Sunday, December 10, 2017

Week of December 11, 2017

Upcoming Events:
12/13 – Early Dismissal
12/15 – End of Module 3 Assessment

Resources this week:
Cox:
Tuesday - P.E. a.m.
Wednesday – Music
Thursday – Music
Friday – Media
Townsend:
Tuesday – Music
Wednesday – P.E.
Thursday – P.E.
Friday - Art

ELA:
Please check out Mrs. Townsend’s dojo site for reading information and activities.  Mrs. Rodgers is updating the site with new spelling words and reading information.

Math:
This week in math the students will complete module 3 lessons by solving two-step word problems involving multiplying single-digit factors and multiples of 10.  The students will begin to understand area (the amount of  space inside the boundary of a flat two-dimensional object) as an attribute of plane figures.  They will decompose and recompose shapes to compare areas.  The students will model filling in a shape with both centimeter unit and inch unit squares as a strategy to measure area.
Example of two-step word problem:













Example area problem:
 

















Things to practice and review at home:
practice adding and subtracting numbers within 1000.
Practice multiplication facts 2 to 10 and division facts
Use the example area problem above to create practice problems at home
Please check out the homework help site below: 
http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/ENY_Hmwk_Intro_math

Science:
The students will continue learning about the different forms of energy and investigate observe and explain that things that give off light also give off heat.