Bridges Blog Archive for Algebra

Sir Cumference and the Viking's Map, the seventh book in the series by Cindy Neuschwander, will intrigue adventurers in grades 3-5.

In Grade 5, Unit 7, Bridges students explore and discuss doubling patterns after reading the book, The King's Chessboard. The Paired Books Strategy would be a natural extension to this lesson.

This spring, fourth and fifth grade classes explore functions in Bridges Unit 7. You'll find an interesting assortment of possible lesson extensions on Mathwire under Investigating Growing Patterns.  Activities include pdfs for:

Students who've been working on the Function Machine Grade 4 Calendar Grid for February may want to try this on-line version. In the game, the machine gives you the first pair of In/Out numbers. When you push "Get a Number" the machine will give you the next set of numbers. Whenever you're ready to guess the rule, you submit information telling what the machine is doing.