Star Student of the Week! 11/30

Robert earned Star Student this week by showing his dedication and motivation to succeed in school. He has shown that he is willing to work hard and has really proven himself! You're awesome, Robert!

Face the Cookie Videos

I am currently having trouble converting the videos to the format it needs to be in for this blog. I will send an email when the videos are up! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Minute to Win It- Face the Cookie!

Star Student of the Week! 11/16

Jack earned Star Student this week by showing how hard he is willing to work in Fourth Grade. He has outstanding work ethic and is always performing to his absolute best ability. Jack is a wonderful role model for his classmates! YoU rOcK, Jack!

Star Student of the Week 10/26

Christopher earned Star Student this week for many reasons. I tell the students every day that they should always do their best and keep improving. Christopher has proven that he is willing and able to do his best, and has improved tremendously. He is a friend to all of his classmates, and we all view him as an inspiration. Way to Rock it Out, Chris!

Ch 3 Study Guide Answer Key

Math HW 10/22

**PLEASE SHOW YOUR WORK**

1) Snicker Elementary School has 630 students. If 437 students are girls, how many are boys?


2) The new stadium has 60,000 seats. The old stadium had 45,500 seats. How many more seats than the old stadium does the new stadium have?

3) Janie is driving 600 miles from North Carolina to New York. She has already driven 237 miles. How many miles does she have left to drive?

4) Marshall sold his three cars. He receive $12,350 for the first, $9622 for the second, and $15,890 for the third. Did he make more or less than $37,500?

5) Shawn sold 184 baseball cards in June. He sold 92 more than that in July. How many cards did he sell in all?

6) Jean's goal was to study 300 minutes for her math exam on Friday. She studied 53 minutes on Tuesday and 189 minutes on Wednesday. How many minutes does she need to study on Thursday to meet her goal of 300 total minutes?

7) Ken, Tom, and Ria were in a race. Ria placed ahead of Tom, and Tom did not place third. In what order did they finish?

8) Ty owns 2 pairs of pants, 4 shirts, and 2 belts. How many combinations of outfits can Ty wear? (REMEMBER the magic trick we learned in class!)

**CHALLENGE** Yes, you MUST try! Show your work, please!

Rachel bought 5 packs of gum. Each pack has 6 sticks of gum in them. How many sticks of gum did she buy altogether?

Star Student of the Week 10/19

Joshua earned Star Student this week by showing his ambition to succeed in Fourth Grade! He is always offering his help to his classmates and is always wanting to do the right thing for the class. Joshua has proven that he is a RoCk StAr! Awesome job!

Math HW for 10/18

1) 5,060 - 3,798

2) $900.000 - 654.78

3) 20,000 - 17, 354

4) 300,000 - 123, 456

5) At baseball camp, Nick used the computer for 2005 minutes. Hailey used it for 978 minutes the first week and twice as many minutes the second week. Who used more minutes? How many more?

6) The camp director bought a new laptop for $875.69. She also bought a case of blank CDs for $29.95. She gave the cashier one thousand dollars and four cents. How much change did she get?

7) In the first month of camp, 1006 emails were sent and received by the campers. In the second month of camp, 677 emails were sent and received. About how many fewer emails were sent and received the second month of camp?

**REMINDERS** Testing tomorrow: 50 facts, spelling, grammar, and reading.

Math HW 10/17

As promised, short and sweet! Please make sure to show ALL of your work. Thanks! =]

1) Robert bought a pair of socks for $4.89 and two pairs of shoelaces for $3.45 each. If he gives the cashier a twenty dollar bill, how much change does Robert get back?

2) Renzo started a school fundraiser to raise money for children in foster care. The chart below shows how much each class raised in his school. Answer the questions below using the chart.

Class Names	Money Raised
Ms. R’s Class	$2,435.46
Ms. C’s Class	$2,554.34
Mr. Z’s Class	$1,624.87
Mr. X’s Class	$1,235.87

     a) How much did all of the teachers raise together? Please show your work.


     b) How much more money did Ms. R's class raise than Mr. X's class? Please show your work.


     c) How much did Mr. Z's class and Ms. C's class make altogether?


3) $20.00 - $9.99

4) 345,543 - 278,978

5) 623, 432 - 123, 987

Math HW for 10/16

1) 544, 214 - 454, 846

2) 955,443 - 866,564

3) 716 - 65

4) 8,453,352 - 5,678,463

5) $ 0.81 - $0.56

6) $4.47 - $0.86

7) $3,651.82 - $1,840.91

8) 7,584,394 - 2,658,458

9) 57,984 - 28,695

10) 345,234,213 - 256,345,336

11) It costs $435.95 to fly from Albion to Los Rios. From Los Rios to Palmer, the flight costs $692.65. How much more does the flight to Palmer cost?

