Hi all
November is here and 2 1/2 weeks until the Thanksgiving break. Time is flying by and before we know it, we will be skating at Yost celebrating the holiday break:)
Speaking of field trips. We are off to The Downtown Library this Friday. We will arrive by bus around 9:45 and should hit the stage in the basement around 10. All three 4th grade classrooms will be performing their Joe Reilly collaborative songs, followed by some storytelling and book talks, courtesy the wonderful library staff. Come join us and enjoy some great songs.
In Language Arts we are continuing work on Personal Narratives, working in our reading groups and beginning g the second round of Michigan Pen Pal letters.
We've been alternating Social Studies and Science on a weekly basis and this week we will become Mold Farmers. After that we will continue our tour of the Northeast region of The United States.
Math tests come back tonight. Please Correct, Sign and Return by Wednesday.
BYOT - ok, the popular phrase being used by my colleagues is "Just gonna try and get me toe in the water", when it come to the discussion about students bringing their own technology into the classroom. I would like to get something started and this would be my approach to the process. I would like to invite folks to have their children feel free to bring their iPads or laptops in this week. This would be a trial run designed to introduce the routine and expectations around this process. My intent is to get into a routine where these technologies would be used by groups of kids for either word study or math.
Lets work on expectations and organization this week and then I will be more explicit about the how and when their technology would be used. Let me know if you have any questions.
Have a great week. Below is this week's math schedule. Thanks.
Nick
Math - Not sure if math groups are scheduled for this week. If it doesn't happen, the schedule could change a bit, but we will cover the first 4 lessons of Unit 4, for sure.
Monday 11-10
4.1 Decimal Place Value 4.1 Study Link
EDM Online- Top-it Decimals
Tuesday 11-11
4.2 Review of Basic Decimal Concepts 4.2 Study Link
EDM Online- Baseball Multiplication with 2 Dice
Wednesday 11-12
4.3 Comparing and Ordering Decimals 4.3 Study Link
EDM Online- Coin Top-It (Advanced)
Thursday 11-13
Math Groups Homework math page
EDM Online-Top-It: Decimals
Friday 11-14
4.4 Estimating with Decimals 4.4 Study Link
