We received post cards from Santa Rosa, California and St. Louis, Missouri
I sent interims home on Friday attached to the Friday Folder Report. Please be sure to sign and return the bottom portion of the interim and the left side of the Friday Folder Report.
We are working on decimals this week. For fun decimal practice, click here.
The math test to be given on Thursday will probably take 2 days as it is a lengthy test. Things to know in order to do well:
- How to write numbers in standard, word and expanded form
- How to find the value of each digit in a number
- How to order numbers from least to greatest
- How to compare numbers using <>
- How to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000 or 10,000
- How to estimate
- How to decide whether an answer is reasonable
- How to write money amounts using $ and .
- How to find change
- How to count money
- How to name decimals in word form and standard form
- How to compare decimals
- How to order decimals
We read chapter 6 in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing today.
Quiz tomorrow on the Scientific Method aka the Design Process.To do well, students should be able to:
- correctly identify the steps of the design process IN ORDER
- understand the concept vocabulary (inference, hypothesis, theory, variable, conclusion, observation)
- explain how many variables should be changed during an experiment
- explain what should be done if data does not support the hypothesis
- make observations and inferences