12) Tommy buys a fishing lure for $7.89 and a can of worms for $2.97. How much change does he get from $15.00?

13) Ms. Guarino spent $13.48, $19. 76, and $9.88 on gasoline last month. How much money did she spend on gasoline?

14) Trevor found 224 clams. He sold 195 clams to a fish store and kept the rest. How many clams did Trevor keep?

** CHALLENGE** Yes, you MUST try your best!

15) Mr. Ryan spent $6.07. He bought 2 containers of milk at $1.10 each, 3 pounds of apples at $0.59 per pound, and 5 pounds of bananas. How much did the bananas cost per pound?

Star Students of the Week! 10/12

Joey earned Star Student this week by showing his determination to be a great student. Here in fourth grade, we like to refer to Joey as "a ray of sunshine" because he is a pleasure to be around and to work with. Awesome job, Joey!

Star Student of the Week! 10/5

Nicholas earned Star Student this week by showing us how important working hard in school is to him. He is ALWAYS on task, and has an outstanding positive attitude every day in school. Hey Nick- You're a ROCKSTAR! 

Star Student of the Week! 9/28

Damien earned Star Student this week by always showing OUTSTANDING work ethic during class! He works very well with other students, and has proven that he follows directions extremely well. You ROCK, Damien!

Chapter 1: Word Problem Tutorial

Chapter 1 Test Prep: Word Problems

Chapter 1: Rounding Tutorial

Chapter 1 Math Test Prep: Rounding (Watching back the video, I accidentally read the final number as "445,... when I clearly wrote 545,... Sorry about that! Sometimes my mind slips me :])

Chapter 1: Expanded Form Tutorial

Chapter 1 Math Prep: Expanded form example and explanation!

Air Pressure Lab

Here is a video of our class "Air Pressure Lab." Greater air pressure ALWAYS moves to areas with lower air pressure. When we turned the vacuum on, many people might say "the air was sucked out!" This is a false statement! What Gio explains is that the air pressure inside of the bag becomes less than the air pressure outside of the bag. Because GP (greater pressure) moves to areas of LP (lower pressure), the GP wanted to be inside with the LP and therefore PUSHED against the bag!

Star Student of the Week! 9/21

Hailey earned Star Student this week by setting a fantastic example for her classmates. She is ALWAYS trying her best  and helping her class mates and especially her teacher. Take a look at some of the adjectives her class mates used to describe her. Way to go, Hailey! 

Centers!

This week in 4th grade we started our first rotation of centers. The students did great and really seemed to enjoy them! We did a simple version this week to start off with. Each week I will add to each center. We have 5 center rotations total.

Station 1: Read to Self - I ordered whisper phones online which are in the mail, but as of next week we will incorporate these into our centers. A whisper phone is used like a telephone. The students choose a book on their reading level and "whisper" into the phone which echos into the other end of the phone. This allows the students to HEAR themselves read! This is a wonderful tool for students to practice fluency and comprehension.  

Station 2: Read to a Friend - This station is important because it helps the students build their confidence with reading aloud. There is an App I use on the iPads that actually calculates words read per minute. The students chart their results and we will repeat the same stories in the second half of the year so they can compare their progress. Then, each student will take turns reading to their partner by choosing a book in our classroom library. At the end of the story, the partner will ask questions from our comprehension cards to help the reader understand and comprehend what they read.

Station 3: Listen to Reading - Each student has their own headphones that are connected to the same iPod or CD player. Our weekly story will be playing into their headphones for them to listen to. This enhances comprehension even more. Since we have a test on our weekly story every Friday, this helps the students hear the story in a different way.

Station 4 - Word Work - As you know, vocabulary and learning how to use words properly are a very important and foundational skill. In the word work station, the students will be on the iPads and laptops working with our weekly spelling words, word skills, and grammar skills.

Station 5- Writer's Workshop - Writer's workshop is when the students get to work one-on-one with me to improve their writing skills. We will always have a weekly writing topic with a different type of writing. Eventually, the students will create a book of all of their best writing!



Multiplication Flash Cards

As you know, fourth grade math is when the concepts start becoming more difficult. I believe that knowing multiplication facts 0-9 on inpulse is a huge advantage proceeding into harder concepts. Every Friday I am going to give a timed multiplication quiz with 50 random multiplication facts to be done in 3 minutes. I gave a diagnostic test this past week using this method and the kids loved it! I treat it as a game so there is less stress involved. I highly suggest the students practice these facts. Last year, after about two months of these multiplication fact quizzes, EVERY student in the class was getting a 100 % and I noticed a HUGE difference during math class. These facts became second nature and they will know them so well that they won't even have to think about it! This is a foundational skill and will stick with the students their entire lives!

Here is a website I found with printable multiplication flash cards from 0-9. They will only be quizzed on single digits.

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/math/multiplication/flashcards/

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