4th Grade Math: No assigned work tonight. Optional assignment.
5th Grade Math: Math packet (Please check Cerrito's Blog for more information).
Other Homework: State crossword
Reminder: State maps are due Tomorrow!
Today all of the fourth graders had a preview of our game, Frogs and Toads. In Math Club many students puzzled over how to switch the positions of the frogs and toads reliably, and record their steps. After acting out the solutions for 1 and 2 frogs and toads, we decided to start next week's Math Club with the 3 frog/toad solution. Many students pondered the Measuring Up problem, using proportional thinking in different situations, like scaling up a recipe for Stone Soup. Other students worked on this week's Puzzles. It is encouraging to see more students trying out Math Club.
STATE MAPS DUE TOMORROW! Please make sure to bring in your state maps and any borrowed materials to class tomorrow morning!
4th Grade Math: We continued to work on our station rotations this morning as well as the 9-Lines. When all was said and done with the different activities, we did not have time left to review the homework planned for the day. An alternate homework problem was provided as an optional assignment.
We focused more on dialogue and quotations in our writing today with a couple of correction worksheets and practice. Hopefully these activities will lead to some interesting conversations in our writing!
We have shifted gears away from state study to the cultural history of the United States. Today's discussion centered around the first people in North America, Native Americans, and how our nation came to be. We watched a clip from the movie "500 Nations" and reflected on how North America has changed since 2000 B.C.
