Dear Parents,Please note that grade 4 will be having their Chapter 8 Math Test on March 15. Please ensure that your child reviews this long division chapter as much as possible. Long division can get tricky, so help your child to memorize the Long Division Steps (Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring Down and Do Over). An easy way that we’ve memorized it is Does McDonald’s Serve Burgers Downtown. Successfully conquering long division is also dependent on how well they know their multiplication tables, so continue to work with your child on knowing their times tables.We will also be having a Science Test on Chapter 9 on March 19. We’ve been covering the water cycle and weather. Review all of the weather and water cycle terms and definitions with your child. Go on to www.youtube.com with them and visit the links that I’ve previously posted on this blog to help your child actively learn.Thanks so much for your continued support.Sincerely,Ms. Suckoo
Learning All About Land/Sea Breeze and Rain Shadows
This week in science, we’ve learned all about Land & Sea Breeze as well as Rain Shadows. Ask your child the difference between land and sea breeze and also get them to describe what a rain shadow is.(A sea-breeze is a a wind from the sea that develops over land near coasts. As the hot air rises over the land, it moves over to the sea and cools. As it cools, it gets denser and falls and is then pushed or blown back over to the land as cooler air or breeze. This happens during the day.)(Land-breeze blows from the land toward the sea after sunset. The land cools more quickly than the ocean, cooling the air above it. The warmer air above the water continues to rise, and cooler air from over the land replaces it, creating a breeze.)(A rain-shadow is an area that has very little precipitation due to the effect of a land-form, especially a mountain range. The mountain range absorbs all of the moisture and precipitation, leaving only dry, hot air to flow to the other side.)During these lessons, we logged on to YouTube and watched a few videos that helped to show and describe how each of these worked. Please log on to review these videos with your child and get them to explain everything in their own words. Getting them to draw a picture that is associated with each is also a great way to help them to describe what is happening.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toj9XJZLHnM
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FDItdDqMIk
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmIVRgaKmsc
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gmbnbldl-w
Snork’s Long Division
We’ve been covering long division in math lately and we had some great with Snork…taking turns, helping her to solve her long division problems. Be sure to allow your child to log on to http://www.kidsnumbers.com/long-division.php to practice his/her long division.
Success! We Have Fresh Water!
We got some amazing results with our ‘Water Cycle – Making Fresh Water’ experiment. Have a look at our pictures of before, during and after our experiment. Be sure to get your child to explain how and why this worked. We will also be having a science test on March 19, so now is a great time to start reviewing and quizzing your child on what we’ve been doing in science the past few weeks.
Objectives and Homework for February 27 – March 2, 2012
English: – Capitalize proper nouns that name people and pets.
– Capitalize proper nouns that name places and things.
Homework: – Tuesday: Page 76
– Thursday: Page 78
Number the Stars:– We will continue reading through to chapter 8 this week in Number the Stars. Every 4 chapters, we will also have a comprehension quiz so be sure to ask your child to summarize what we’ve read in class and to discuss their favorite parts of each chapter.
Spelling Homework – Study spelling words for test on Friday
– Monday: Pages 128-129
– Wednesday: Pages 130-131
Math – Solve division problems that result in 2-digit quotients.
– Choose the best strategy to solve a problem.
– Solve division problems that result in 3-digit quotients.
– Students will be given additional time to practice using Mathletics and http://www.quia.com/mathjourney.html. We will also be playing various math games to increase students fluency and speed in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Homework – Tuesday- Wingo: Page 147, Francesco Page 148 1-10, Lightning Page 148 1-14 and 21-22
– Wednesday- Wingo: Page 59 1-6, Francesco Page 59 1-12, Lightning Page 59 1-20
– Thursday- Wingo: Page 151 1-3, Francesco Page 151 1-6, Lightning Page 151 1-6
Science: – Describe how temperature affects the water cycle.
– Describe how landforms affect the water cycle.
Bible – Learn that we are to glorify God with our lives.
Homework: – Study Bible Verse for Friday. (Parents, please encourage your child to study and memorize his/her Bible verse. This counts towards their end of quarter Bible grade.)
