Coordinate Grid Games

We've been studying coordinate grids and line plots in math.  While it's difficult to find games on the Internet involving line plots, there are many games to practice plotting points on a coordinate grid. Below are links to just a few.  Note that some games include working in all quadrants of a coordinate grid, positive and negative; we have only worked in the positive quadrant in class.  Have fun!

http://mrnussbaum.com/stockshelves/  uses negatives

http://www.mathplayground.com/locate_aliens.html  uses negatives

http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/games/ctf/ctf_hotmath.swf  uses negatives

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5/graph-points-on-a-coordinate-plane  a little less exciting but good practice

Boston Massacre Reenactment

We are fortunate to live in an area so rich with early American history.  We walk where colonists walked.  We see the actual houses in which they lived.  And this weekend, we can experience what it might have been like to be a colonist during the events which lead to the Revolution.

Our class has been reading a short book about the causes of the American Revolution.  In coming weeks, we will continue to learn more about the Revolution in Social Studies class as well.  But this weekend presents an opportunity which only occurs once a year--the reenactment of the Boston Massacre which Paul Revere used so effectively to stir Patriot sentiments.  The Bostonian Society will be presenting a reenactment of the massacre at 7pm this Saturday, March 5.  Please visit their website to learn more (http://www.bostonhistory.org/?s=osh&p=calendar#upcoming).  With Boston so close, I wanted to share this information with you and your family to take advantage of living history.