Dear Families:
Here is a mix of last week's news and some current news in bold letters.
Dates to Note:
*September 23 (Tuesday): MAP Language assessment
*September 24 (Wednesday): MAP Math assessment
*September 30 (Tuesday): MAP Science assessment
*September 24 (Wednesday): MAP Math assessment
*September 30 (Tuesday): MAP Science assessment
Here are brief blurbs about our current units of study:
During Reading Workshop, we will soon have our first round of Book Clubs. There are many Common Core Standards for speaking, listening, and coming prepared for accountable talk with classmates. Most students will be "beginning" and "developing" these skills during trimester one. During trimester two, we spend a lot of time in Book Clubs reading the genre historical fiction; this is another opportunity to move toward full independence in these standards, which means "applying" on the report card.
We will send home more information about "Accountable Talk" including sentence stems for parents to talk with their children about their reading.
We will send home more information about "Accountable Talk" including sentence stems for parents to talk with their children about their reading.
During Writing Workshop, we are building story arcs. We have started this writing genre by building a small problem that will naturally expand into larger problems and eventually a climax. Next, students focus on time order words as a tool to push their story forward scene by scene. Most students develop simple plots based on overcoming a difficult time at a new school or in a new place; dealing with being bullied; or, trying something new and challenging for the first time. Many students "borrow" ideas from their favorite children's books. These are all healthy ways to begin our first multiple page story.
Social studies begins with our National Identity poster making. This is a fun way to express ourselves and it makes for a colorful classroom. We launch our study of South Asia with a lesson on the Superlatives of South Asia and mostly India.
For math, our unit is called Place Value. Student "I can statements" help in understanding what that really means. Many of these statements link with the next big push, which is multiplication and division with problem solving/word problems as a focus.
For math homework, all students are working on either multiplication or division skills at home, and all students are working on reading and writing large numbers and long division with a check using multiplication. Any place value game is also crucial. For differentiating online games, use IXL grade 4 place value and multiplication and division games first. Then, if those games are hard, move down to grade 3. If those games are easy, move to grade 5. Use Khan Academy after IXL.
For a student to be APPLYING for multiplication and division facts in grade 4, which means ON GRADE LEVEL, a student must answer 50 facts for 1 to 12s in about 3minutes by the end of grade 4. So, be sure to encourage your son or daughter to spend 10 minutes multiplying and dividing facts from 1 to 12. Here is another link to use:
| I can recognize that in multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. |
| I can read and write larger whole numbers using numerals, words, and expanded form |
| I can compare two large numbers using symbols to show the comparison |
| I can round whole numbers to any place value |
| I can add and subtract large numbers and subtract across zeroes |
| I can use what I know about addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve multi-step word problems involving whole numbers |
| I can use different problem solving strategies to show how I solved a word problem |
| I can determine whether a given whole number up to 100 is a prime or composite number and explain my determination |
| I can solve for a variable |
For math homework, all students are working on either multiplication or division skills at home, and all students are working on reading and writing large numbers and long division with a check using multiplication. Any place value game is also crucial. For differentiating online games, use IXL grade 4 place value and multiplication and division games first. Then, if those games are hard, move down to grade 3. If those games are easy, move to grade 5. Use Khan Academy after IXL.
For a student to be APPLYING for multiplication and division facts in grade 4, which means ON GRADE LEVEL, a student must answer 50 facts for 1 to 12s in about 3minutes by the end of grade 4. So, be sure to encourage your son or daughter to spend 10 minutes multiplying and dividing facts from 1 to 12. Here is another link to use:
Online practice with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with an answer check feature (lizardpoint.com also has geography games)
*Free Rice and Oswego are great links too!
LINKS For PLACE VALUE
Practice Reading Numbers: Especially Really Big Numbers
Fun RACE CAR Place Value Games
http://www.math-play.com/math-racing-place-value-game/math-racing-place-value-game.htmlNumber Top It
Learn about the world through Large Numbers
http://www.factmonster.com/
If you have any questions please email me us tbritt@aisch.org and ddeanna@aisch.org.
Ms. T and Ms. Deanna
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