Having Fun with Rocks

We have so many students in 4B who have been really excited to learning about rocks and their properties.  We have been working on doing observations of different rocks and learning about the three types of rocks.  We are finishing up this part of the unit with the students identifying the 12 "Mystery Rocks" they were given.  Students have been working so hard with partners to gather their data.

Homework for Week of December 21

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Monday (Day 1):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 3-11
No Spelling

Tuesday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes
Math -
No Spelling

Wednesday (Day 3):
Read for 1 hour over the break (you can break up into smaller pieces)
Math - practice math facts
No Spelling

Thursday (Day ):
No School

Friday (Day ):
No School

Homework for Week of December 14-18

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Monday (Day 2):

Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 3-7

Spelling - cut out and sort words (do not need to write down)

Tuesday (Day 3):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 3-8
Spelling -Sort words and record groups on sheet of lined paper

Wednesday (Day 4):
Read for 15 minutes

Math - sheet 3-9
Spelling - Speed Sort (record two times in your assignment books)

Thursday (Day 5):
Read for 15 minutes
Math- Sheet 3-10
Spelling - Blind sort

Friday (Day 6):

Read for 30 minutes
Go on xtramath.org

Math Videos to Help with Math

Here are some videos which may help you on this week's math work.  Click on the link to see the video.

Fractions and Decimals to Tenths

Fractions and Decimals to Hundredths

Learning about tenths and hundredths (You can watch up to about 3 1/2 minutes.  It then goes into thousandths which we do not need to worry about right now.)

Math Videos for Fractions

Click on the videos below to help you with homework this week:
Finding Equivalent Fractions

Comparing Fractions with Using 1/2 as a Benchmark

Comparing Fractions with Different Numerators and Denominators

Homework for Week of Dec 7-11

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Monday (Day 3):

Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 3-4

Spelling - cut out and sort words (do not need to write down)

Tuesday (Day 4):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 3-5
Spelling -Sort words and record groups on sheet of lined paper

Wednesday (Day 5):
Read for 15 minutes

Math - sheet 3-6
Spelling - Speed Sort (record two times in your assignment books)

Thursday (Day 6):
Read for 15 minutes
Math- Sheet 3-7
Spelling - Blind sort

Friday (Day 1):

Read for 30 minutes
Go on xtramath.org

Starting Our Geology Unit

We started our geology unit last week.  We read the book Everybody Needs a Rock and then wrote our own rules for finding the best rock.

Then we read If You Find a Rock.  Each student wrote a description of their rock without letting anyone see their rock.  We talked about different properties we can use to describe rocks, such as, texture, color, size, and patterns.  Here are some pictures of the students listening to descriptions of rocks and then trying to choose which rock they was being described.

 

Homework for Week of November 30 - December 4

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Monday (Day 4):

Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 3-1

Spelling - cut out and sort words (do not need to write down)

Tuesday (Day 5):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 3-2
Spelling -Sort words and record groups on sheet of lined paper

Wednesday (Day 6):
Read for 15 minutes

Math - sheet 3-3
Spelling - Speed Sort (record two times in your assignment books)

Thursday (Day 1):
Read for 15 minutes
Math- Sheet 3-4
Spelling - Blind sort

Friday (Day 2):

Read for 30 minutes
Go on xtramath.org

Homework for the Week of November 16-20

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.  If your child is still on addition or subtraction then they should probably be going on more often to help them get ready for our upcoming fraction and long multiplication units.

We are working on Colonial projects this week, so students may want to gather pictures or information if they need something for their project.

Monday (Day 3):

Read for 15 minutes (book groups)
Math - Sheet 2-11

No Spelling

Tuesday (Day 4):
Read for 15 minutes (book groups)
Math - sheet 2-12
No Spelling 

Wednesday (5):
Read for 15 minutes (book groups)
Math - Unit 2 Review Sheet  - Test Friday
No Spelling 

Thursday (Day 6):
Read for 15 minutes (book group reading if your group hasn't finished yet)
Math - Unit 2 Review Sheet  - Test Friday

Friday (Day 1):

Read for 30 minutes (book group reading if your group hasn't finished yet)
Go on xtramath.org

Ways to Practice Math Facts

Some parents were asking about ways to help their child master their math facts.  Here are a few ways I have found useful and fun for the kids.   Math facts are one thing your child really needs to have memorized as we move on to harder math skills.  Xtramath.org is great, but students really need to do it often.

There are some links on our class blog for practicing math facts.  The students have liked Free Rice and it helps people in need with donations for rice from the United Nations.  The kids have liked having competitions to see which group can get the most rice to donate.

The app Sakura Quick Math is a great app for practicing math facts.  It recognizes almost all handwriting written on the screen


Math Duel - Two Player Split Screen Mathematical Game - Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division! by Ellie's Games, LLC (For one or two players and they can be on different operations if they have a younger or older sibling.)



MultiFlow: Times Tables Reimagined - Practice Multiplication by Dactyl Applications

I hope these help if you are looking for some ways for your child to practice their math facts. 

Homework for Week of November 9-13

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Field Trip to the Portland Symphony on Tuesday- Students should bring a lunch if they did not order a lunch from the cafeteria. (We will probably be eating when we get back to school.)  Also, students should dress nicely and may bring stuff to do on the bus ride (electronics may not be shared). Everything will be kept on the bus while we are at the show.

