Week of 10/28

Happy Victory Monday Everyone,

     We had a wonderful time with Red Ribbon Week last week. Thank you to everyone that participated in the daily events and activities. 
      Students will be bringing home their report cards for the 1st quarter today. Please sign the envelope and the backs of the gifted progress reports. Please return the envelope and the gifted progress reports no later than this Friday. You will receive a copy of the gifted progress reports at the end of the school year. 
     

October 28th Monday

Report Cards

October 30th Wednesday

Wellness Wednesday Lesson

Early Release @ 1:10

October 31st Thursday

Science Test on Unit 6

Physical and Chemical Changes in Matter

November 1st Friday

Signed Report/Gifted Progress Reports Due

November 5th Tuesday

Alhambra Field Trip

November 8th Friday

Veteran's Day Celebration

     Our field trip to the Alhambra is Tuesday November 5th. We will see Hansel and Gretel. We are planning to leave JBE at 9:15 and return at 11:30. We are asking students to dress nicely, but not super fancy. Upon our return we will go to the cafeteria for our normal lunch time. After lunch we will go out for recess and then have classes in the afternoon. 

     Students will begin working on standards for division this week. Just like our multiplication standards we will not be learning or using the standard long division algorithm. We will learn the strategies of multiplying up, the area model for division, and partial quotients. In 4th grade we will work with problems with up to 4-digit dividends and 1 digit divisors. If students know the long division algorithm and want to use it for a checking strategy they may do that. Along with learning how to divide numbers students will also learn how to interpret remainders. 

Area Model for Division

Multiplying Up

Partial Quotients

     On Thursday students will be particpating in a Math-Or-Treating activity in class. Students will be presented a variety of multiplication and division problems. For every problem they solve correctly they will earn a treat. The treats will range from small pieces of candy, halloween pencils, and tickets. 

     This week in science we will take our test on unit 6, physical and chemical changes in matter. The test will be on this Thursday. 

     Our next unit of study will be energy. In our energy unit students will learn about the different forms of energy. Forms such as potential energy, kinetic energy, mechanial energy, thermal (heat) energy, sound energy, electrical energy, and radiant (light) energy. In fourth grade we have specific standards for sound and thermal energy. For sound energy we will go in depth with pitch and frequency. For themal energy we will look at all the ways that heat moves (conduction, convection, and radiation) and materials that are good conductors and insulators.  

     Students have been working on thier research over the past several weeks. Students are approaching a very important due date. On November 8th students need to have Question #1 turned in to Mrs. Chin. Students work is divided into 4 questions centered around one topic. For each question student complete research to answer that question. For grading, students are rquired to have a complete sentence with appropriate punction. Students are also required to have 2 sources. Please feel free to have your child bring home thier journal so that they can show you what they are working on in class. If students complete their work before November 8th they may turn in thier work early.

Have a GREAT week

Aesha Johnson