Cerrito Creek

Reading groups' first task was to divy up the jobs: "who wants to be exchange commissioner first? 

Elisabeth Ross has masterminded and master-tasked the Cerrito quilt, which we hope to auction on Saturday night. Students are using iron-on crayons and a variety of embroidery techniques to illuminate different figures from California history. Bid on Saturday night!

.com CEOs will have patches next to Gold Rush pioneers, Dust Bowl travelers will take share the quilt with missionaries

A joyful half-birthday.

Homework:
Students began reading By the Great Horn Spoon today. They have reading homework assignments due each Tuesday and Thursday for the next number of weeks. Here's a basic synopsis (they have the details in their binders, or should, tonight): 

Date Assignment is due	Chapters
Tuesday, April 24	The Stowaways, How to Catch A Thief
Thursday, April 26	News of a Sea Raven, The Pig Hunt
Tuesday, May 1	Land of Fire, Spoiled Potatoes
Thursday, May 3	End of the Race, Saved By a Whisker
Tuesday, May 8	Jipijapa Hat, The Rogue Out-Rogued
Thursday, May 10	Jamoka Jack, Bullwhip
Tuesday, May 22	A Bushel of Neckties, The Prospectors
Thursday, May 23	The Man Who Couldn’t Sit Down, The Gravediggers
Tuesday, May 24	The Fifteenth of August, Arrival at the Long Wharf

5th graders continued their work with multiplication expressions: what are five other ways to state 24 x 64? They will do a page of ERB prep along with a TERC worksheet each night this week.
Packet part 1; packet part 2


Blue group:  Today we reviewed the lesson on decimals with Decimal Dog.  Students practiced writing decimal numbers.  We moved to comparing value of decimals.  many students made the direct connection to fractions in order to compare decimal numbers, and learned to compare place value as another way to compare.  From there we learned to line up decimal numbers by place value (stacking numbers) for addition and subtraction.Blue Group Homework: Adding and subtracting decimals, and comparing value worksheet.


Fourth grade math
Purple group:  For our warm up today, students learned graphing on a coordinate grid, with coordinate pairs indicating the x (horizontal) and y (vertical) axis.  A handout of the warm up is here for those who were absent.  We also reviewed comparing fractions, and students took a short assessment.  Students practiced representing decimal numbers on 10x10 grids; then one group worked on a JUMP Packet about tenths and hundredths decimals.  The other group worked on word problems requiring decimal addition; the handout is here.

Fourth grade math homework, due tomorrow
Purple group:
Option 1, Finish JUMP packet
Option 2, Handout