Math & Science

Week of October 26th:

Math:

This week we will be starting Unit 5 on Division! Students are expected to divide a four digit dividend by a one digit divisor. Ex. 4,321/6. Students will learn this using different strategies such as area model, partial product, and the standard algorithm. Once they have mastered the skill using just numbers, students are expected to apply it with multi-step word problems just like with multiplication, addition and subtractions. 

(These skills will be consistently spiraled, along with rounding and subtracting across zeros.)

Science:

This week in science, we will conclude Unit 2 over force and motions. Students will test over it and begin Unit 3 on Energy. 

Week of October 20th:

Math:

This week we will be concluding Unit 4 on multiplying 2 digits numbers by 2 digit numbers. We will test on Wednesday. We will review Unit 3 (multipling up to 4 digits by 1 digit)and Unit 4 (multiplying digits by 2 digits) so that we will take CBA#2 on Friday.   

Science:

This week in science, we will conclude unit 3 on Forces of Energy. 

Homework: None- Work on Mystery House Project

Week of October 12th:

Math: 

This week in math,we will continue Unit 4 over muliplying 2 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. Students have been using the area model to do so; however, this week, they will using standard algorithm.

Science:

This week in science, we will continue our unit over force and motions. 

Homeroom: None this week

Week of September 28th

Math:

This week, students will concluded unit 3 on multiplication. They have learned how to multiply a digit by 10, 100, and 1,000. They have also learned how to multiply using area model, partial product, and the standard algorithm. We will test over unit 3 on Thursday.

Science:

This week, we will be starting unit 2 over force and motion. Students took a test on last Thursday over unit 1: Properties of Matter. 

Homework: Due October 2nd

Math:

This week, students will start unit 3 on multiplication. We will start the unit by multiplying a digit by 10, 100, and 1,000 to help students make the connect with place value.

Last week, your scholar took their test over Unit 2 (addition & subtraction). The test results revealed that students still need practice on this skill and much of it is because they are not reading the entire question to distinguish if the question is asking for them to add or subtract. Also, they may complete the first step and stop thinking they are done.  As a result, we will be spiraling multi-step addition and subtraction word problems. This is something you can help your scholar with at home. Please see their purple take home folder for the test. Students may make corrections to improve grades up to a 80.

Sciences:

We will be concluding Unit 1: Properties of Matter. Students will be testing by Wednesday to start unit 2 over force and motion. 

Homework: Due September 25th

Week of September 14th:

This week in math, students will concludeworking on adding and subtracting . Students will take the Unit 2 Assessment, Monday (Today), and the District CBA over Unit 1 (place value) and unit 2 (addition & subtraction) Wednesday.

Homework Link Due: Thursday, September 18th (NO SCHOOL Friday- Teacher Workday)

Science: 

This week in science, students will be discussing the conservation of mass.

Week of September 7th: 

(No School Monday- Labor Day)

Math:

This week in Math, students will continue working on Addition and Subtraction with regrouping. Students will test of Unit 2 on Friday.

Science:

We are concluding our lesson on the properities of matter. Students will start investigating and comparing a variety of mixtures, including solutions that are composed of liquids in liquids and solids in liquids demonstrate that matter is conserved when mixtures such as soil and water or oil and water are formed. A sign up link will be sent out by your scholar's homeroom for donations to help with this lab.

Homework: Due Friday, September 11th

Week of August 31st:

This week in Math, students will be starting Unit 2 on Addition and Subtraction with regrouping. Students are expected to add and subtract whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths place using the standard algorithm. Students will have to solve one and two step word problems within the thousands place.

Students will be shown different strategies to represent their addition and subtraction. Students can use chunking of numbers to create friendly numbers, expanded form, draw pictures using base ten blocks, or use the standard algorithm. The idea is to deepen their understanding of place value when adding and subtracting.

*Map Testing is on Tuesday and Wednesday for Reading and Math.

Week of August 24th:

This week, we will be continuing with Unit I over place value. Students will be exploring why digits grow ten times as they move to left and 1/10 when moved to the right. They will write numbers  from standard form to expanded notation and vice versa.  Some students are struggling with writing large numbers from word form to standard form using commas. Please review this over the week for more practice. Ex: Three hundred five million four is equal to 305,000,004 

Homework: None this week

Week of August 17th:

This week, students will be starting Unit I over place value. They will be exploring the relationship between numbers based on their place up to one billion. Students will be analzying the difference between place and value to explain why a digit grows 10Xs as it moves to the left on a place value chart. By the end of the week, students will be able to write numbers in standard form, expanded form, word form, expanded notation, and compare large numbers based on their knowledge on place value. 

Homework: No Homework this week!