KING'S KIDS

World Math Day begins on Tues­day, March 2, 2010 at 4:45 in the morn­ing. All par­tic­i­pants can log onto world​maths​day​.com and work up to 500 math prob­lems in 24 hours. Have fun and good luck!

Greet­ings Families,

Avery Vis­taunet will be our star stu­dent for this week. Look­ing ahead, Lucas Phung will be our Star Stu­dent for the week of March 8.

Here’s what’s going on in your child’s school life:

Please check your child’s Home­work Assign­ment Sheet every week. I’ve listed any over­due assign­ments under the notes sec­tion. If you see assign­ments listed under the yel­low line, they are at least 2 weeks over due. Stu­dents will be asked to give up some of their recess/​lunch time until all assign­ments are accounted for.

In Math; We con­tinue to take Light­ning Rods tests on Tues­days and Thurs­days. After each drill, progress reports are sent home for par­ent ini­tials. Forms need to be returned the next day in order to be updated with the cur­rent test results.

We will be con­tin­u­ing with Unit 5, Mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and Divi­sion with 6, 7, and 8 and Prob­lem Solv­ing. In this unit , stu­dents will learn mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sions for the fac­tors 6, 7, and 8, while con­tin­u­ing to prac­tice with the fac­tors cov­ered in Unit 4. This unit also focuses on word prob­lems. Stu­dents will be intro0duced to mul­ti­pli­ca­tion com­par­i­son word prob­lems, write their own word prob­lems of var­i­ous types, and solve word prob­lems involv­ing sev­eral steps. It is antic­i­pated that we will cover lessons 8 – 12 this week. It is antic­i­pated that our unit test will be given next week.

In Lan­guage Arts we are con­tin­u­ing to read from our core-​​literature book, Indi­ans of the Oaks by Mil­i­cent Lee. After read­ing a chap­ter, var­i­ous tasks will be assigned such as writ­ing a chap­ter sum­mary and writ­ing poems. The book is about a 10 year old boy who comes to live with the Kumeyaay Indi­ans and learns their way of living.

Word Study: We will take a pretest on Mon­day. Our spelling fea­ture for this unit will be chang­ing “y” to “i” before adding a suf­fix that begins with a vowel.  The test for this Unit will be given on Fri­day, March 12. Dur­ing word study, we explore var­i­ous spelling fea­tures of our cur­rent word list. Stu­dents are expected to study these words at home as needed. The Word Study page in the side bar has the cur­rent word study spelling list. There is also a page with sug­ges­tions for activ­i­ties that might be help­ful in study­ing the words.

In Social Stud­ies: We will con­tinue the unit on Cal­i­for­nia Indi­ans, Past and Present. In this unit stu­dents’ are learn­ing about Cal­i­for­nia Indian groups that lived in our region and in other regions in Cal­i­for­nia. We will find out about the land where they lived , their beliefs, their sys­tems of order, and what hap­pened when they met other peo­ple who had come to Cal­i­for­nia. This week we will take our unit  test on Tuesday.

Thank you for tak­ing the time to read my blog. If you have sug­ges­tions on how I can make this blog bet­ter for you, PLEASE let me know. The pur­pose for this blog is to con­nect you to what’s going on in your child’s school life.

Make it a great week. AND: WHBK (work hard; be kind).

World Math Day is com­ing on March 2, 2010! Last year one of our fourth grade classes placed 15^th in the world for ele­men­tary schools. This year, our class is enter­ing the com­pe­ti­tion.  We don’t want to miss out on all the fun.

World Math Day (http://​www​.world​maths​day​.com) is a global cel­e­bra­tion of num­bers, and the goal is to set a world record answer­ing men­tal math prob­lems. The stu­dent log in with a per­son­al­ized user­name and pass­word and play against three other stu­dents from around the world. Each game lasts 60 sec­onds and the idea is to answer more math prob­lems and faster than the other stu­dents. The games encour­age basic facts mas­tery and are fun!

I have explained the process to the stu­dents and they are excited. Visit the site and have a look.  Stu­dents can prac­tice at home.  Have fun!

Greet­ings Families,

Wel­come back! I hope your week off was filled with as much fun as mine was. I got my share of “Non­nie” time with my grand­chil­dren. And now…it’s back to learn­ing.

Zachary Sears will be our star stu­dent for this week. Look­ing ahead, Avery Vis­taunet will be our Star Stu­dent for the week of March 1 and Lucas Phung on March 8.

Here’s what’s going on in your child’s school life:

Please check your child’s Home­work Assign­ment Sheet every week. I’ve listed any over­due assign­ments under the notes sec­tion. If you see assign­ments listed under the yel­low line, they are at least 2 weeks over due. Stu­dents will be asked to give up some of their recess/​lunch time until all assign­ments are accounted for.

