Homework:
Writing: "Abuelito Who" assignment. Rough draft of poem due on Monday. We will work on it in class on Monday too.
Fourth grade math homework, due tomorrow
Purple group: Unit 8, pages 16, 17, 18
Fourth grade math homework, due tomorrow
Purple group: Unit 8, pages 16, 17, 18
Everybody needs a rock
Students enjoyed trying to identify their mystery rocks by the descriptions classmates had written about their rocks. In general the descriptions were quite detailed and the kids' observation skills were keen, so we correctly identified almost every single rock!
Fourth grade math
Purple group: As we wind down the school year, students are focusing on good habits in computation. For example, when doing a computation:
Purple group: As we wind down the school year, students are focusing on good habits in computation. For example, when doing a computation:
- Make an estimate.
- Is it an under- or over-estimate?
- Compute the answer.
- Compare it to your estimate.
- Is your answer reasonable?
We
practiced estimating addition and subtraction solutions, and learned a
new way to think about subtraction problems, using a number line.
Although the standard algorithm is efficient, adding up using number
lines is a flexible method for subtraction that can often be done in
your head more easily. Students also practiced keeping track of all the
parts of a double-digit multiplication problem, using story situations
and arrays.
Blue Group: We warmed up with estimation practice, and determining whether our estimates were high or low. While the students have successfully learned algorithms for multiplying double digit numbers, we considered other methods of breaking the problems a part by using arrays to model what is happening with multiplication.
Blue Group: We warmed up with estimation practice, and determining whether our estimates were high or low. While the students have successfully learned algorithms for multiplying double digit numbers, we considered other methods of breaking the problems a part by using arrays to model what is happening with multiplication.
