4C News
Friday, December 1st, 2017
Math
**Please check in with your child. ALL students, regardless of math teacher, need to have ear buds/headphones for the chromebooks. In addition, every student needs a white board marker. My stash of 40 markers is just about gone!
Ms. Gleason's Class ~ We have been working hard on multiplication. We are multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit numbers. Everyone has a strategy that they feel successful with. Most are using the traditional method. Next week we begin division. This can be difficult for kids at first, but eventually they will be dividing pros! We will be using the traditional/standard long division algorithm. I encourage the students to study their math facts every night. They can now use Xtra Math online to help with that. Please let me know if you are having difficulty with that website.
Mr. Hart's Class ~ This week we began to learn how to divide. We started by using a place value chart and then distributed the numbers into the number of groups we were dividing. While doing this I showed the relationship between distributing the numbers and the long division method. On Wednesday, we took the place value charts away and just used the long division method. Ask your child what DMSCB stands for. Next week we will continue to work on division and look at what exactly it means to have a remainder.
Science
Ornament Workshop
ELA
Read Aloud ~ We finally finished Ruby Holler. It is such a great book with dynamic characters. Today, I started The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Those Herdman kids are unforgettable.
PAWS ~ Two assignments down! Next week's task will be related to the debate the kids read about in their Scholastic News. Should kids miss school to go on vacation????
Research ~ Out next major unit will be about the explorers who had an impact on New York State. Kids will be pulling information from selected data bases and books from the library. They will compile the information and create a fake Facebook page for the explorer. This should be fun!!!!
Instruments
Dates to Remember
December 7 ~ Evening Parent Conferences
December 8 ~ Early Release, Parent Conferences
December 18 ~ Ornament Workshop
December 25 - January 1 ~ Christmas Break, No School