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.