In Math and Science Week of January 9-13th

Well parents we made it through the first three days back.  We all were a little sluggish and tired by Friday!  We are already getting back in the groove and hitting the ground running.

In Math this week we will start the wonderful world of fractions!!  The first half of the week we will work on parts of a whole (imagine a pizza or pie) .  We will be trying to verbalize 2/8 pieces have been eaten, 3/6 pieces are shaded, etc....  The latter part of the week we will be looking at parts of a set.  For example 4/6 squares are shaded so that means 2/6 squares are NOT shaded.  Fractions, for whatever reason, causes grief across every grade level.  My fear is that there is a lot that has been forgotten over the past year concerning fractions, so I am going to really start basic at first as a review, and slowly build a foundation.  We will be studying fractions the next 3-4 weeks.

This coming Friday will be our first multiplication Fast Fact test.  The students will be expected to complete 30 problems in 1.5 minutes.  Flash cards to study will be given on Monday to study at home with you.  Students can also practice online with some websites on our Helpful Websites tab in the blog.  Please study x0, x1, and x10.  Students will only be tested on these this Friday.  This first test will not be graded.

In Science the kids will be working on a Land form project in Power Point.  Each student was assigned a Land form this past Friday, and will begin their research starting this coming Monday in class.  The kids will be given 30-45 minutes in class a day to complete this project.  They will be given a research paper with all the requirements to guide them through their research.  This project will hopefully be completed by this Friday the 13th, so that the kids can share them with their classmates the following week.

Here are the requirements of the project:

1. Land form's formal definition
2. How the Land form is formed
3. How the Land form changes over time
4. 2 real world examples of their Land form with location and 2 interesting facts per example

All students will be using Mrs. Moore's website on Land forms to conduct their research.  Here is the link:

Land Form Research Websites

It should be a great week of learning :)  

Love, Mrs. S