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.