Labor Day Holiday

No school on Labor Day Holiday, Monday, September 6th, 2010. Enjoy, be safe and see you on Tuesday.

Math Challenges

We have started multiplying by double digits and using the magic zero in the ones place when we multiply our tens digits. Students are being challenged doing the mulitiplication problems this way so we practice often. An example would be:

456 X 23 =

We have also been introduced to division of single digits into triple digits. This one is really challenging us but the more we practice the better we will feel about this kind of division. An example would be:

125 divided by 5 =

Remember boys and girls, division is only multiplication backwards and always check your work.

Poem For The Week

Afternoon on a Hill

by

Edna St. Vincent Millay

I will be the gladdest thing

Under the sun!

I will touch a hundred flowers

And not pick one.

I will look at cliffs and clouds

With quiet eyes,

Watch the wind bow down the grass,

And the grass rise.

And when lights begin to show

Up from the town,

I will mark which must be mine,

And then start down.

Core Knowledge Saying for the Week

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall."

Spelling Words For Week of Aug30th-Sep3rd

This week we will learn and study words with long a and long e. We will have our spelling test on Friday and read the story "Amelia's Road". The words are:

cape agree crayon rusty gray teacher

cable station secret fail raisin family

tea bean freight cane zebra tidy

rail agree

CHALLENGE WORDS: accidental labored occasions rhythms shutters

Welcome New 4th Graders

A very special welcome to my new students. We spent the first week of school getting to know each other, playing a few games, finding out what our writing requirements will be, learning to think outside of the box for math and learning rules and procedures for our school and class.

I am a very lucky teacher to have such a great bunch of students. We are going to have a great year with:

Angela

Ashley

Audrey

Brittney

Caitlin

Cote

Emily

Felipe

Gia

James (JJ)

Jared

Joel

Kaitlyn (KK)

Kody

Rylan

Samantha (Sam)

Samantha

Sarice

Sergio

Tessa

Practice Practice Practice Our Math

Getting started with multiplication means practicing how to skip count our numbers. Students need to master and feel comfortable multiplying by 2's, 3's, 4's, and 5's within the the next few weeks. Therefore they need to practice skip counting in these numbers. They will find that multiplying these numbers up to their 12's will be so much easier. I would like to get them into multi-digit multiplication soon however, they must first master these numbers. We will also be doing the other numbers as well but we will start with 2's through 5's.


So they need to practice, practice, practice. Just ask them to skip count for you whenever you are driving in the car with them. Next time your child has a free moment ask him or her to skip count their 2's and 3's. Tell them that when they are skip counting, they are actually multiplying.

As always, thanks for helping make this a great Legacy year.

Lets Skip Count

Lets Skip Count

Hey kids, do you know how to skip count your 3's and 4's? If you do, than you know your 3's and 4's multiplication. We will be doing lots of skip counting in 4th grade so lets practice and memorize it.

OK, ready, set-do 3's, go:

3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45

and ready, set-do 4's, go:

4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60

Keep practicing.