Week of August 16th

 

Welcome to the 2nd Week of School,

     I hope everyone had a smooth first week of school. I know it is hard getting back in the routine of school, but everyone seems to be on track. If you have not returned your child's back to school forms please do so by the end of the week. There are important forms for ordering class shirts, signing up for 100 Mile Club, forms for registration forms. Please also consider signing up for PTO. Our JBE PTO is a wonderful organization that does a lot for our school. It is also the only way to receive Car Tags for when your child is a car rider for afternoon dismissal. 

August 16th - September 10th

District Baseline Testing

8/20 Friday

Adventure Landing "Fun"raiser 4-7

8/25 Wednesday

Early Release

September 1st - 30th

PTO Fall Fundraiser

9/2 Thursday

Virtual Open House 6-7

9/3 Friday

Virtual PTO Meeting 8:45

     This week in math we will work strategies for converting unit form into standard form. 

For example; 40 hundreds is equal to 40 x 100 which equals 4,000. 

3 thousands + 53 tens + 7 ones=3 x 1,000 + 53 x 10 + 7 x 1=3,000 + 530 + 7= 3,537

     Students will also review how to read multi-digit whole numbers. Students sometimes have difficulty reading numbers that are larger than 3 digits. The trouble comes when transitioning from one period to another. For example some students might read 321,456 as 3 thousand 21 4 hundred 56. When it should be read 3 hundred 21 thousand, four hundred 56. It is also important that students do not insert the word "and" when reading numbers. The word "and" indicates that the number is a decimal number. We will cover decimals later in the school year so it is important that students do not develop the habit of saying four hundred and fifty-six. Instead they should say four hundred fifty six. 

     At the end of the week we will also learn about comparing numbers using >, <,  and = symbols. In fourth grade we will work with numbers up to the millions place. 

    The only homework this week is for students to take the HMH Growth Measure Math K-8 diagnostic. This is a diagnostic test for me to gain insight into your child's current math abilities. This does not count for a grade. The results from this and all diagnostic work we do is to help me figure out your child's math levels. In this way I have a better idea of what level of support your child needs for math. Please do not help them answer the questions. If they ask simply tell them to make their best guess if they don't know how to answer a question. 

   To get to the assessment, please follow the directions below.

*Log in to the students Blended Learning account.

*Find and click on Ed Your Friend in Learning

*Go to Assignments.

*Click on HMH Growth Measure

This is the only math homework this week, so please allow your child to complete a little each night until they get it completed. If they don't finish it by Thursday they can work on it next week.

    This week in science we will continue learning about what scientists do in their jobs. Students do have their first homework assignment this week. Students need to complete the digital lesson for lesson 1. 

   

   Students access science digital lessons by logging into their Blended Learning account. Then click on Ed Your Friend in Learning. Once in go to Assignments and find the digital lesson link. Once complete please go back to the assignments page and click Submit. 

Monday: Math: Begin working on HMH Growth Measure for Math

Tuesday: Math: Work on HMH Growth Measure for Math

Wednesday: Math: Work on HMH Growth Measure for Math

Thursday: Science: Unit 1 Lesson 1 Digital Lesson: What Do Scientists Do?