Week of October 30, 2017

Upcoming events:

10/31 - Picture retakes.  Please write a note in your child's planner if you would like a retake.

11/9 - On Thursday, November 9th, we will have a school wide flag raising ceremony in honor of Veterans Day. It will be at 8:45 and all parents and community members are invited.

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

Townsend:

Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - P.E.
Thursday - Art

ELA:  You will find reading activities and information on Mrs. Townsend's dojo site.  Mrs. Rodgers has updated spelling words and reading information.

Math:

We will be rounding two-and three digit numbers to the nearest tens on the vertical number line.  The students will apply rounding strategies to round to the nearest hundred on the vertical number line. We will use the standard algorithm to compose larger units once and twice.  The students will decompose once to subtract measurements including three-digit minuends with zeros in the tens or ones place.

Examples of rounding three-digit measurements:

Rounding 387 milliliters to the nearest hundred:     Rounding 117 milliliters to nearest ten:

                                                                        

Rounding 1,387 milliliters to the nearest hundred:

Example problem subtracting using a tape diagram and standard algorithm:
Nooran buys 507 grams of grapes at the market Tuesday. On Thursday, he buys 345 grams of grapes.  How many more grams of grapes did Nooran buy on Tuesday than on Thursday?

Things to practice at home:

Practice using analog clocks to determine elapsed time of various activities and to practice telling time.

Continue practicing multiplication facts 2 to 10

Discuss the liquid volume of milk, juice, and water containers found at home.

Talk about how much certain objects weigh and differences in total weight of specific things at home.

Practice using rounding strategies to round numbers at home on a vertical number line.  For example the number 57 is between 5 tens (50) and 6 tens (60).  The number 57 is rounded to 60.  Use the rounded number to estimate the weight.  The number 157 is between 100 and 200 and would round to 200 when rounded to nearest hundred.

                  

Science:
This week in Science we will continue learning about the physical properties of matter, how we measure matter, and the different states of matter.

Week of October 23, 2017

Upcoming events:

10/25 – Early Dismissal at 1:45

Resources this week:

Cox:

Tuesday – Music

Friday - Art

Townsend:

Monday – Music

Thursday - Art

ELA:

You will find reading activities and information on Mrs. Townsend’s dojo site.  Mrs. Rodgers will be updating spelling list and reading activities.

Math:

This week in math we will estimate and measure liquid volume in liters and milliliters using the vertical number line.  The students will solve mixed word problems involving all four operations with grams, kilograms, liters, and milliliters given in the same units. We will be reviewing rounding strategies and applying these strategies to our lessons.  The students will be rounding two- and three-digit measurements to the nearest ten on the vertical number line.  We will continue applying our rounding strategies to round to the nearest hundred on the vertical number line. 

Examples of using vertical number line to round numbers.                                        

                                                

What is one more tens than 7 tens?   

Which number is halfway between 7 tens and 8 tens?     

                                                    

                             

Things to practice at home:

Practice using a vertical number line to round numbers.

Continue practicing using a number line and analog clocks to solve elapsed time word problems.

Continue comparing the capacities of different shape objects using metric units of measurement.

Compare and contrast the weight of different objects at home using kilograms and grams.

You may use the following website as resource for math homework help: 

http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/ENY_Hmwk_Intro_math

Science:

This week in science, the students will begin to sort objects according to their properties.  They will identify properties they use to describe objects and describe the similarities of two or more properties.

                             

              

Week of October 16, 2017

Thank You to our wonderful parents and family members for your support with our school Fun Run! We met our goal this year thanks to all of you! 

Upcoming events:

No school Monday October 16, Teacher Planning Day

Resources this week:

Cox:

Tuesday - Music

Wednesday - P.E.

Thursday - P.E. (am)/Art (pm)

Townsend:

Tuesday - P.E.

Wednesday - Art

ELA:

You will find reading activities and information on Mrs. Townsend's dojo site this week.  Mrs. Rodgers will be updating the site with spelling words and class information. 

