Fourth and fifth grade math students will have their final Math Olympiad competition at Werner on Thursday, March 5. Remember that if students are absent, they are not allowed to make up the contest. However, it does not count as a grade so it just a missed opportunity for challenge and problem solving work. We will have a trophy at the end of the year for the student who got the most correct answers out of the 25 problems we have completed this year so this is the students' last chance to gain a few more points. Hard to believe but the end of the third quarter is already only two weeks away. Fourth and fifth students' grades are up-to-date currently. There will be limited time for math in the next two weeks as we enter our first phase of PARCC testing. If students have any fix-it work, they need to make sure it is turned back in before we leave for Spring Break. Quick update on where we are at in math classes... 5th grade - We have just completed an extended geometry unit on perimeter (including Pythagorean Theorem and circumference of a circle,) area (of rectangles, triangles, and circles,) and volume. We'll finish up the week with some work on surface area of shapes and begin to learn about the Stock Market so that when we return from Spring Break, we can begin trading using the Stock Market Game. 4th grade - These students are plugging away at fractions. We have worked on multiplication of fractions and whole numbers and have ventured into addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators. We'll finish up next week with probability and have a test over this unit before Spring Break. 3rd grade - We are also finishing up a unit on fractions. Exploring mixed numbers and comparing fractions have been covered. We'll look at real-life situations with fractions and also look at addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators before we also have one more unit test before break. With the end of the quarter, unfortunately, comes the end of my time working with fourth grade language arts/creativity kids. We have two more weeks together. In our last days together, they are reading a Colorado biography. They have a two-fold project: 1. They must write the ABC's of facts from their person's life 2. Complete a project of their choice (either diary entries, cartoon, or 5 objects to represent their historical figure.) Fifth grade language arts students are jumping into nonfiction reading and research. Each student has chosen a topic and begun doing both online and book research. We are discussing finding relevant and credible sources on a web and also learning how to document sources. Students will be creating a project to showcase their learning. Check in with your child and see what their topic is and what they are thinking about for their presentation of learning. Projects will not be due until the end of March after we return from Spring Break.
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