This week, we will take the math mid-year scrimmage on Monday and Tuesday. Last week, students completed the reading mid-year scrimmage and the Achieve mid-year levelset. We are so proud of their growth and look forward to their accomplishments in math. It is amazing to see the progress they are making and how much effort they are putting into showing what they know!
Resources this week:
Cox:
Tuesday: pe
Wednesday: art
Friday: music
Kluge:
Monday: music
Wednesday: art
Friday: pe
ELA: New RAH logs and spelling words were passed out on Friday. The RAH log is due this Friday and we will also have a spelling test. I changed the format of the spelling list so students could easily cut out the words to work on their sorting activities at home. The list is always posted on the spelling tab above.
We will continue to read sections of
Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle. The main gist of this book is how the adaptations of the bullfrog help it to survive in it's habitat. Key vocabulary words students must be able to understand and apply are:
adaptation physical adaptation behavioral adaptation habitat predator prey survive
This book is filled with great vocabulary and vivid words. We will connect the text with the illustrations to aid in comprehension. We will also work on describing how events, ideas, and concepts in the text are related.
In writing, we are exploring poetry about frogs. We will read several types of poems and learn that all poems don't have rhyme and rhythm. Below is one of the poems we are reading right now.
“Frog” by Valerie Worth
The spotted frog
Sits quite still
On a wet stone;
He is green
With a luster
Of water on his skin;
His back is mossy
With spots, and green
Like moss on a stone;
His gold-circled eyes
Stare hard
Like bright metal rings;
When he leaps
He is like a stone
Thrown into a pond;
Water rings spread
After him, bright circles
Of green, circles of gold
MATH: This
week in math the students will apply the distributive property and the fact 9 =
10 - 1 as a strategy to multiply as in the example below. They will identify and use math patterns to
multiply and continue to interpret the unknown in multiplication and division
to model and solve problems. We
will focus on the study of patterns as they relate to the fact 9 = 10 – 1. Students discover that the tens digit in the
product of a nines fact is 1 less than the multiplier, and that the ones digit
in the product is 10 minus the multiplier.
For example,
9 × 3 =
27,
2 = 3 – 1,
and 7 = 10 – 3.
They also see
that the digits of nines facts products produce a sum of 9, as in the example
above
2 + 7 = 9
Students
analyze multiplication and division problems drawing models and writing
equations using a letter to represent the unknown. The students will also reason about and explain math
patterns using units of 0 and 1 as they relate to multiplication and division.
Example of 9=10-1 strategy:
9 × 8 = (10 × 8) – (1 × 8)
9 x 8 = 80 -8
9 x 8 = 72
Things
to practice and review at home:
Use problems in mid-module 3 study guide to help prepare for
test on Wednesday 12/7.
Practice adding and subtracting numbers within 1000.
Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time
intervals in minutes.
Continue practicing multiplication facts 2 to 10
Continue practicing division facts
SCIENCE: This week in science the students will identify that light
can come from different sources, such as the sun or an electric lamp. They will recognize that light travels in a
straight line until it strikes an object or travels from one medium to another.