Math:

This week in math, we will measure weight and liquid volume in metric units.  We will work on developing estimation strategies by reasoning about the weight in kilograms of a series of familiar objects to establish mental benchmark measures. We will solve word problems involving metric weights within 100 and estimate to reason about solutions.  We will decompose a liter to reason about the size of 1 liter, 100 milliliters, 10 milliliters, and 1 milliliter.

Example:

                   Decomposing 1 kilogram using a number bond.

                        

                                     

Example of word problem:

        Things to do at home:

    Important metric words: gram (g), kilogram (kg), liter (L),

    milliliter(mL),centimeter (cm), meter (m)

   Discuss the capacity (the amount that a container can hold) of different  containers around the house

    Use a clock to tell time and to solve elapse time problems

    Talk about the different units of measure and practice solving problems using  different units of measure.

    Continue practicing multiplication facts 2-1

Science:        

We will conclude our chapter on the scientific method and begin our new chapter on the properties of matter.  We will identify properties used to describe objects, such as size, shape, color, texture, and hardness.   We will compare and contrast properties of objects.  The students will also describe the similarities and differences of two or more properties.

Week of October 9

Upcoming Events:

Vision and Hearing Screening 10/9 - 10/11
Early Dismissal at 1:45pm - 10/11
Boosterthon Fun Run - 10/13 


Resources this week:
Cox:
Tuesday - Art
Wednesday - Art
Townsend:
Monday - Art
Friday - Music

Math:

This week in math we will solve word problems involving time intervals within 1 hour by counting backwards and forwards using a number line and clock, and adding and subtracting on the number line.  The students will also solve problems involving elapsed time beyond 1 hour.  They will measure weight and liquid volume in metric units.  We will compose and decompose a kilogram with hands-on exercises to reason about the size and weight of 1 kilogram, 100 grams, 10 grams, and 1 gram.  We will work on developing estimation strategies by reasoning about the weight in kilograms of a series of familiar objects to establish mental benchmark measures. We will be solving one-step word problems involving metric weights and estimate to reason about solutions. We will decompose a liter to reason about the size of 1 liter, 100 milliliters, 10 milliliters, and 1 milliliter.

                                                    

Things to do at home:
Use a clock to tell time and to solve elapse time problems
Practice decomposing numbers for example: 333 = 300 + 30 +3

    Talk about the different units of measure and practice solving problems using different units of measure
Continue practicing multiplication facts 2-5

Science:  
  This week in science we will perform investigations to 
  practice the scientific method in class.

Week of October 2, 2017



Upcoming Events:

Wednesday, October 4th: Boosterthon Pep Rallies

Friday, October 13th:  Boosterthon Fun Run
Monday, October 9 - Wednesday, October 11th: Vision/Hearing Screening                                                     

                                                       

Resources this week:
Cox:
Monday - P.E.
Tuesday - Art
Friday - Music

Townsend: 
Monday - Art
Thursday - Music

ELA:
You will find reading activities and information on Mrs. Townsend's class dojo this week.
Math:

This week in math, we will continue solving two-step word problems involving all four operations, and determining the reasonableness of our answers.  We will begin to explore time as a continuous measurement and relate skip counting by fives on the clock and telling time to a continuous measurement model, the number line.  We will be counting by fives and ones on the number line as a strategy to tell time to the nearest minute on the clock. The students will begin solving word problems involving time intervals within 1 hour by counting backward and forward using the number line and clock. 

Example of two-step word problem:

There are 4 boxes with 6 binders in each one. Three brothers share the binders. How many binders does each brother get?

    

Example of time problem: (students may use a number line, tape diagram, clock, or skip counting strategy to solve this problem)

Christine has 12 math problems for homework. It takes her 5 minutes to complete each problem. How many minutes does it take Christine to finish all 12 problems?  

Things to do at home:

    Practice telling time using an analog and digital clock
Use clock to practice skip counting by fives, counting backwards and forwards
Continue practicing multiplication facts 2-5
Practice solving 2 step word problems

Science
This week in science we will continue to discuss ways scientists work together to share information collected during investigations.  We will explore tools scientists use during investigations.