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures… 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
Specials: – Also check out the Specialist page for recent pictures and information as well as Spanish lesson work. http://fbcs.edu.ky/specials/
Long Division Can Be Fun!
Long Division Can Be Fun!
Long division is not bad at all… Once you get the hang of it! At first, though, it’s going to seem like a LOT of steps and stuff to keep track of… But, each step is easy math. You just need to get used to what to do at each step.
Sometimes, students find long division confusing. This is because you’ll be doing division, multiplication and subtraction all in the same problem… This is the first time you’ve had to do something with a bunch of different stuff like this.
But, believe me, if you take your time, you WILL be able to get this!!
One warning: If you are not good at your times tables, this is NOT going to be fun for you at all. The one thing that makes long division really hard is not knowing your times tables very well.
(Please log on to http://www.coolmath4kids.com/long-division/index.html for guide to long division.)
Objectives and Homework for February 13 – 17, 2012
English: – Begin sentences with capital letters and end with correct end marks.Homework: – Thursday: Page 72 Number the Stars:– We will continue reading through to chapter 4 this week in Number the Stars. Every 4 chapters, we will also have a comprehension quiz so be sure to ask your child to summarize what we’ve read in class and to discuss their favorite parts of each chapter.Spelling Homework – Study spelling words for test on Friday
– Monday: Pages 122-123
– Thursday: Pages 124-125
Math – Divide with and without remainders. – Use basic facts and patterns to divide mentally.– Solve problems by using the guess and check strategy.– Estimate quotients.– Students will be given additional time to practice using Mathletics and http://www.quia.com/mathjourney.html. We will also be playing various math games to increase students fluency and speed in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.Homework – Study for 8x Tables quiz on Friday. – Monday – Wingo: Page 138, Francesco Page 138 1-10, Lightning Page 138 All– Tuesday- Wingo: Page 139, Francesco Page 140 1-10, Lightning Page 140 1-18– Wednesday- Wingo: Page 143 1-3, Francesco Page 143 1-6, Lightning Page 143 All– Thursday- Wingo: Page 145 1-6, Francesco Page 145 1-11, Lightning Page 145 1-16
Science: – Describe different kinds of precipitation.
– Understand what causes different types of precipitation and weather.
Bible – Learn that all of us are sinners and why we all need the saving grace of Jesus.
– Identify the sequence of events in Jacob’s life.
– Learn that we are to glorify God with our lives.
Homework: – Study Bible Verse for Friday. (Parents, please encourage your child to study and memorize his/her Bible verse. This counts towards their end of quarter Bible grade.)– But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5Specials: – Also check out the Specialist page for recent pictures and information as well as Spanish lesson work. http://fbcs.edu.ky/specials/
Objectives and Homework for February 6 – 10, 2012
English: – Use comparative and superlative forms of good and bad.– Replace weak adjectives with exact adjectives.Homework: – Tuesday: Page 69– Thursday: Page 71 Number the Stars:– We are starting a new class novel called Number the Stars this week. Be sure to ask your child to summarize what we’ve read in class and to discuss their favorite parts of each chapter.Homework: – Monday – Look up the term Nazi and make notes. Be prepared to discuss in class.
Spelling Homework – Study spelling words for test on Friday
– Monday: Pages 116-117
– Thursday: Pages 118-119
Math – Study Guide and Review for Chapter 7 Test on Wednesday.– Divide with and without remainders. – Students will be given additional time to practice using Mathletics and http://www.quia.com/mathjourney.html. We will also be playing various math games to increase students fluency and speed in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.Homework – Study for 8x Tables quiz on Friday. – STUDY Chapter 7 for test on Wednesday.
Science: – Demonstrate how to extract fresh water from salt water.
– Describe the water cycle and how precipitation is formed.
Bible – Undestand why we need to treat everyone with respect.
– Learn that all of us are sinners and why we all need the saving grace of Jesus.
Homework: – Study Bible Verse for Friday. (Parents, please encourage your child to study and memorize his/her Bible verse. This counts towards their end of quarter Bible grade.)– For our sake, He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21Specials: – Also check out the Specialist page for recent pictures and information as well as Spanish lesson work. http://fbcs.edu.ky/specials/