It's Book Fair Week!! Students can bring money to buy books all week.

Resources this week:
Cox - 
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - Media/P.E.
Thursday - Art


Townsend -
Tuesday - P.E.
Wednesday - Art


ELA:

This week in reading we will continue to work on reading the text closely, getting the gist (what the story is mainly about) and finding unfamiliar vocabulary. For homework, students are to be working on their designated computer program (Achieve or I-ready Reading), based on their reading level. If they go on Achieve, they must pass at least two articles with a 75% or higher and for the students going on I-ready reading, they must go on for at least 45 minutes each week and get at least two lessons with scores of 100%. Spelling words were written down in the student’s planners on Friday (they were also posted on Class Dojo on Wednesday), please make sure your child is practicing and studying these words each night. I have provided the “Spelling Menu” for various ways your child can study these words. Their spelling test will be on Friday. Until the book logs are ready, students will be recording their reading in their planners. They must be reading at least 25 minutes each night. Thank you for your continued support in helping your child be a more successful reader! ~Mrs. Townsend

Math:

This week in math, we will continue to work on understanding the meaning of the unknown as the number of groups in division and interpreting the unknown in division using the array model.  The students will study the commutative property of multiplication by manipulating arrays.  They will notice that the meaning of the factors in a multiplication sentence changes depending on the orientation of the array. We will begin to introduce the distributive property as a strategy for multiplication.  The students will use arrays to decompose unknown facts as the sum or difference of two known facts.

For example: 

This array has 3 rows (rows are horizontal) and 5 columns (vertical). This is a 3 by 5 array.

                               

The array can be rotated to show 5 rows of 3 or 5 by 3.

The array can be used to model division.  The problem will determine which way to draw the array.

For example:

Bob has 15 star stickers.  He puts them into 3 boxes.  How many stickers will be in each box?

15 ÷ 3 = 5  

There will be 5 stickers in each box.

Example of decomposing an array and using the distributive property of multiplication: 

                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                         

Math Vocabulary:

Array – an arrangement of objects into equal rows and columns

Multiply - an operation showing how many times a number is added to itself

Equal groups – same number of objects in each group

Factor – number of groups and the number in each group

Equation – a statement that two expressions are equal, for example 4 x 3 = 12

Divide – separate into equal groups

Things to do at home:

Practice making arrays at home.  Talk about changing the orientation of your arrays and write the multiplication equation.

Create your own multiplication and division word problems and write the equations for the problems.

Look for groups of things at home.

Practice multiplication facts.

Science:

This week in science we will continue to learn about the ”Scientific Method” and learn about tools scientists use when they are making observations and performing experiments.