Week of August 20, 2018

Hi Everyone,

     We made it through the 1st week of school!! I look forward to us getting into our groove and being able to complete our subjects on schedule this week.

     Last week in math we learned that a number in one place is ten times more than the number to it's right. For example in the number 1,259,980 the nine in the thousands place is ten times greater than the nine in the hundreds place. We also learned how to take a number written in unit form (word and a number) and change it to standard form (word written with digits). For example if I have 20 tens, I can multiply 20 x 10 and find out that I really have 200. If I have 15 thousands, I can multiply 15 x 1,000 and find out that I really have 15,000. 
     This week in math we will continue our work with place value. We will learn how to place commas in numbers. The different forms that numbers can shown, word form, standard form, expanded form and unit form. We will learn how to compare and order numbers using inequality symbols (<, >, and =). We will learn how to quickly add numbers that are 1, 10 and 100 thousand more or less than a number using mental math. We will end the week reviewing strategies for rounding numbers to any place. 
     You probably heard about our timed test baseline that we took last week. We will take timed quizzes every other week. For the 1st nine weeks students will have 3 minutes to answer as many problems as they can. During the 2nd nine weeks students will have 2 minutes and 30 seconds. For the 3rd and 4th nine weeks students will have 2 minutes. Most of the grades will go into the grade book as a classwork grade. The last one of the quarter goes in as a quiz grade. During the 1st nine weeks the division quizzes will not count as a grade. We will take our first one for a grade this Friday.

     This week in science we will learn how scientist do their jobs. We will learn about the scientific method. We will learn about the different types of investigations that scientists perform. We will also learn that not all questions are equal. Some questions are ordinary and some are scientific. We will learn how to identify a scientific question and how to write a scientific question.

     This week in social studies we will begin learning how Florida history. Students should read with comprehension chapter 1 lesson 1, Getting to Know Florida pages 2-11. On Friday we will discuss the lesson and students will take a quiz on the material. Social studies homework is always assigned on Monday's and due on Friday.

     Thanks and have a GREAT week,
      Aesha