Week of November 7th

Happy Monday Everyone,

     Welcome to a short a week. We will have our annual JBE Veteran's Day Flag Raising Ceremony on Thursday morning. After the ceremony we will have members of our military visit our classrooms.  Also in honor of Veteran's Day we will not have school on this Friday.

     A big CONGRATULATIONS goes out to all of our students that participated in this year's Starfish Strut. I would like to congratulate Vivian for placing second in the fourth grade girls division. I would also like to congratulate Marcus for winning first place in the fourth grade boys division. Marcus also won first place overall for the boys division.

     A big THANK YOU goes out to Jawara's dad for showing us how magnets work in an engine. We were able to apply what we have learned about magnetic attraction works.

     Another big THANK YOU goes out to Anaiya's mom, for coming in a doing another Wellness lesson with us. This time we learned about continuing to make healthy food choices during the holidays. To learn more visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J1hmmy1OB4 or www.choosemyplate,gov 

     This week in math we will continue working on our division strategies. Students will begin learning how to interpret the remainder. Sometimes the answer to the equation won't be the same as the answer to the question. You can see an example of this below.

103 fourth graders are traveling to the zoo. The vans that they will take can hold 8 people including the driver. How many vans will they need?

In doing the math for this you would get an answer of 12 R 7, however 12 R 7 does not answer the question. The correct answer to the question is 13 vans are needed. 12 vans will have 8 people and the 13th van will hold 7 people.

     Students will take a quiz on division strategies on Thursday.  Students in addition to solving the problems students will also have to use a second strategy to check. Their second strategy can be another division strategy or a multiplication strategy of their choosing.

     In science this week we will learn about energy. The students will learn that there are two types of energy; kinetic (energy of motion) and potential (stored energy). All forms of energy; sound, mechanical, chemical, thermal, and electrical fall into one of those two categories.

     In social studies we will learn more about the election process. The final set of the vocabulary words for this unit are due on Thursday. Students also have a social studies sheet due this Thursday.

Have a great week,
Aesha Johnson