Friday 5/29/09- Math 3: This morning we worked on simplifying expressions that include multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. The important thing to remember is that we need to MULTIPLY and DIVIDE first, then ADD and SUBTRACT. We can remember this by getting help from "My Dear Aunt Sally" - multipy, divide, add, subtract. We also learned place value to one million. No homework.
- Language Arts 3/4: We journaled about the upcoming summer break, took our last spelling test of the school year, and then finished up working on math or reading for book reports. No homework.
- Religion 3/4: Next Wednesday is the last day to say memory work and about half the class still has Scripture to study - catch up this weekend!
- Science 3/4: We began a chapter review in class today which will need to be completed for homework this weekend. Students are working on page 168-169 and need to finish answering the following questions: do ALL of 1-25, pick TWO from 26-30, and pick ONE from 31-32. Students should try to answer as many as possible without looking back in the chapter but if needed, page numbers are listed next to each question.
- Art 3/4: We used art time today to work on Father's Day cards (shh, don't tell!!).
Thursday 5/28/09- Math 3: We learned how to do problems dividing a two-digit number by a one digit number with a remainder. Long division is probably the most complicated concept we've learned so far. It requires one to not only divide, but also to multiply and subtract. It requires a solid knowledge of all the times tables as well as the ability to subtract. If your student is still weak in the area of multiplication PLEASE keep studying these, especially during the summer months. No homework.
- Language Arts 3: Some of us worked on spelling, and others used the time to finish working on math. The long division stumped some of us! Homework: Daniel has ABC order, 3x, and sentences; Alizza and Ryan have sentences; everyone need to study for the spelling test tomorrow.
- Language Arts 4: Fourth graders kept reading for their book reports. Homework: Alina and Laurie have sentences, everyone but Craig has words to study for tomorrow's test.
- Religion 3/4: Some students have memory work to learn still...the school year isn't over yet! Keep studying!!
- Science 3/4: We played a game to review chronic/acute, infectious/noninfectious, and virus/bacteria diseases. Then we discussed ways that we can keep ourselves well: eat healthy foods, exercise, avoid harmful things like smoking/drinking/drugs, and manage our stress. No homework.
- PE 3/4: Kickball with Mr. Bretscher!
Wednesday 5/27/09- Math 3: Today we learned how to write hundredths using fractions and decimals. This was an easy concept to pick up because we compared one hundredth to one penny...100 pennies make a dollar, and 100 hundredths make up a whole. Therefore, we write the fraction just like we did when writing a check, and we write the decimal just like we would write a money amount. For example, thirty-seven hundredths would be .37 or 37/100. No homework, except to study fact cards!
- Language Arts 3: We journaled and worked hard on spelling words and cursive handwriting, and also used the time to finish up our math from before chapel time. Homework: Daniel and Ryan have 3x, Daniel also has ABC order. CURSIVE!!
- Language Arts 4: We journaled and then spent the rest of the time reading for our book reports and working on spelling homework. Book reports are due on Tuesday, June 2!! Please make sure you are taking time to read each night and planning time to work on your report, either in class or at home this weekend. Homework: Alina and Ashton have 3x.
- Science 3/4: We continued in our unit on diseases and learned about noninfectious diseases, which you can't spread through pathogens. This means they are not contagious. Some examples of these that we discussed were heart disease, cancer, diabetes, asthma, allergies, and arthritis. We also concluded that because many of these diseases do not have cure but only treatments, they are considered chronic diseases, meaning they last a long time. Homework: Predicting Outcomes worksheet - students are given four situations and asked to select the most likely outcome from three possibilities. Please make sure your child is thinking through each situation and using knowledge from class and the text book to complete this sheet - talk it over with them but please don't give them the answers
- We also read our last Scholastic News of the school year! It was a double issue, so we had twice as many stories and activities to go over together. We read about science fiction and the new Star Trek movie, Hawaii's 50th anniversary as a state, the Obama family's new dog Bo, and several other interesting topics. We also read about the Summer Slide, an occurence that affects hundreds of students each year. Because they don't keep their brains active over the summer, they forget a lot of what they learned and have to spend the first few months of the new school year RE-learning what they already knew! Scholastic's suggestion was to read four or more books over the summer. Students can sign up for the Summer Challenge at www.scholastic.com/summer and access age-appropriate book lists, discover new authors, chat with other children about books, win prizes, and keep those brains active during the summer months.
Tuesday 5/26/09 - half day- Math 3: Today we worked with showing large numbers using objects, rounding numbers to the nearest thousand, and comparing/ordering numbers from 0 to 10,000. Place value continues to be an important concept! Everyone finished their work in class. For the rest of this week, students will not be bringing home math homework. We will only be completing one skill sheet for lesson (instead of the usual two) so there is no reason why students can't finish their work in class. Hopefully no math homework will make this last week of school more bearable, but please remember to keep studying your multiplication fact cards!
- Language Arts 3/4: We journaled about the weekend, took our last spelling pre-test of the year, then used the rest of the time to work on handwriting (3rd grade) or reading for book reports (4th grade). Homework: Spelling words in ABC order.
Monday 5/25/09: No School! Happy Memorial Day!
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