In Math; We con­tinue to take Light­ning Rods tests on Tues­days and Thurs­days. After each drill, progress reports are sent home for par­ent ini­tials. Forms need to be returned the next day in order to be updated with the cur­rent test results.

The Unit D math test will be com­ing home on Mon­day for cor­rec­tions and a par­ent signature.

We will be begin­ning Unit 5, Mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and Divi­sion with 6, 7, and 8 and Prob­lem Solv­ing. In this unit , stu­dents will learn mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sions for the fac­tors 6, 7, and 8, while con­tin­u­ing to prac­tice with the fac­tors cov­ered in Unit 4. This unit also focuses on word prob­lems. Stu­dents will be intro0duced to mul­ti­pli­ca­tion com­para­sion word prob­lems, write their own word prob­lems of var­i­ous types, and solve word prob­lems involv­ing sev­eral steps.

I pre-​​assessed the stu­dents and most of them did extremely well on the assess­ment. There­fore, I will be dou­bling up or skip­ping many lessons.

In Lan­guage Arts we are con­tin­u­ing to read from our core-​​literature book, Indi­ans of the Oaks by Mil­i­cent Lee. After read­ing a chap­ter, var­i­ous tasks will be assigned such as writ­ing a chap­ter sum­mary and writ­ing poems. The book is about a 10 year old boy who comes to live with the Kumeyaay Indi­ans and learns their way of living.

Word Study: We con­tinue work­ing with words  that have this spelling fea­ture: “e-​​drop and consonant-​​doubling” before adding a suf­fix. The test for this Unit will be given on Fri­day, Feb­ru­ary 26. Dur­ing word study, we explore var­i­ous spelling fea­tures of our cur­rent word list. Stu­dents are expected to study these words at home as needed. The Word Study page in the side bar has the cur­rent word study spelling list. There is also a page with sug­ges­tions for activ­i­ties that might be help­ful in study­ing the words.

In Social Stud­ies: We will con­tinue the unit on Cal­i­for­nia Indi­ans, Past and Present. In this unit stu­dents’ are learn­ing about Cal­i­for­nia Indian groups that lived in our region and in other regions in Cal­i­for­nia. We will find out about the land where they lived , their beliefs, their sys­tems of order, and what hap­pened when they met other peo­ple who had come to Cal­i­for­nia. This week we will cover les­son four of Unit 2.

Thank you for tak­ing the time to read my blog. If you have sug­ges­tions on how I can make this blog bet­ter for you, PLEASE let me know. The pur­pose for this blog is to con­nect you to what’s going on in your child’s school life.

Make it a great week. AND: WHBK (work hard; be kind).

Greet­ings Families,

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I feel like a rock star after last week! I can’t wait to plant my rose bush and have already taken advan­tage of a few of the gift cards. I feel totally appre­ci­ated. Thank you all, but espe­cially to our ded­i­cated room par­ent, Mrs. Jacob­son. You were the heart behind all this love!

Chloe Chang will be our star stu­dent for this week. Look­ing ahead, Zachary Sears will be our Star Stu­dent for the week of Feb­ru­ary 22.

Here’s what’s going on in your child’s school life:

Please check your child’s Home­work Assign­ment Sheet every week. I’ve listed any over­due assign­ments under the notes sec­tion. If you see assign­ments listed under the yel­low line, they are at least 2 weeks over due. Stu­dents will be asked to give up some of their recess/​lunch time until all assign­ments are accounted for.

In Math; We con­tinue to take Light­ning Rods tests on Tues­days and Thurs­days. After each drill, progress reports are sent home for par­ent ini­tials. Forms need to be returned the next day in order to be updated with the cur­rent test results.

Last Wednes­day we began a three-​​lesson mini unit on area and perime­ter. The assess­ment for this unit will be be given on Thurs­day, Feb­ru­ary 11. In Unit D, stu­dents con­tinue to explore perime­ter and area. In Unit A, stu­dents found the perime­ters of tri­an­gles and quadri­lat­er­als by mea­sur­ing the sides and adding the lengths. In unit 4, stu­dents learned that the area of a rec­tan­gle is the num­ber of  square units that fit inside it, and then used the area to model mul­ti­pli­ca­tion. In this unit, stu­dents find perime­ters and areas of fig­ures drawn on a dot array, deter­mine when a real-​​world prob­lem involves perime­ter and area, and develop alge­braic for­mu­las for perime­ters and areas of rec­tan­gles and squares.

In Lan­guage Arts we are con­tin­u­ing to read from our core-​​​​literature book, Indi­ans of the Oaks by Mil­i­cent Lee. After read­ing a chap­ter, var­i­ous tasks will be assigned such as writ­ing a chap­ter sum­mary and writ­ing poems. The book is about a 10 year old boy who comes to live with the Kumeyaay Indi­ans and learns their way of living.

