gt;WELCOME to my homebase! I look forward to getting to know each one of you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jordan Bowen  &lt;br&gt;Brenden Campen  &lt;br&gt;Arianna Ceder  &lt;br&gt;Anthony Council  &lt;br&gt;Benjamin Dow  &lt;br&gt;Stephanie Flores&lt;br&gt;Reid Hibbard  &lt;br&gt;Emily Holland    &lt;br&gt;Natalie Hollon&lt;br&gt;Marisa Jannetta  &lt;br&gt;Madison Kujawa  &lt;br&gt;Addison Oliver&lt;br&gt;Carli Reo    &lt;br&gt;Mackenzie Richards  &lt;br&gt;Austin Rooks  &lt;br&gt;Campbell Shaw  &lt;br&gt;Samantha Sheagley  &lt;br&gt;Hunter Tart&lt;br&gt;Caleb Trueheart  &lt;br&gt;Bryson Willis    &lt;br&gt;Wyatt Young&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;8/4/08 &lt;br&gt;-School is beginning soon. Make sure to visit Voyager&amp;#39;s Website for important information. &lt;br&gt;-Here is the link to the &lt;a class=&quot;external&quot; href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.comhttp://www.voyageracademy.net/Files/5thsupplylist.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;5th grade school supply list.&lt;/a&gt; Please note: the supply list mentions to purchase the TI-34 plus calculator. This  one cannot be found. Any TI-34 calculator or any calculator with fraction capabilities is acceptable. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Study Guides</title><link>http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Study+Guides</link><author>mcninch</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Study+Guides</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:22:41 CDT</pubDate><description> 			&lt;font color=&quot;#ff0000&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#333333&quot;&gt;On this page you can find helpful documents such as study guides, worksheets, notes, important websites, and other. If there are other documents that you would like to see here, just let me know.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; **All attachments are attached at the bottom of this page.**&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;10-30-08 Unit 3 Notes (Geometry)&lt;br&gt;9-22-08 Notes from the week of Sept 22 (Open Number Sentences and Mean/Median/Mode/Range)&lt;br&gt;9-25-08 Multiplication Tricks and MORE Multiplication Tricks (that your teacher hasn&amp;#39;t even heard of before)&lt;br&gt;9-19-08 Math notes from the week of Sept 15 (adding decimals)&lt;br&gt;9-12-08 Math notes from the week of Sept 8 (prime/composite #s, Squaring/Un-squaring #s, Factor Trees, Prime Factorization, Exponents)&lt;br&gt;9/5/08 Math Notes for the week of Sept 2 (factors, odd, even, remainder, divisibility rules)&lt;br&gt;9-2-08 Factor Captor Rules (Students have the grid from when we played in class)&lt;br&gt;8-29-08 Math Notes for the week of August 25th (Place Value, 3 Ways to Write a Number, Rectangular Arrays)&lt;br&gt;8-25-08 Vocabulary for Motion and Design Unit (see below for attachments)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Syllabus</title><link>http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/The+Syllabus</link><author>mcninch</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/The+Syllabus</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:33:31 CDT</pubDate><description> 			&lt;h3&gt;Daily Schedule&lt;/h3&gt;Monday&lt;br&gt;8:05-8:20 Morning Meeting/Announcements/Homebase&lt;br&gt;8:25-10:00 1st Block&lt;br&gt;10:00-10:05 Switch Classes&lt;br&gt;10:05-10:50 2nd Block (Snack)&lt;br&gt;10:55-11:40 Specials&lt;br&gt;11:45-12:30 2nd Block&lt;br&gt;12:30-1:00 Lunch&lt;br&gt;1:00 Dismissal&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tuesday-Friday&lt;br&gt;8:05-8:30 Morning Meeting/Announcements/Homebase&lt;br&gt; 8:35-10:40  1st Block&lt;br&gt; 10:40-10:45 Switch Classes&lt;br&gt; 10:45-11:45  (Snack) 2nd Block&lt;br&gt;11:45-12:10 Recess&lt;br&gt;12:15-12:40 Lunch&lt;br&gt; 12:45-1:45  Specials&lt;br&gt; 1:50-2:50 2nd Block&lt;br&gt; 2:55-3:00 Pack Up/Announcements&lt;br&gt; 3:00 Dismissal&lt;br&gt; 			&lt;h3&gt;Syllabus for this term:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Math&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;u&gt;Everyday Mathematics Unit 1&lt;/u&gt;: Number Theory (Place Value, Arrays, Factors, Divisibility, Squaring and Unsquaring Numbers) (NC Standards  Goal 1 Number and Operations - The learner will understand and compute with non-negative rational numbers.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;u&gt;Everyday Mathematics Unit 1&lt;/u&gt;: Estimation and Computation (Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers and Decimals, Number Stories, Mean, Median, and Mode, Probability, Multiplication, Lattice Method, Big Numbers) (NC Standards Goal 1 Number and Operations - TLW understand and computer with non-negative rational numbers and NC Standards Goal 4 Data Analysis and Probability - TLW understand and use graphs and data analysis.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Science&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;u&gt;Motion and Design&lt;/u&gt; - Roller Coasters, Simple Machines, Egg Drop Experiment ( NC Standards Goal 4. The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technologies to build an undestadning of forces and motion in technolgical designs)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/The+Syllabus/thread&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;Ask a question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item><item><title>Calendar of Events</title><link>http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Calendar+of+Events</link><author>mcninch</author><guid isPermaLink="false">http://mcninchmathandscience.wetpaint.com/page/Calendar+of+Events</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:28:36 CDT</pubDate><description> 			 &lt;br&gt;&lt;hr size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>