Week of February 19, 2018

Upcoming events:
2/19 - No school President's Day
2/20 - SAC meeting 
2/23 - Jump Rope for Heart

Resources this week:
Cox:
Tuesday - a.m. P.E.
Thursday - Music
Friday - P.E.

Math:

This week in math the students will compare unit fractions with different sized models representing the whole.  They will specify the corresponding whole when presented with one equal part.  The students will begin to identify a shaded fractional part in different ways depending on the designation of the whole and place unit fractions on anumber line with endpoints 0 and 1.  The students will begin to recognize and show that equivalent fractions refer to the same point on the number line.

Example of identifying a fractional part in different ways:

   

                

                                     

Examples of unit fractions on a number line:

                               

  

Things to practice and review at home:

Help your child partition things at home into equal parts and comparing 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 continue using their facts and information collected on their specific star to begin their star posters.

                                      

   

                                                                                   

                                                                        

                        

Week of February 12, 2018

Upcoming events:
2/14 - Early Release

2/19 - President's Day - No School

Resources this week:

Cox:

Wednesday - Music
Friday - Art

Math:

This week in math the students will begin to build non-unit fractions less than one whole from unit fractions.  The students will represent parts of one whole as fractions with number bonds and build and write fractions greater than one whole using unit fractions. We will also compare unit fractions by reasoning about their size using fraction strips and different sized models representing the whole.

Things to practice and review at home:

Help your child partition things at home into equal parts 

Practice identifying number patterns using multiplication, addition, and/or subtraction strategies.

Practice solving two-step word problems involving all four operations
Practice multiplication facts 2 to 10

Please check out the following site for homework help:
http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/ENY_Hmwk_Intro_math

Science:

The students will continue to research and collect information on their star to prepare for creating their star posters. 

   

                                                                                                                

                                                                                           

                                                                                      

                                                                        

                       

 

Week of February 5, 2018

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:

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

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.

             

                                                                                                      

                                                                                           

                                                                                      

                                                                        

                        

Week of January 29, 2018

Upcoming events:
1/31 - Early dismissal 

Resources this week:
Cox:
Wednesday - Music
Friday - Art

ELA:
Please view Mrs. Townsend's dojo site for reading activities and information for the week.

Math:

In math we will begin to develop an understanding of fractions as numbers.  The students will partition or break apart a whole into equal parts, identifying and counting unit fractions using models or fraction strips.  They will describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths, and recognize that equal shares of identical wholes may not have the same shape.

                               

Things to practice and review at home:

Help your child partition things at home into equal parts (exa.  Pack of crayons, pieces of food, paper, pizza, 6 pack of sodas)

Practice adding and subtracting numbers within 1000.

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 working on number patterns exa: 350, 344, 338, 332, ......
Please use the following site for homework help:
http://www.oakdale.k12.ca/ENY_Hmwk_Intro_math

Science:

The students will begin to gather information on specific stars to help them create a star poster in class with information about the size, color, brightness and interesting facts about their particular star.  (This research will be done both at home and in class.)  We will continue  learning about the sun’s energy and observe what effect sunlight has on objects.                                                                                                                                         

       

                                                      

                  

                

Week of January 22, 2018

Upcoming events:
1/23 - SAC (School Advisory Council) meeting 6 p.m. Media Center

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

ELA:
Please check out Mrs. Townsend's dojo site for ELA activities and information.

Math:

In math the students will find areas by decomposing into rectangles or completing composite figures to form rectangles.  They will apply their knowledge of area to determine areas of rooms in a given floor plan. The students will continue solving word problems to find the possible side lengths of rectangles using the associative and distributive properties.

Examples of decomposing into rectangles or completing composite figures to form rectangles:

Students will choose appropriate methods for finding the area of composite shapes:

                                

Things to practice and review at home:

Explore number patterns:  For example: 267, 247, 237, …  what is the 5^th number in the pattern?

Developing fluency in skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, and 10’s.

Continue practicing adding and subtracting numbers within 1000.  Practice addition and subtraction problems with regrouping. 

Practice multiplication facts 2 to 10 and division facts 

Practice solving two step word word problems involving all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).

Please use the following site for homework help:
http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/ENY_Hmwk_Intro_math

Science:

The students will continue to investigate that the Sun is a star based on its properties.  They will explain how energy from the Sun can be beneficial and/or harmful.  The students will continue to learn that stars give off heat and light, however, all but the Sun are so far away that we cannot feel their heat.

                           

                    

                                                                                                                           

                                                                        

                        

Week of January 15 - 19, 2018

Upcoming events:
1/15 - No School MLK Day
1/17 - Report Cards go home

Resources this week:
Cox:
Wednesday - Music
Friday - Art

ELA:  
Please check out Mrs. Townsend's dojo site for ELA information and activities.

Math:

This week in math the students will analyze different rectangles and reason about their area.  They will find the area of a rectangle by multiplying the side lengths.  The students will apply the distributive property as a strategy to find the total area of a large rectangle by adding two products. They will solve problems to find the possible side lengths of rectangles with areas of 24, 36, 48, or 72 square units using the associative property.

Example Problem:

   

                              

 

Things to practice and review at home:

Explore number patterns:  For example: 47, 55, 63, …  what is the 5^th number in the pattern?

Developing fluency in skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, and 10’s.

Continue practicing adding and subtracting numbers within 1000.

Practice multiplication facts 2 to 10 and division facts (We will be testing our facts weekly.)

Practice solving two step word word problems involving all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).
Make rectangles with different areas and practice solving for area of shapes.
Please visit the following link for homework help:
http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/ENY_Hmwk_Intro_math

Science:

The students will continue to learn about different telescopes used by scientists to help in observing objects in the sky.  They will learn that the number of stars that can be seen through telescopes is dramatically greater that those seen by the unaided eye.  The students will learn about the Keck telescope one of the world’s largest land telescopes.

                       

                                                                                                                                                

                                                                        

                        

Week of January 8, 2018

Welcome Back! Hope everyone had a wonderful Winter break.  

Students will return on Tuesday January 9th.  

Upcoming events:
1/9 and 1/10 3rd grade Math mid-year testing
1/15 MLK Day No School

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

ELA:
Please check out Mrs. Townsend's dojo site for Reading and Social Studies information.

MATH:
This week in math the students will analyze different rectangles and reason about their area.  They will find the area of a rectangle by multiplying the side lengths.  

Example problem:

Marnie and Connor both skip-count to find the area of the same rectangle. Marnie counts, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21.  Connor counts, 7, 14, 21.  Draw what the rectangle might look like, and then label the side lengths and find

the area.

Things to practice and review at home:

Explore number patterns:  For example: 47, 55, 63, …  what is the 5^th number in the pattern?

Developing fluency in skip counting by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, and 10’s.

Continue practicing adding and subtracting numbers within 1000.

Practice multiplication facts 2 to 10 and division facts 

Practice solving two step word word problems involving all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).

A great resource for homework help: 
http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/ENY_Hmwk_Intro_math

Science:
The students will begin to learn about stars and discuss how stars are different and what makes up star patterns.  They will also begin to discuss  tools scientists use to observe objects in the sky.  The students will discuss how telescopes help scientists learn about space and what features of stars might a telescope allow scientists to see.