Upcoming events:
Ft. Menendez Field Trip - 2/5 (remember to bring a bag lunch)
Book Fair dates: 2/5 - 2/9
Shopping hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Family Night: 2/6 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Resources this week:
Cox:
Wednesday - Music
Thursday - P.E.
Friday - Art
Math:
This week in
math the students will specify and partition a whole into equal parts,
identifying and counting unit fractions (a fraction where the top number or
numerator is 1) by drawing models. They
will represent and identify fractional parts of different wholes. The students will begin to build non-unit
fractions (fractions with numerators other than 1) less than one whole from unit fractions.
Example
of partitioning a whole into equal parts:
Marcos has a
1-liter jar of milk to share with his mother, father, and sister. Draw a
picture to show how Marcos must share the milk so that everyone gets the same
amount. What fraction of the milk does each person get?
Example of identifying equal parts and
naming the fractional unit of shapes.
8 equal
parts; eights; 5 eights are shaded
Example of partitioning a whole into
equal parts and naming the unit fraction numerically:
Things to practice and review at home:
Help your
child partition things at home into equal parts (cookies, cake, pizza, boiled eggs, shapes)
Practice identifying
number patterns using multiplication, addition or subtraction strategies.
Continue practicing multiplication facts 2-10
Practice solving two step word problems involving all four operations
Please check out the following site for homework help:
Science:
The students
will be researching their star and begin to compile facts and star
information. They will create star posters with all information
collected on their specific stars.
