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| Students in Miss Hastings' 5th grade class at Glen Avenue School typed letters to their new friends in Willem Postma Primére Skool in South Africa on their Palms. They are getting ready for a Skype session when they will talk to their new friends and hear their voices over the Internet! They used math skills to determine what time it will be in South Africa when it is 9 AM in Maryland during their Skype call. | ||
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September 27, 2006 Dear friend, My name is Kristen and I am a girl. We are multiplying whole numbers and decimals. When I grow up I will be a cop. I will have to add the tickets.
Dear friend, My name is Destiny. I am a girl. I am learning to multiply whole numbers and decimals. When I grow up I want to be a teacher. I will use Math by grading papers and teaching it.
Your friend,
Dear friends, My name is Diane and I am a girl. We are learning to multiply whole numbers and decimals. When I grow up I want to be a nurse. Since I want to be a nurse, I have to test blood. And I love to play sports. What sports do you play?
Your friend,
Dear friend, My name is Eric. In math class I am learning multiplication and division. When I grow up I want to be a storm chaser. To be a storm chaser I need math so I know when to go somewhere.
Dear friend, My name is Jasmine, and I am a girl. I'm learning whole numbers, decimals, and multiplication. I want to be a doctor and a business lady. It will help me by measuring medicine and counting the abused children.
Your friend,
Dear friend, My name is Joshua. I am a boy. We are learning about multiplying whole numbers and decimals in math. I want to be a surgeon when I grow up. Math will help me be a surgeon because it will help to know how many bones there are in the human body. I had a good time talking with you.
Your best friend,
My name is Kapre. I am a boy. What are you? We are learning decimals in math. When I grow up I'm going to be a football player. What are you going to be? Math is going to help me when I grow up because a touch down is six points and I have to add.
Your friend,
Dear new friend, I'm a girl. My name is Keosha. In my class we are learning whole numbers and decimals. When I grow up I want to be a doctor. Math will help me like if I have to check their weight and height.
Your friend,
Dear friend, I am a boy. I live North America and I am your friend. My name is Marcus. We are working on multiplying decimals. How long will it take to get to South Africa?
Your friend,
Hello my name is Melissa and I am 12 years old. I have 2 good friends. They are so silly. But, I will like to get to know you and I wish I can be a psychiatrist. So what do you want to be? I will like to know so that you and I can talk. I love dark chocolate. Do you like chocolate? It is so good! It is not sweet but it is good. I have to go bye. I am a girl. Are you?
Your friend,
My name is Michael. I am a boy. We are learning to multiply decimals and whole numbers. I am going to be a baseball player. Math will help me catch the ball.
Your friend,
My name is Nathen. I am a boy. When I grow up I want to be a nurse. I will measure height and weight when I am a nurse. In math, we have been learning how to multiply whole numbers and decimals.
Your friend,
Dear person, My name is Raini and I am a boy. What are you? Right now we are learning decimals in math. I want to be a pro skater. I will use math in my career to buy a skateboard.
Your friend,
My name is Randy. I am a boy. We are learning multiplying decimals. I want to be a wrestler when I grow up.
Your friend,
Dear friend, My name is Shamar and I'm a boy. I learn addition. I want to be a basketball player. Math will help me take the basketball player test.
Your friend,
Dear Friend, My name is Summer. I am a girl. We are learning to multiply whole numbers with decimals. When I grow up I want to be a basketball player. I will use math. If I make a 3 3-pointers I want to know how many points I made. I would multiply 3x3 equals 9.
Your friend,
Dear Friend,
My name is Tyrail and I'm a boy. We are learning to multiply whole numbers by decimals. I want to be a plane driver. I need to know how long it will take to get in the air.
Your friend,
Dear friend,
My name is Ty'Ron and I am a boy. In Math I'm multiplying decimals. When I grow up I want to be a truck driver. Math will help me by adding how many things I have on my truck.
Your friend,
Dear friend,
My name is Tyshara and I am a girl. We are learning in math multiplying whole numbers by decimals. I want to be a teacher when I grow up. Math will help me to be a teacher.
Your friend,
Hi my name is Brianna. I am a girl. In math we are learning how to multiply decimals. I want to be a teacher. It will help me because when you teach math you have to know math to teach it. So that is why you need math to do every thing - to be a banker, to go to college and to work at the market.
Your friend,
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Patti Weeg pweeg@wcboe.org Title 1 Technology Integration Professional Developer/Coach Wicomico County Public Schools Maryland September 27, 2006 |