Homework for Week of January 17-21

Students should be choosing at least 2 afternoons during the week and one weekend day to do a whole session of xtramath.org with the Beat the Teacher section.  They can choose which nights they would like to go on and they can always do extra days.  It is very important for students to know their math facts.

 Your child has a calendar showing what days their group is meeting.  Reading should be done before they get to school and they should be coming to their meetings with post its written with thoughts or questions to share with the group.

Spelling:  Since this week is shorter I am going to give spelling words on Wednesday or Thursday and they will be for the rest of the week and next week.  We will be getting our new spelling groups based on our January assessment.

Monday (Day ): 
NO SCHOOL

Tuesday (Day 3):
Read for 15 minutes (Book Group Reading)
Math - Multiplication Sheet - you choose method
Spelling - 

Wednesday (Day 4):
Read for 15 minutes (Book Group Reading)
Math - Traditional Multiplication Sheet
Spelling -

Thursday (Day 5):
Read for 15 minutes (Book Group Reading)
Math -  4-12 Sheet
Spelling - Cut out words and do a regular sort

Friday (Day 6):

Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend (Book Group Reading) 
Go on xtramath.org (If you are done you can choose iReady or ixl.com) 

Erosion Experiments

We have been learning about erosion during our geology unit.  Students have been experimenting with changing the slope of the land and having a flood and watching the changes in the "land".  We will be learning about ways people try to prevent erosion and then coming up with a plan to test with our groups.

Game for Area Model

Here is a great game to practice the area model.  There are three levels.  I would start with the first level and move up.  You may need scrap paper for the addition because it is set up slightly different than how we did it in class.

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Homework for Week of January 2-6

Students should be choosing at least 2 afternoons during the week and one weekend day to do a whole session of xtramath.org with the Beat the Teacher section.  They can choose which nights they would like to go on and they can always do extra days.  It is very important for students to know their math facts.

We are starting social issue book groups at the end of this week.  Your child will have a calendar showing what days their group is meeting.  Reading should be done before they get to school and they should be coming to their meetings with post its written with thoughts or questions to share with the group.

Monday (Day ): 
No School

Tuesday (Day 6):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - Sheet 4-1
No Spelling 

Wednesday (Day 1):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - Estimating Product Sheet
No Spelling

Thursday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes
Math -  Sheet 4-3
No Spelling 

Friday (Day 3):

Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend
Go on xtramath.org (if done you can choose iReady or ixl.com) 

Math Game and Videos with Methods for Long Multiplication

Here is a great game for practicing multiplying by multiples of 10.  Click here. Then just click play and see how high you can get.

Here is a video on the Area Model (sometimes called the Box Method).  You only need to watch until the 4 minute point.  Click below.


This is the best video I have been able to find for the Partial Product Multiplication Method.  Click here.  I would like to see the multiplication on the right side (she shows on the left).  I hope this helps.  There will also be a sheet in your child's binder.

Here is a link to two Traditional Method videos. Click below
When multiplying by one digit

When multiplying by two digits

Homework for the Week of Dec 19-23

Students should be choosing at least 2 afternoons during the week and one weekend day to do a whole session of xtramath.org with the Beat the Teacher section.  They can choose which nights they would like to go on and they can always do extra days.  It is very important for students to know their math facts.

Monday (Day 1): 
Read for 15 minutes
Math -  Mystery Multiplication
No Spelling

Tuesday (Day 2):
Read for 15 minutes
Math - Practice Multiplication Facts - xtramath, online quizzes, or on ixl.com
No Spelling 

Wednesday (Day 3):
Read for 15 minutes
Math -
No Spelling

Thursday (Day 4):
Read for 15 minutes
Math -  
No Spelling 

Friday (Day 5):

Read for at least an hour over break
Go on xtramath.org a couple of times 

iReady

Some of the SMS classes are piloting a computer program called iReady and our class is one of the classes is part of the pilot.  All the students in the class took an short assessment which looks at all the different areas of math.  I can only have 10 of the students do the lessons which are aligned to where they came out on their assessment during the pilot..  The kids know if they have access to the lessons and have been very engaged in the lessons.  Some students will go back to topics previously taught in this year or in past years which were not mastered while others are moving on to new topics to keep them challenged.  

These lessons will be done at school as part of our math workshop, but can also be done at home by clicking on the link on my class blog under math websites.  It would be great if they could do a lesson a couple of days a week.  I will sometimes give this as homework, but they can always go on if they have extra time.

Please let me know if you have any questions.