Somehow the holiday season is upon us again. Time flies when you are having fun! I'll take a minute this week to catch you up on what we have been up to in math classes lately. Please also watch your email for the latest Sign-up Genius to help with our next engineering challenge which will be December 15 & 16 during regular math classes. 3rd Grade Math - Multiplication and division have been our focus all semester and will continue to be for one more unit. Before we break for Christmas, we'll also be covering a unit on perimeter and area. I have been so amazed with the growth these kids have made this year in their ability to explain their thinking and justify their reasoning. 4th Grade Math - Fourth graders have been working learning to multiply multi-digit numbers. If you did not have a chance, read over last week's post about the "crazy" methods that your child has learned and how we try to build understanding as well as computational knowledge. We just took our test over this work this week. We'll move onto long division after Thanksgiving which will probably take us to Christmas. This is another challenging concept for 4th graders to understand so please be patient as I work with them to build background knowledge before we learn the traditional/standard algorithm. 5th Grade Math - After beginning the year with challenging algebra equations and inequalities units, we have moved onto a unit on integers and rational numbers. Otherwise known as the positive and negative numbers work. Students have learned a lot of new vocab (absolute value, irrational numbers, rational numbers, and more.) We just took our test on this unit this week. When we return from the short break, we'll be working coordinate grids and beginning to learn how to graph formulas/algebra equations. Last week I shared a project that the 5th grade language arts/creativity students worked on. This week 4th grade language arts/creativity students completed projects too. These students have been reading books about courageous children that defied the odds. One group was reading Hatchet while the other group was reading Bud, Not Buddy. Below are some examples of students projects to share what they learned while reading and to showcase their creative abilities through writing, art and more. Students had lots of choices from creating a timeline for their character's story, creating a flyer for the jazz band in Bud, creating a new cover for Hatchet, writing their character's rules for life, drawing characters or scenes, comparing yourself to the main character, and more as you can see here. Fun presentations today! One final note wishing all of you a restful, happy Thanksgiving this year. May it be filled with family, friends, and plenty of good food!
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