4th Grade Math: Fractions & Facts (students chose between 7, 9 and 13)
5th Grade Math: math packet
Oregon Trail homework: Please finish journal #5. Refer to the scenario below for more information about today's scenario of crossing the Wakarusa River:
It takes three days, but your whole wagon train makes it across.
Those families that had less than six oxen, mules, or horses to
pull their wagons across had to pay a local Shawnee Indian
named Fish to pull their wagon out of the mud. Your bodies
ache, and you are cold and hungry. The weather becomes very
disagreeable, cold and windy. There is no wood for fire tonight.
Those families that had less than six oxen, mules, or horses to
pull their wagons across had to pay a local Shawnee Indian
named Fish to pull their wagon out of the mud. Your bodies
ache, and you are cold and hungry. The weather becomes very
disagreeable, cold and windy. There is no wood for fire tonight.
All families subtract 4 time points and four food points.
Subtract an extra 25 dollars from your budget, if you got help
from Fish.
from Fish.
Journal 5
Journal Entry: Use April 9th for the date, Mile 54.
Write about the hardships you faced crossing the river here. Also write about how
difficult weather is affecting you. How does it make you feel? Do you wish you
were back home already?
difficult weather is affecting you. How does it make you feel? Do you wish you
were back home already?
4th Grade Math: Today in math we continued our journey learning about making equivalent fractions by multiplying a fraction by 1 (but in its variety of forms as a fraction: 2/2, 3/3, 4/4, 5/5 . . .) We regularly refer back to 1/2s as a landmark to see and prove that using multiplication creates an equivalent, as it is easier to recognize this connection with halves: 1/2 x (3/3) = 3/6. We are also beginning to use this strategy to find common denominators as a first step to adding unlike fractions.
Reading Workshop: Continuing our study of the Oregon Trail, we focused on making connections to Bound For Oregon. Students shared their connections with partners and pushed each other to make deeper connections.
Buddy Day: Today groups of students worked together to fashion an outfit for their model out of classroom scraps-- paper, newspaper, magazines, pipe cleaners, tape, and yarn. After working together to design and create their outfits, we had a fashion show where each model strut their stuff on the runway!
