Sunday, February 25, 2018

Week of February 26, 2018

Upcoming events:
2/26 - PTA Spirit Night at Tijuana Flats
3/2 - Read Across America Day

Resources this week:
Cox:
Monday - Art
Thursday - Music

Math:
This week in math, the students will practice placing various fractions on a number line. They will compare fractions and whole numbers on the number line by reasoning about their distance from 0.  The students will recognize and show that equivalent fractions refer to the same point on the number line and generate simple equivalent fractions by using fraction models and the number line.
Example of number line with endpoints of 1 and 4. Partitioned into thirds with all fractions from 1 to 4 labeled.



Example of comparing fractions on a number line.

Example of identifying equivalent fractions on a number line:



Things to practice at home:
Help your child partition things at home into equal parts and compare fractional parts of a whole.
Practice identifying number patterns using multiplication, addition or subtraction strategies.
Continue to review  multiplication and division facts 2 to 10.  
Practice solving two step word word problems involving all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
Continue to practice rounding numbers to the nearest 10’s and 100’s using vertical number lines.
You may look at the following site for homework help:
http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/ENY_Hmwk_Intro_math


Science:
The students will complete work on their star posters this week.