Homework:
30minutes of reading
Russian Word Study (handout)
Fourth grade math
The purple group had our weekly multiplication fact five-minute frenzy, where students try to improve their personal best by answering up to 100 multiplication facts correctly. Students looked over the past four weeks' work, and most were pleased to see that with practice they have improved their facility with these facts. Concentrating on one multiplication family at at time often helps; also thinking of a "trick," like building on other easier facts. Sofi was pleased to note that if you know 10x12 and 2x12, you can add the products to get the answer to 12x12. Students also completed a TERC assessment measuring their ability to answer 30 facts in 3 minutes, then answered the rest with unlimited time.
We counted around the class by 30s and 11s, then discussed the solving problem 15x13 using rectangular arrays. Amelia shared another way to think of this: 10x13 plus 5x13 (half of 10x13). Students worked on more multiplication problems involving multiples of tens, and why "adding zero" works: because we are multiplying groups of tens, rather than groups of units.
Fourth grade math homework, due tomorrow
Purple group:
Practice multiplication facts for 10 minutes, using cards, Math Magician Multi, Pumpkin Multiples, Snowball Fight, or Patty's Paints
Option 1 (plum): Unit 3, page 49-51
Option 2 (periwinkle): Handout
4th grade Blue Group: Today we reviewed the operations of addition, subtraction and multiplication to catch common mistakes being made with regrouping/carrying and process order. This was followed by a 5 minute multiplication facts test to keep track of progress with fact knowledge, then we resumed work determining when to divide or multiply.
Blue group homework: Knowing when to multiply or divide worksheet. From where you are, finish 2 pages (87 & 88 or 88 & 89).
5th grade mathematicians continued their work with clocks for combining fractions with unlike denominators. They worked diligently on Show Me 1/2. All homework is available in one download:
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