Week of March 26, 2018

Upcoming events:

3/30 – No School - Spring Holiday

Resources this week:

Cox:

Monday – Music

Tuesday – a.m. P.E.

Wednesday – Art

Math:

The students will continue collecting and displaying data.  They will understand that picture and bar graphs are vertical representations of tape diagrams, and apply skip counting and multiplication strategies to analyze them.  The students will solve one- and two-step problems.  They will learn that intervals do not have to be whole numbers, but can also have fractional values that facilitate recording measurement data.

Science:

This week in science, we will continue our discussions on plant parts and functions and role of parts of plants.

Week of March 12, 2018

Upcoming events:

3/14 – End of Module 5 test

3/15 – Tree Hill Field Trip

3/16 – No School (Teacher Planning Day)

3/19 – 3/23 – Spring Break

Resources this week:

Cox:

Monday - P.E.

Tuesday - Art

Math:

The students will continue comparing fractions with the same numerator using fraction strips, number lines, and symbols ( >, <, =).  They will continue developing an understanding that the numerator in a fraction does not necessarily determine the size of the fraction.  The students will explore methods for partitioning wholes into fractional units using number lines as a measurement tool. 

We will begin to discuss how data is collected, categorized and analyzed.  The students will show data in tape diagrams where units are equal groups with a value greater than 1.They will explore picture and bar graphs as vertical representations of tape diagrams and apply skip-counting and multiplication strategies to analyze data.

                                                 

      

                                      

Things to practice and review at home:

Continue to help your child develop an understanding of fractions as numbers by providing opportunities to discuss parts of whole at home.

Practice identifying number patterns 

Continue practicing multiplication facts 2 to 10 

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

Please check out the following site for homework help:

www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/ENY_Hmwk_Intro_math

Science:

This week in Science the students will begin to identify and describe the parts of plants and their roles.  They will learn how plant structures affect food production, support, water and nutrient transport and reproduction. 

                                                    

                                                                   

                                                                                                                    

Week of March 5, 2018

Upcoming events:
3/6 - Science Chapter 2 open book test
3/8 - Rebounders Night
3/12 - Tree Hill Center Field Trip $ due
3/15 - Tree Hill Center Field Trip
Resources this week:
Cox:
Monday - Media/Art
Friday - Music

Math:

This week in math we will generate simple equivalent fractions by using visual fraction models and the number line.  The students will practice expressing whole numbers as fractions and recognize equivalence with different units.  They will decompose whole number fractions greater than 1 using whole number equivalence with various models. The students will compare fractions with the same numerator pictorially.

Example of using a model to decompose whole numbers into fractions.

     
                                       

                                        

Things to practice and review at home:

Help your child develop an understanding of fractions as numbers by providing opportunities to discuss parts of whole at home.

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).

Please review homework daily and create additional problems to review concepts and skills.
You may check out the following site for homework help:

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

Science:

This week in Science the students will present and share their star posters and information to the class.                                                  

                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                             

                       

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.

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.