Miss Kissel's Class http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel Sharing, Learning, Growing Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 November 6 Newsletters http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/11/06/november-6-newsletters/ http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/11/06/november-6-newsletters/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:59 +0000 Miss Kissel http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/?p=281 Please click on the PDF file below to view this week’s newsletter.
My Class:November 6-my class

Mrs. Hogan’s Class: November 6-other class

]]> http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/11/06/november-6-newsletters/feed/ 0 November 2 Problem of the Week http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/11/02/november-2-problem-of-the-week/ http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/11/02/november-2-problem-of-the-week/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:41:53 +0000 Miss Kissel http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/?p=273 Here is this week’s Problem of the Week.  Remember that it is due by Friday, November 6.

You are at a picnic.  The ants have found you!  You decide to find out how long it takes an ant to walk across your blanket, get a bread crumb, and carry it back to the  grass.  It takes the first ant 50 seconds, the second ant 45 seconds, the third ant 1 minute, and the fourth ant 53 seconds.  What is the average time it takes for an ant to make the round trip?
Be sure to show your work!!

Answer: 52 seconds

]]> http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/11/02/november-2-problem-of-the-week/feed/ 1 October 26 Problem of the Week http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/19/october-19-problem-of-the-week/ http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/19/october-19-problem-of-the-week/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:48:14 +0000 Miss Kissel http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/?p=263 Don’t forget to turn in this week’s problem of the week by Friday, October 23.

Your mom is in charge of setting up a soccer tournament.  She is stuck on how to schedule the games.  You decide to help her.  There are 8 teams.  How many games will there have to be for each team to play each of the other teams?
Remember to show how you got your answer not just your answer!

Answer: 28 games

]]> http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/19/october-19-problem-of-the-week/feed/ 4 October 16 Newsletters http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/14/october-16-newsletters/ http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/14/october-16-newsletters/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:48:06 +0000 Miss Kissel http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/?p=258 Please click on the PDF file below to see this week’s newsletter.

My Class: October 16-my class

Mrs. Hogan’s Class: October 16-other class

]]> http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/14/october-16-newsletters/feed/ 0 October 12 Problem of the Week http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/12/week-of-october-12-story-problem/ http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/12/week-of-october-12-story-problem/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:37:24 +0000 Miss Kissel http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/?p=255 Here is this week’s problem.  Don’t forget it is due by Friday, October 16!

You are in charge of ordering ice cream for a school party.  There are 400 students at your school.  Each will get 1 scoop of ice cream.  You experiment with 1 container of ice cream and find that it holds 23 scoops.  What is your estimate of how many containers you should buy?

Don’t forget to explain how you got your answer!

Answer: 18 containers will be needed

]]> http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/12/week-of-october-12-story-problem/feed/ 2 October 5 Problem of the Week http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/05/october-5-problem-of-the-week/ http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/05/october-5-problem-of-the-week/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:00:33 +0000 Miss Kissel http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/?p=252 Don’t forget that this week’s problem is due by Friday, October 9

Elroy, your dog, likes to stop and sniff things when you take him for a walk.  But he only stops and sniffs trees, light poles, and fire hydrants.  He also only stops at every third thing he passes.  (He is a very smart dog!)  If you have already passed 2 trees, a fire hydrant, a light pole, and then 3 more trees, will he stop at the fire hydrant just ahead?

Remember to show some sort of work so I know how you got your answer!!  Just writing yes or no is not enough to get full credit!

Answer: No, Elroy will not stop.

]]> http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/05/october-5-problem-of-the-week/feed/ 3 Week of September 28 http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/02/week-of-september-28/ http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/02/week-of-september-28/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:56:13 +0000 Miss Kissel http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/?p=244 Here is this week’s story problem.  The solution is due by Friday, October 2.

You just made a new friend at school.  You bring home his phone number, but your baby sister starts to chew on the paper.  You can still read part of the number, but 2 of the digits are gone.  Here is what is left: 76__-4__21.  You are ready to give in when you remember that he told you there was a pattern in his phone number!  What is the number?

Answer: 765-4321

]]> http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/10/02/week-of-september-28/feed/ 0 September 25 Newsletters http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/09/24/september-25-newsletters/ http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/09/24/september-25-newsletters/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:21:30 +0000 Miss Kissel http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/?p=230 Please click on the PDF files below to view this week’s newsletters.

My Class: September 25-my class

Mrs. Hogan’s Class: September 25-other class

]]> http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/09/24/september-25-newsletters/feed/ 0 Problem for the week of September 21 http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/09/17/problem-for-the-week-of-september-21/ http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/09/17/problem-for-the-week-of-september-21/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:09:15 +0000 Miss Kissel http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/09/17/problem-for-the-week-of-september-21/ Each week you will be given a story problem to work on.  It will be posted both on the blog and in the classroom.  You have until the end of the week to turn in your solution.  You may either turn in the solution in class or type it in your response on the blog.

Here is this week’s story problem:

You get a question from your friend.  It is in code.  It says:

13-5-5-20  1-20   12-21-14-3-8

Can you break the code?

Don’t forget to have your solution to the problem in by Friday, September 21.

Answer: Meet at Lunch

]]> http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/09/17/problem-for-the-week-of-september-21/feed/ 2 September 11 Newsletters http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/09/10/september-11-newsletters/ http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/09/10/september-11-newsletters/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:39:39 +0000 Miss Kissel http://blogs.muskegonisd.org/kkissel/2009/09/10/september-11-newsletters/ Here is the first installment of my bi-weekly newsletter!  Please click on the PDF file below to view this week’s newsletter!

My Class:  september-11-my-class.pdf

Mrs. Hogan’s Class:  september-11-other-class.pdf

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