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Sunday, November 24, 2013

December 2-6

Math - This week we continue Unit 4 "Numbers and Number Operations".   Building on experiences from previous grades, students deepen their understanding of place value and expand their ability to add, subtract, and multiply multi-digit numbers. Students make connections between base-ten representations and paper-and-pencil methods. They also further develop their mental math strategies. The goal of this unit is to improve students' skills and understanding of concepts so they can choose appropriate methods to solve problems efficiently and accurately.

Science and Social Studies – Students will wrap up civics and government.  Students will fill out a study guide and play games to study for the civics test.  The test will be Thursday, December 5.

Language Arts- The strategy review this week is monitor understand.  Word study for this week is suffixes.

Vocabulary this week – analyze – to study something; coastline – the boundary between land and water; current –parts of a body of water flow together in one direction; model– a small version of a larger object; swift- to move very quickly

Spelling words: about, do, each, will, countries, donkeys, invited, losing, masses, millions, nerves, received, wolves, worrying


Bonus: committed, instead, oxen, potatoes

November 25 - 29

Math - This week we continue Unit 4 "Numbers and Number Operations".   Building on experiences from previous grades, students deepen their understanding of place value and expand their ability to add, subtract, and multiply multi-digit numbers. Students make connections between base-ten representations and paper-and-pencil methods. They also further develop their mental math strategies. The goal of this unit is to improve students' skills and understanding of concepts so they can choose appropriate methods to solve problems efficiently and accurately.

Science and Social Studies – Students will continue studying civics and government.  Students will read about and complete activities to study the constitution.

Language Arts- The strategy review this week is monitor understand.  Word study for this week is helping verbs.

Vocabulary this week – No vocabulary this week


Spelling words: No spelling this week.

No School due to Thanksgiving Break November 27-29

Sunday, November 10, 2013

MTB Unit 4 Letter Home

Multiplication Fun

We have been learning about factors, multiples, prime and square numbers. Today the students ROCKED the math test.  Here are some links for continued practice at home. Continue to practice those multiplication facts so they are quick and accurate in computation.  Check out some games here


Prime Number Rap--remember the prime numbers.

Square Numbers Poem --remember the square numbers.

Factor Game --find all the factors of a number.

Factor Trees --factor a number to prime factorization.

Prime factorization --write a number using prime factorization form.

Array Game --use an array to represent a number.


Here are review vocabulary and lessons on these terms: