Weeks 5 & 6During weeks 5 & 6, we have concentrated our math efforts on learning about decimals to the hundredths place. Students worked to master an understanding of representing decimals, including tenths and hundredths, using concrete and visual models and money, comparing and ordering decimals, relating decimals to fractions that name tenths and hundredths and determining corresponding decimals to the tenths and hundredths place of a specified point on a number line! LOTS of hard work going on in 4th grade math. Students completed their module 2 Test on these objectives and demonstrated their understanding and recorded their data in the Math Assessment Data tracking folder. We will continue with our next learning objective of adding and subtracting whole numbers and decimal numbers. Keep them practicing all math operations at home.
If you child is still practicing their multiplication facts and needs assistance, please ask them about First in Math, Stride and Imagine Math (all available online for use at home). In Science, we completed our Matter Learning Lab Stations and submitted our lab response sheets. Students reviewed the content with interactive online resources provided by Science Fusion. Students completed quick checks to demonstrate their understanding of Matter and will take the Matter unit test on Monday, October 1st. Then we will embark on our next content area of Force, Energy and Motion. If you have any extra flashlights at home, we would appreciate you sending them in for us to use during science time. Please make sure they are labeled with your child's name so we can return them when we are done. Weeks 3 & 4Math: We worked through whole number place value, rounding and comparing & ordering numbers. Students had great results on their assessment of these concepts. Then we began our journey into decimal numbers. With decimal numbers we pulled out our base 10 manipulatives and accessed a fantastic math app that let us build models without the worry of dropping out base 10 pieces on the floor. (Plus they can practice with this app at home!) The students loved it! We had the app up on the panel and they were able to use the app on their chromebooks. We will continue with comparing & ordering decimal numbers, showing decimal numbers with models, money pieces, fractions, and representing decimal numbers on a number line. Science: We are continuing to learn about MATTER, the properties of matter, how matter changes states, measuring matter, identifying types of matter including mixtures and solutions, and classifying matter. Students worked on a Matter Learning Pathway, where they worked at their own pace through several activities: Read It, Tech It, Draw It, Sort It, Match It, and Reflect On It! Each part of this process was recorded in their matter learning pathway booklet. In addition, to get the hands-on practice, we are using our science process skills and working through stations that allow us to practice with a team of scientists to use our skills of measuring length, mass, volume, practice classifying, making graphs of data, drawing conclusions based on observations, etc. just like real scientists do when they experiment.
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February 2020
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