- Thursday, Jan. 19 we are going to the Oakland Museum of California as part of our study of the Gold Rush. Students will need to bring a bag lunch, snack, water bottle, good walking shoes or boots, rain jackets and a backpack.
Fourth grade math homework, due tomorrow
Blue group homework: Complete two pages of division packet #2. Bring packet to school tomorrow.
Purple group:
Practice multiplication facts for 10 minutes using cards, Math Magician Multi, or one of the following games: Pumpkin Multiples, Snowball Fight, or Patty's Paints (these 3 games can be used to practice 12's).
Option 1: Plum, Unit 3, pages 39-40
Option 2: Periwinkle, Arrays with Cans handoutFifth grade math homework:
Part 1, 2, 3, 4
Why is Martin Luther King, Jr. important?
In morning and afternoon circles, we discussed Dr. King's work to end segregation and unfair laws against African Americans. Students shared what they knew of his work, and we watched a short video about his life as a young man and how he led boycotts and non-violent protests. Ask your student at home why MLK was important.
Fifth grade math
5th grade mathematicians learned how to find common denominators today, and they used them to compare fractions such as 7/8 and 5/6. This skill will take some practice, but will prove invaluable as we move into adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.
Fourth grade math
Blue Group: Today the blue group learned a card game called MADS, in which on their turn the player compares number cards and determines what operation (Multiplication, Addition, Division & Subtraction) can be used to match with a card in their own hand. Following the game we continued working on division skills.
Purple Group: Students in the purple group started making "multiple towers" as a way to think about multiplying double digit numbers, making vertical lists going up of multiples of numbers. We also did another five minute multiplication fact practice, to see if student's accuracy and speed with facts has improved.
