February Vacation Reading Challenge
I was so excited
to see how many students participated in the February Vacation Reading
Challenge! The kids came in to class
very excited and proud that they had taken time to read over the vacation
week. A few kids forgot their page at
home, so I am taking them tomorrow as well.
After that, I am going to tally the results of the two challenges and
share the results with the class. I will
keep you posted!
Coming up this week…
Fraction Work
We are continuing to learn about fractions in math. We have been using tape diagrams to break
apart a whole into smaller pieces. The
visual picture that we use is really helpful for the kids. Here is an example of a tape diagram
below.
We will use tape
diagrams as we continue our work with fractions over the next few weeks!
Applying what we know…
In writing we are talking about what we have already learned as
writers so far this year. We started our
discussion today, and it is amazing to see all that the kids have learned. Over the next few weeks we are going to be
using our learning and trying to raise our writing to the “next level.”
Each student will be
taking a closer look at his/her own writing.
Ever student has made progress in writing this year. We are going to celebrate those
accomplishments! Each student will also
be thinking about how they can improve their own writing. We are going to be setting small achievable
goals and putting in the effort to meet the goals.
At this point in the
school year, I am trying to push the kids to believe in their writing
ability. They have learned many
strategies this year. At this time of
year, they need to be able to have the confidence in their ability as a
writer!
This Week’s Homework…
I am going to post
the Reading in the Edges prompt and the Good Evening Math for the week. If your child forgets the papers at school
you can print the page or they can at least see the problems so that they can
complete them on separate paper.
Reading “IN THE EDGES”
Reading in the Edges- Reflection: At
the end of the week you need to reflect on your reading for the week. You
should keep “notes” about your book on sticky notes or on a separate piece of
paper so that you can answer the question below.
Pretend
you are one of the main characters in your book and write a diary entry about
something that is happening in the story and how you feel about it. Use details from the story to support your
answer.
- I have the date.
- I have a greeting (Dear Diary,)
- I have the diary entry explaining an event in the book.
- My diary entry explains HOW I feel about the event.
- I have evidence from the story.
- I have a closing (Your friend,) and a signature (the name of your main character).
- I have edited my answer with one LENS (capitals, punctuation, spelling)-circle one
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Monday
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Tuesday
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What do a
trapezoid, parallelogram, square and rectangle all have in common?
A:
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Compute to find the value of T:
4,533 – T = 489
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The
first underlined digit is _________________ times as many as the second
underlined digit 52,783 74,275
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Tell the place of the
underlined digits
2,139,668 23,034,782 3,340,219
1.
2.
3.
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Write
an equation for the following problem and then answer the question. 9 groups of kids
join the Basketball Club. If each
group has 25 kids in it, how many kids joined the club altogether?
A:
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Find
the sum
375,572 + 242,825
A:
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Round to the nearest thousand 835,745
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I want
to give each kid in 4th grade a candy bar.
There are 156 kids in 4th grade.
If the candy comes in boxes of 9, how many boxes will I need to buy?
A:
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Over vacation I
went to Florida and walked on the beach.
I collected 75 shells each day I was there. I was there for 8 days. How many shells did I collect altogether?
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Draw and label a right angle, obtuse angle, and acute
angle.
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How many lines of symmetry does the figure below have?
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Compute:
8,472 divided by 5
Make sure you CHECK your
work!
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Have a great week!
~Mrs. Lewis
