Blog Entry –April 7th
Update
LANGUAGE
WRITING
This week students will
take their learning from their mini lessons in previous weeks and work on
writing descriptive sentences and paragraphs by continuously adding more detail
to their writing using some of these techniques.
MATH
Fraction Expectations
Grade 4
-determine and explain, through investigation, the
relationship between fractions (i.e., halves, fifths, tenths) and decimals to
tenths, using a variety of tools (e.g., concrete materials, drawings,
calculators) and strategies
– demonstrate and explain the relationship between
equivalent fractions, using concrete materials (e.g., fraction circles,
fraction strips, pattern blocks) and drawings (e.g.,“I can say that 36 of my
cubes are white, or half of the cubes are white. This means that 36 and 12 are
equal.”);
– compare and order fractions (i.e., halves, thirds,
fourths, fifths, tenths) by considering the size and the number of fractional
parts (e.g., 4/5 is greater than 3/5 because there are more parts in 4/5 ; 1/4
is greater than 1/5 because the size of the part is larger in 1/4 );
– compare fractions to the benchmarks of 0, 1/2 ,and 1
(e.g., 1/8 is closer to 0 than to 1/2 ; 3/5 is more than 1/2)
– represent fractions using concrete materials, words, and
standard fractional notation, and explain the meaning of the denominator as the
number of the fractional parts of a whole or a set, and the numerator as the
number of fractional parts being considered;
Grade 5
– determine and explain, through investigation using
concrete materials, drawings, and calculators, the relationship between
fractions (i.e., with denominators of 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, and 100) and
their equivalent decimal forms (e.g., use a 10 x 10 grid to show that 2/5 =
40/100 , which can also be represented as 0.4);
– represent, compare, and order fractional amounts with like
denominators, including proper and improper fractions and mixed numbers, using
a variety of tools (e.g., fraction circles, Cuisenaire rods, number lines) and
using standard fractional notation;
– demonstrate
and explain the concept of equivalent fractions, using concrete materials
(e.g., use fraction strips to show that 3/4 is equal to 9/12 );
– demonstrate
and explain the concept of equivalent fractions, using concrete materials
(e.g., use fraction strips to show that 3/4 is equal to 9/12 );
– describe multiplicative relationships between quantities
by using simple fractions and decimals (e.g., “If you have 4 plums and I have 6
plums, I can say that I have 1 1/2 or 1.5 times as many plums as you have.”);
E-Text pages
Grade 5 pages 256 – 305
Grade 4 pages 270 - 317
A reminder, Math Help
is every Wednesday and Friday and is open to all students in my Grade 4 and
Grade 5 class. As well after any quiz if a student would like a re-quiz they
should be coming to math help and asking for help in order to do the re-quiz.
