Vermont Geography

We are learning about the geography of Vermont. We will explore its geographic features and how they affect its residents. We will also explore what features make Vermont unique and what it is known for.

The Focus Questions for this unit are:

• What are Vermont's geographic features?

• How do they affect its residents?

• What do different maps tell us?

• Which Vermont features make it unique?

• What are Vermont's 14 counties?

Third Grade

This multiplication and division unit focuses on understanding the meaning of multiplication, modeling multiplication using arrays, and understanding the inverse relationship between multiplication and division. Students make lists of things that come in groups and use them to write multiplication and division story problems, and equations to match. Multiples and arrays are introduced as two ways to represent multiplication. Students use arrays, and known facts, to develop fluency with the multiplication facts, and are assessed on those that involve multiplying numbers to 10 by 1, 2, 5 and 10. They find factors of numbers up to 100, and examine the relationship between multiplication and division.

Fourth Grade

This unit focuses on using arrays and multiplicative comparison problems to understand multiplication, and gaining familiarity with factors and multiples. Students use arrays to model multiplication situations and to find factors and identify prime numbers to 100. They use what they know about factors of 100 to find factors of multiples of 100, and examine the idea that factors of a number are also factors of a multiple of that number.

Students have begun coming up with ideas for narrative writing and continue to write friendly letters to family and friends.  

We continue to build stamina and good independent reading habits during reading workshop time.