Tuesday, November 27, 2012


4th Grade Math Homework:  Missing Factors and Tuesday's multiplication flash card assignment (Fact Cards and practice guidelines for each day of the week).  

Writing Homework:  Ten minute quick write in writer's book (or type and print out).  Choose your writing prompt.  Writing should be in paragraph form (indent, topic sentence, detail sentences and conclusion).
1.  What would you do if you were invisible for a day?
2.  What super power would you want and why?

Students in Math Club continued pursuing logic problems of increasing complexity today.  Some students figured out a strategy to win a new game, Race to 20, and others enjoyed some puzzles and problems featuring some of our math club students' names.  Finally, a few students looked at some interesting geometry problems predicting the results of folding and cutting paper.  Next week:  algebra and pattern finding!


Historical Fiction Book Groups:  Today the students were assigned their book club jobs:  Discussion Leader, Illustrator, Passage Master & Summarizer. 

Working on book group jobs.


Science:  We continued our work with electricity this afternoon exploring motors, switches, conductors and insulators.  The students tested objects around the room with a conductor detector.

 Making a motor run.

 Testing for electricity conductors around the room.