Mrs. Jane Park and Mrs. Joanne Schmidt
English Language Arts
In unit 4 of our Lucy Calkins studies, we will be studying historical fiction.
Reading: Historical fiction offers us the opportunity to be lifted out of our ordinary lives and imagine lives of great adventure and heroism. Historical fiction also creates an opportunity for you to teach your students to tackle complex texts through close reading in the company of friends. Historical fiction takes place in a time and place the reader has never experienced. The characters engage in experiences and social issues that help students to understand a time in our history more deeply. The goal for this unit is for students to emerge from this unit as knowledgeable readers who have new confidence in tackling complicated literature.
Writing: Students will select those more focused topics, but one of the ways that you scaffold them in this work is to strongly encourage them to select topics the class has studied together. Most of the class time is spent writing rather than researching, so this makes it especially important for students to rely on research they have already done, when possible.
Vocabulary Studies, we will study from Wordly Wise workbooks. Students will study one lesson every two weeks. We usually will study these words in class on Mondays and Wednesdays. After two weeks of studying, there will be a test on Thursdays on spelling and multiple meanings of the 15 words given. I advise students study over the two week, do not procrastinate. We will work on the workbook in class. If students do not complete the section during class, they need to finish it at home. Quizlet is one way to help with their studies.
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Science Quarters 3 & 4
Mathematics
Please practice adding, subtracting, multiplication and division facts.
We will continue Multiplication and division practices as we begin yet another new chapter.
In chapter 7, your child will be introduced to decimals. Some of the skills your child will practice are:
• expressing fractions and mixed numbers as decimals
• comparing and ordering decimals
• rounding decimals
Activity Decimals are used to show amounts that are parts of a whole. Encourage your child to keep an eye out for instances where decimals are used. (For example, distance shown on an odometer, prices of most items at a supermarket, bank interest rates, a 1.5 liter bottle of juice, and so on.) Use this activity to help your child practice some of the skills he or she has learned. • Use playing cards or make two sets of cards with the numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10. • Have your child pick two number cards from the stack, and form proper or improper fractions using the two numbers. Make four such fractions. • Ask your child to write these fractions as decimals, and then order them from least to greatest. • You can verify answers with a calculator. For example, 5/4 is 5 ÷ 4 = 1.25
In chapter 8, your child will learn to add and subtract decimals and use this skill to solve real-world problems.
Activity Adding and subtracting decimals is a key skill needed to perform simple everyday tasks. While traveling by car or on a trip to the supermarket, look for opportunities to demonstrate this to your child and help them practice some of the skills they have learned. For example, encourage your child to notice that at the supermarket, the prices of many items are listed as decimals, not whole numbers. • Ask your child to write down the prices of 5 items from the supermarket. • At home, have your child add these decimals to find the total cost of all 5 items. • Ask your child to calculate how much money he or she will have remaining after buying these 5 items, if he or she had $70 to begin with. (Choose a number that is greater than the total cost of the 5 items.)
En este capítulo 7, a su hijo se le presentarán los decimales. Algunas de las habilidades que practicará su hijo son: • expresar fracciones y números mixtos como decimales • comparar y ordenar decimales • redondear decimales
Actividad Los decimales se utilizan para representar cantidades que forman parte de un entero. Pida a su hijo a que preste atención a instancias en las que se usan decimales. (Por ejemplo, la distancia que aparece en un odómetro, los precios de la mayoría de los productos en un supermercado, tasas de interés bancarias, una botella de jugo de 1.5 litros, etc.) Use esta para ayudar a su hijo a practicar algunas de las destrezas que ha aprendido. • Use las tarjetas de juego o elabore dos conjuntos de tarjetas con los números 1, 2, 4, 5, y 10. • Pida a su hijo que elija dos tarjetas con números de la pila y forme fracciones propias o impropias usando los dos números. Haga cuatro fracciones. • Pida a su hijo que escriba estas fracciones como decimales y luego las ordene de menor a mayor. • Puede verificar las respuestas con una calculadora. Por ejemplo, 5/4 es 5 ÷ 4 = 1.25
En este capítulo 8, su hijo aprenderá a sumar y restar decimales y usar esta destreza para resolver problemas reales.
Actividad Sumar y restar decimales es una destreza clave necesaria para realizar tareas cotidianas simples. Al viajar en automóvil o en un viaje al supermercado, busque oportunidades para demostrarlo a su hijo y ayudarle a practicar alguna de las destrezas que ha aprendido. Por ejemplo, diga a su hijo que observe que en el supermercado, los precios de muchos productos se indican como decimales, no como números enteros. • Pida a su hijo que escriba los precios de 5 productos del supermercado. • En casa, pida a su hijo que sume estos decimales para hallar el costo total de los 5 productos. • Pida a su hijo que calcule cuánto dinero le quedará después de comprar estos 5 productos, si en un principio tenía $70. (Elija un número mayor que el costo total de los 5 productos.)
Resources
1. SINGAPORE SOURCES
2. khanacademy.org- All students should have access to khanacademy. Please make sure that I am listed as their coach.
-MATH MAP- Practice your math skills using your RIT score.
Math practice worksheets
Math practice worksheets
Math Video lessons
Interactive Activities
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