Reminders:
- Please return signed the permission slips for the Marshall Gold field trip (download here).
- CORRECTION: Step Up Day is Wednesday, May 9, not May 2. All fifth grade students will spend the morning in Wildcat Creek with the sixth grade teachers, and fourth grade students will be hosting third grade students. It will be important for students to come to school on time at 8:30 am that day.
- Standardized Testing: May 14-May 17, make up day May 18. See Zaq Roberts' letter for more information about testing at our school.
- Strawberry Creek Spring Performance: Wednesday, May 23rd; Rehearsal 3:30-6:30 pm, Performance 6:30-8:00 pm in the Depot.
Homework:
Chapter notes for the Great Horn Spoon due tomorrow!
Chapter notes for the Great Horn Spoon due tomorrow!
Fourth grade math homework, due tomorrow
Purple group
Option 1: Finish JUMP packet
Option 2: Handout; answer questions on a separate sheet of paper
Blue Group Homework: Decimal tenths and hundredths. Students should finish both sides of the first page.
Purple group
Option 1: Finish JUMP packet
Option 2: Handout; answer questions on a separate sheet of paper
Blue Group Homework: Decimal tenths and hundredths. Students should finish both sides of the first page.
Student Advice Posters
At this year's Art Show, some of you may have seen the advice posters fourth and fifth grade students made in art class with Julianne Hughes. She is printing some of these for the 2012 TBS Auction this coming Saturday, April 24, including the pieces above by Isaac and Ethan. We hope you will consider buying one of these prints to support our school!
Fourth grade math
Purple group: Our warmup this morning was a multiple choice coordinate grid problem set, in preparation for standardized testing in a couple of weeks. Students in the plum group reviewed mixed and improper fractions with a JUMP packet, and learned ways to flexibly move between them. Periwinkle students worked on brownie pan problems to explore multiplication with fractions; you can download the problems here.
4th Grade Blue Group: We began today with a brief look at multiplying with decimal numbers. We used our work with fractions as a basis for looking at multiplication with decimals, being primarily focused on problems using 0.5 as a factor to take half of a number. For example, 0.5 x 12, or 1/2 of 12. We tried a few problems with decimals in both factors, and discussed counting the digits behind the decimal point to know where to place the point in the answer. We followed this by beginning tonight's homework to further their comfort with identifying tenths and hundredths.
Fifth Grade Math: Fifth graders spent the morning examining baseball standings and statistics. They worked with fractions, decimals, and percentages to figure out just how far out of first place are the Giants and the A's. More ERB practice for homework along with a TERC page. Download from yesterday's blog.
Purple group: Our warmup this morning was a multiple choice coordinate grid problem set, in preparation for standardized testing in a couple of weeks. Students in the plum group reviewed mixed and improper fractions with a JUMP packet, and learned ways to flexibly move between them. Periwinkle students worked on brownie pan problems to explore multiplication with fractions; you can download the problems here.
4th Grade Blue Group: We began today with a brief look at multiplying with decimal numbers. We used our work with fractions as a basis for looking at multiplication with decimals, being primarily focused on problems using 0.5 as a factor to take half of a number. For example, 0.5 x 12, or 1/2 of 12. We tried a few problems with decimals in both factors, and discussed counting the digits behind the decimal point to know where to place the point in the answer. We followed this by beginning tonight's homework to further their comfort with identifying tenths and hundredths.
Fifth Grade Math: Fifth graders spent the morning examining baseball standings and statistics. They worked with fractions, decimals, and percentages to figure out just how far out of first place are the Giants and the A's. More ERB practice for homework along with a TERC page. Download from yesterday's blog.