No School - Wednesday

Monday (Day 5):

Read for 15 minutes (book groups)
Math - Sheet 2-8

No Spelling

Tuesday (Day 6):
Read for 15 minutes (book groups)
Math - sheet 2-9
No Spelling 

Wednesday ():
No School

Thursday (Day 1):
Read for 15 minutes (book groups)
Math - sheet 2-10

Friday (Day2 ):

Read for 30 minutes (book groups)
Go on xtramath.org

Math Videos to Help with Math Homework

You can use these videos to help you with some of your math homework this week.

Multiplicative Comparisons

Classifying Triangles

Homework for Week of November 2-6

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Early Release Thursday and No School for Students on Friday

Monday (Day 1):

Read for 15 minutes (book groups)
Math - review sheet  for beginning of unit

No Spelling

Tuesday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes (book groups)
Math - sheet 2-7
No Spelling 

Wednesday (Day 3):
Read for 15 minutes (book groups)

Math - sheet 2-8
No Spelling

Thursday (Day 4):
Read for 30 minutes (book groups)
Go on xtramath.org

Friday (Day ):

NO SCHOOL

Field Trip to Old York

We had an awesome day on Friday at Old York.  The students enjoyed learning about Colonial cooking, schools, daily life, games, and textiles.

At the end of the day we did a little survey to see who would rather live during the Colonial days instead of today

Thank you to all our chaperones for their help throughout the day.

Starting Book Groups

We will be starting book groups this week during our reading time.  The students all got the book they will be reading and a calendar showing their meeting days and what chapters they have to have read by the days they meet.  I have explained to the students that the days with a * mean they will be meeting and must come with the reading done (example:  *Ch 1-3 = chapters 1, 2, and 3 must be read for the day).  They should also write down notes with thoughts and questions to bring to their group. They may use time in class to read their books when their group is not meeting, but some of the reading will need to be done at home.

Here is a copy of the calendar in case they forget theirs over the next few weeks.

Hatchet

Rules

The Report Card

The Landry News

Homework for Week of October 26-30

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Picture Retakes - October 29

Monday (Day 2):

Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 2-5

Spelling - cut out and sort words (do not need to write down)

Tuesday (Day 3):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - Prime and Composite Sheet
Spelling -Sort words and record groups on sheet of lined paper

Wednesday (Day 4):
Read for 15 minutes

Math - sheet 2-6
Spelling - Speed Sort (record two times in your assignment books)

Thursday (Day 5):
Read for 15 minutes
Math- Factors, Multiples, Prime, and Composite Review Sheet 
Spelling - Blind Sort
Bring lunch for tomorrow's field trip and dress Colonial

Friday (Day 6):

Read for 30 minutes
Go on xtramath.org

Helpful Math Videos for Factors, Multiples, and Multiplicative Comparisons

Here is a short three minute video to review how to find all the factor pairs of a number using a factor rainbow.  Click here:  Finding Factor Pairs

Here is a link for a movie on finding multiples.  Click here:  Finding Multiples

Here is a link for bar models for multiplicative comparisons.  Click here:  Multiplicative Comparisons

I hope these help with the homework for this week next.

Homework for Week of October 19-23

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Picture Retakes - October 29

Monday (Day 3):

Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 2-1

Spelling - cut out and sort words (do not need to write down)

Tuesday (Day 4):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 2-2
Spelling -Sort words and record groups on sheet of lined paper

Wednesday (Day 5):
Read for 15 minutes

Math - sheet 2-3
Spelling - Speed Sort (record two times in your assignment books)

Thursday (Day 6):
Read for 15 minutes
Math- Sheet 2-4
Spelling - Story sort

Friday (Day 1):

Read for 30 minutes
Go on xtramath.org

Homework for Week of October 12-16

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Monday (Day ):

No School

Tuesday (Day 1):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - Geometry Review Sheet - #5-10 due tomorrow and test is tomorrow
Spelling -Regular sort  

Wednesday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes

Math - Your choice on ixl.com (need to do at least 10 minutes in 3rd or 4th grade)
Spelling - Speed Sort (record two times in your assignment books)

Thursday (Day 3):
Read for 15 minutes
Math- xtramath.org
Spelling - Blind Sort

Friday (Day 4):

Read for 30 minutes
Go on xtramath.org

Helping Our Community

SMS has done great collecting over 450 cans for our Canstruction Food Drive.  We are continuing to add any cans you are willing to donate.  Thank you to all the families who have already sent donations in.  We are hoping to make a wolf out of the cans.

Also, SMS is helping Wonderland Thrift Shop of Stratham again this year with hosting a coat drive. We are looking for gently used or new winter clothing including coats, jackets, hats, scarves, mittens, gloves and boots for the whole family. There is a box across from Nurse Lily's office door. Feel free to place donations there. 

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Homework for Week of October 5-9

Students should be going on xtramath.org at least two afternoons during the week and one day over the weekend.

Old York - permission slips due October 8th

Monday (Day 6):

Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 1-11

Spelling - cut out and sort words (do not need to write down)

Tuesday (Day 1):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - sheet 1-12
Spelling -Sort words and record groups on sheet of lined paper

Wednesday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes

Math - sheet 1-13
Spelling - Speed Sort (record two times in your assignment books)

Thursday (Day 3):
Read for 15 minutes
Math- Geometry Review Sheet - #1-4 due tomorrow, #5-10 due next Wednesday
           Test next Wednesday
Spelling - Blind Sort

Friday (Day 4):

Read for 30 minutes
Go on xtramath.org

Practicing the Scientific Method with Gobstoppers

Last week we continued doing science experiments.  One of the experiments we did was put four gobstoppers in water and then we observed what happens to them.  Many of the students were surprised that the colors did not mix in the water.  Here are some pictures of the class working on this experiments.