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4th Grade Math - Writing a story problem using multiplication.
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No School on Friday, October 5 - TBS Professional Development Day
No School on Monday, October 8 - Indigenous People's Day
Spot Writing: We walked over to Strawberry Creek park to day to begin an ongoing writing activity. We began by reading the book, The Other Way to Listen, by Bryd Baylor and Peter Parnall. The story follows a young person who seeks advice from an "old man" who can hear rocks and lizards talk by being patient. By spending time in one place over and over again the young person finally hears the hills sing to him. Our project parallels this story to some regard. Today the students selected their "spots" at the park that we will revisit each week to write observations, thoughts, ideas and stories inspired by time in one place in nature.
4th Grade Math: Today the students practiced creating a story problem (word problem) based on photographs of items displayed in rectangular arrays. Writing story problems can be quite challenging, and are aimed at helping students identify the math that is happening and how to express it in words.
