Week of January 27, 2020

Upcoming events:
1/27 - Literacy Week begins at BSE
1/27 - Character Mash Up (dress as a mash up of two favorite book characters)
1/28 - 100th Day of Reading (dress like you are 100 yrs old)
1/29 - Shelfie Selfie and Flashlight Reading 
1/30 - Going Old School (wear black and white to represent nonfiction text)
1/31 - Toy Story Play and Reading Celebration
1/29 - Early Dismissal at 1:15 pm

Resources this week:
1/28 - Art
1/31 - P.E.

Math:
This week in math the students will compare unit fractions by reasoning about their size using models.  They will compare unit fractions with different sized models representing the whole.  The students will begin to place unit fractions on a number line with endpoints of 0 and 1.  They will place whole number fractions and unit fractions between whole numbers on the number line.

Things to practice at home:
Continue learning multiplication facts 2-10
Use place value knowledge to round 2, 3, and 4 digits numbers to nearest 10's and 100's.
Solve 2 step word problems using the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Partition the whole into various parts; partition sets of objects
Add and subtract 3 and 4 digits numbers with and without regrouping
Tell and write time to nearest 5 minutes and 1 minute and solve elapsed time problems.
Solve area word problems using the formula for area: (L x W)
Helpful math videos:

Science:
This week in science we will prepare for our assessment on "Energy".

Week of January 20, 2020

Upcoming events:
1/20 - MLK Day No School
1/27 - Literacy Week celebrations begin at BSE
1/31 - 2nd 9 weeks Reading Celebration 6 pm
Resources this week:
1/22 - Music
1/23 - P.E.

Math:
This week in math the students will build non-unit fractions less than one whole from unit fractions.  They will identify and represent shaded and non-shaded parts of one whole as 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.  They will begin to compare unit fractions by reasoning about their size using models.
Examples of partitioning number lines and  a shape and using number bonds to represent fractional parts of a whole.

Things to practice at home:
Practice multiplication facts 2-10
Solve 2 and 3 step word problems using the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)
Use place value knowledge to round 3 and 4 digit numbers to nearest 10's and 100's
Add and subtract 3 and 4 digit numbers within 1000
Partition wholes into equal parts and label fractional parts of the whole
Helpful math videos:

Science:
This week in science we will begin to learn about the properties of stars.  The students will compare and contrast properties of stars such as brightness, color and size.

Week of January 13, 2020

Upcoming events:
1/13 & 1/14 - District Math Progress Monitor Assessment
1/15 - Make-up PMA test
1/16 - IMAX field trip - Please remember to send a bag lunch with your child.

Resources this week:
1/14 - P.E.
1/17 - Media/Art

Math:

This week in math the students will partition a whole into equal parts, identifying and counting unit fractions by drawing pictorial area models.  They will represent and identify fractional parts of different wholes.  The students will partition a whole into equal parts and define the equal parts to identify the unit fraction numerically.  

Things to practice at home:
Continue learning multiplication facts 2-10
Practice solving 2-3 step word problems involving the 4 operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)
Use place value knowledge to round numbers to nearest 10's and 100's
Solve area word problems
Begin to partition whole into different parts and discussing parts of whole
Add and subtract 3 and 4 digit numbers with and without regrouping
Helpful math videos:

Science:

This week in science we will conclude our unit on energy by discussing friction and radiant energy. We will discuss ways the sun heats up objects and how objects will lose heat if the sun is not present.

  

Week of January 6, 2020

Upcoming events:
1/6 - Teacher Planning Day - No School
1/7 - School Resumes 
1/9 - IMAX Field Trip permission forms and $ due (Number of students attending field trip due to IMAX)
1/10- End of Module 4 Assessment
1/16 - IMAX Field Trip
1/20 - MLK Day - No School

Resources this week:
1/9 - Music/Art


Math:
This week in math we will be preparing/reviewing area and strategies for solving area problems.  The students will be tested on Module 4 concepts Friday 1/10.  District Math Progress Monitoring tests will be administered week of 1/13. We will begin our Module 5 learning about fractions as numbers on a number line.  The students will begin to partition a whole into equal parts, identifying and counting unit fractions (fractions with numerators of 1) using concrete models. They will learn to partition number lines into fractional parts renaming whole numbers as fractions.