Word Study: We have begun a new unit in “e-​​drop and consonant-​​doubling” before adding a suf­fix. The test for this Unit will be given on Fri­day, Feb­ru­ary 26. Dur­ing word study, we explore var­i­ous spelling fea­tures of our cur­rent word list. Stu­dents are expected to study these words at home as needed. The Word Study page in the side bar has the cur­rent word study spelling list. There is also a page with sug­ges­tions for activ­i­ties that might be help­ful in study­ing the words.

In Social Stud­ies: We will con­tinue the unit on Cal­i­for­nia Indi­ans, Past and Present. In this unit stu­dents’ are learn­ing about Cal­i­for­nia Indian groups that lived in our region and in other regions in Cal­i­for­nia. We will find out about the land where they lived , their beliefs, their sys­tems of order, and what hap­pened when they met other peo­ple who had come to Cal­i­for­nia. This week we will cover les­son three of Unit 2.

Thank you for tak­ing the time to read my blog. If you have sug­ges­tions on how I can make this blog bet­ter for you, PLEASE let me know. The pur­pose for this blog is to con­nect you to what’s going on in your child’s school life.

Make it a great week. AND: WHBK (work hard; be kind).

Hi Fam­i­lies,

The unit 4 math tests are com­ing home today with Quick Quiz 3 attached. For home­work tonight, stu­dents need to make any cor­rec­tions and get your sig­na­ture on the test. There will not be a Home­work and Remem­ber­ing page for home­work tonight as we did not have a math les­son this morning.

Thank you for all your spoil­ing of me this week. I truly feel appre­ci­ated! I love the flow­ers, and can’t wait to plant my rose bush.

Thanks a million!

Greet­ings Families,

Tim­o­thy Hyun will be our star stu­dent for this week. Look­ing ahead,  Chloe Chang will be our Star Stu­dent for the week of Feb­ru­ary 8, and Zachary Sears will be our Star Stu­dent for the week of Feb­ru­ary 22.

Here’s what’s going on in your child’s school life:

Please check your child’s Home­work Assign­ment Sheet every week. I’ve listed any over­due assign­ments under the notes sec­tion. If you see assign­ments listed under the yel­low line, they are at least 2 weeks over due. Stu­dents will be asked to give up some of their recess/​lunch time until all assign­ments are accounted for.

In Math; We con­tinue to take Light­ning Rods tests on Tues­days and Thurs­days. After each drill, progress reports are sent home for par­ent ini­tials. Forms need to be returned the next day in order to be updated with the cur­rent test results.

On Tues­day we will assess Unit 4. This unit uses three mod­els to intro­duce stu­dents to mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion: repeated groups, arrays, and area. The lessons empha­size the inverse rela­tion­ship between mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and divi­sion: divi­sion undoes mul­ti­pli­ca­tion and vice versa.

On Wednes­day we will begin a 3 les­son mini unit on area and perime­ter. The test for this unit will be either next Mon­day or Tuesday.

In Lan­guage Arts we are con­tin­u­ing to read from our core-​​​​literature book, Indi­ans of the Oaks by Mil­i­cent Lee. After read­ing a chap­ter, var­i­ous tasks will be assigned such as writ­ing a chap­ter sum­mary and writ­ing poems. The book is about a 10 year old boy who comes to live with the Kumeyaay Indi­ans and learns their way of living.

Word Study: Test is this Fri­day. Dur­ing word study, we explore var­i­ous spelling fea­tures of our cur­rent word list. This week, we will begin a unit of study on homo­phones. Homo­phones are words that sound the same but have dif­fer­ent spellings and mean­ings.   The post test will be given on Fri­day, Feb­ru­ary 5. Stu­dents are expected to study these words at home as needed. The Word Study page in the side bar has the cur­rent word study spelling list. There is also a page with sug­ges­tions for activ­i­ties that might be help­ful in study­ing the words.

In Social Stud­ies: We will con­tinue the unit on Cal­i­for­nia Indi­ans, Past and Present. In this unit stu­dents’ are learn­ing about Cal­i­for­nia Indian groups that lived in our region and in other regions in Cal­i­for­nia. We will find out about the land where they lived , their beliefs, their sys­tems of order, and what hap­pened when they met other peo­ple who had come to California.

Thank you for tak­ing the time to read my blog. If you have sug­ges­tions on how I can make this blog bet­ter for you, PLEASE let me know. The pur­pose for this blog is to con­nect you to what’s going on in your child’s school life.

Make it a great week. AND: WHBK (work hard; be kind).

Last week we took our first spelling test. Please ask your child to show this test to you. They got them back yes­ter­day.