Things to practice at home:
Continue learning multiplication facts 2-10
Solve 2 step word problems involving the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Use knowledge of place value to round 2, 3 and 4 digit number to nearest 10's and 100's
Begin to partition objects into equal parts.  Example: partition a cookie into 2 equal parts, 4 equal parts, a dozen eggs into 4 equal parts.
Tell time to nearest minute, 5 minutes and solve elapsed time word problems.
Compose and decompose shapes and solve for area of shapes
Practice solving for area in non-rectangular shapes
Helpful math videos:

Science:
This week in math we will learn about energy transfer and transformation.

Week of December 16, 2019

Upcoming events:
12/16-12/19 - i-Ready Math Testing continues
12/17 - SAC meeting 6 pm Media Center
12/19 - Cox/Townsend Holiday class party
12/20 - 1/6 - Winter Break

Resources this week:
12/16 - Art
12/19 - P.E.

Math:
This week in math the students will continue finding possible whole number side lengths of rectangles using the associative property.  They will find possible side lengths of rectangles with areas of 24, 36, 48, or 72 square units.  The students will begin to solve word problems involving area and find the area of a rectilinear figure by decomposing into rectangles or completing composite figures to form rectangles.


Things to practice at home:
Solve 2 step word problems involving the four operations.
Practice multiplication facts 2-12
Use knowledge of place value to round numbers to nearest 10's and 100's.
Add and subtract numbers within 1000.
Practice composing rectangles with different areas.
Math helpful videos:

Science:

This week in science the students will continue to learn about light.  They will learn how light can be reflected and refracted.  They will also learn how light can be absorbed by objects.

Week of December 9, 2019

Upcoming events:
12/2 - 12/19 - i-Ready Reading and Math Diagnostic window
12/9 - 12/13 - Progress Monitoring Assessment Reading
12/11 - All Pro Dads at 7:45 am Media Center
12/11 - Early Dismissal 
12/11 - Holiday Shop at Five Below 4-8 pm
12/17 - SAC meeting Media Center at 6 pm
12/19 - Winter Holiday Party
12/20 - 1/6 - Winter Break

Resources this week:
12/10 - Music
12/11 - P.E.
12/13 - Music

Math:
This week in math the students will continue to interpret area models to form rectangular arrays.  They will find the area of a rectangle through multiplication of side lengths.  the students will analyze different rectangles and reason about their area.  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 demonstrate the possible whole number side lengths of rectangles with areas of 24, 36, 48, or 72 square units using the associative property of multiplication.  The students will find areas by decomposing into rectangles or completing composite figures to form rectangles.  

Example of using the distributive property to find the total area of a rectangle:

Example of area word problem with rectangle with area of 36 square units:

or

Things to practice at home:
Solve 2 step word problems involving the four operation (multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.
Use place value knowledge to round numbers to nearest 10's and 100's.
Practice identifying mathematical patterns (example: 42, 46, 50, tell the next 4 numbers in the pattern).
Continue practicing multiplication facts 2-12
Practice creating rectangles with areas of 24, 36, 48, or 72 square units.  Label side lengths of the rectangles.
Helpful math videos:

Science:
This week in science will continue to learn that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels from one medium to another.

Week of December 2, 2019

Upcoming events:
i-Ready Reading and Math Diagnostic window 12/2 - 12/19
12/5 - End of Module 3 Assessment



Resources this week:
12/3 - P.E.
12/6 - Media/Art


Math:
This week in math the students will understand area (the amount of space inside the boundary of a flat 2-dimensional object) as an attribute of plane figures.  They will decompose and recompose shapes to compare areas.  The students will find the area of a rectangle through multiplication of side lengths.
  

Things to practice at home:
Continue practicing multiplication facts 2-10
Solve one and two-step word problems involving the four operations (multiplication, division, subtraction and addition).
Tell time and practice solving elapsed time problems
Round numbers to nearest 10's and 100's 
Add and subtract numbers within 1000
Helpful math videos:

Science:
This week in science the students will continue identifying ways that energy has the ability to cause motion.  They will recognize that objects not in motion have stored or potential energy related to their position.  The students will explain how objects can undergo a change in motion.