Update for 2/16

Here are the current "I Can" statements for math in Unit 5:

In this unit, students will:


● Develop an understanding of fractions, beginning with unit fractions.


● View fractions in general as being built out of unit fractions, and they use fractions along with visual fraction models to represent parts of a whole.


● Understand that the size of a fractional part is relative to the size of the whole. For example, 1/2 of the paint in a small bucket could be less paint than 1/3 of the paint in a larger bucket, but 1/3 of a ribbon is longer than 1/5 of the same ribbon because when the ribbon is divided into 3 equal parts, the parts are longer than when the ribbon is divided into 5 equal parts. Students are able to use fractions to represent numbers equal to, less than, and greater than one.


● Solve problems that involve comparing fractions by using visual fraction models and strategies based on noticing equal numerators or denominators.


● Recognize that the numerator is the top number (term) of a fraction and that it represents the number of equal-sized parts of a set or whole; recognize that the denominator is the bottom number (term) of a fraction and that it represents the total number of equal-sized parts or the total number of objects of the set


● Explain the concept that the larger the denominator, the smaller the size of the piece


● Compare common fractions with like denominators and tell why one fraction is greater than, less than, or equal to the other


● Represent halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths using various fraction models.


Our "I Can" statements for Science on magnets and Social Studies on Economics are:

S3P2. Students will investigate magnets and how they affect other magnets and common objects.

a. Investigate to find common objects that are attracted to magnets.

b. Investigate how magnets attract and repel each other.

SS3E1 The student will describe the four types of productive resources:

a. Natural (land)

b. Human (labor)

c. Capital (capital goods)

d. Entrepreneurship (used to create goods and services)

SS3E2 The student will explain that governments provide certain types of goods and services in a market economy, and pay for these through taxes and will describe services such as schools, libraries, roads, police/fire protection, and military.


SS3E3 The student will give examples of interdependence and trade and will explain how voluntary exchange benefits both parties.


a. Describe the interdependence of consumers and producers of goods and services.


b. Describe how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace.


c. Explain that some things are made locally, some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries.


d. Explain that most countries create their own currency for use as money.


SS3E4 The student will describe the costs and benefits of personal spending and saving choices.

Fill Your Hearts project update 2/11

 Thank you for your participation in the Fill Your Hearts Project!!!  All of the items are being taken to CHOA this afternoon.  So  far, we have over 100 bags of supplies packaged up to deliver.  We appreciate all of your support!!

Milestones Study/Resource Guide for Students and Parents

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Update for 2/1

 Dear Parents,

      I know these next two months are going to fly by and we have a lot going on so I wanted to give you an overview.  If your kiddos have already been talking to you about saving recyclables, it's because we are going to be using them in two projects:  creating goods we can sell by reusing recyclables as part of our Economics unit and creating environmentally friendly homes as part of our on-going Conservation unit.  If you could collect them and set them aside in a box in your house for now, I will tell the students when they need to bring them in.  Tomorrow we will be interviewing an entrepreneur through Skype and learning about the challenges and rewards of starting a business as we think about what products we could make out of some of the recyclables that consumers would want to buy.  If you want to see some of the inspiring real-life homes we've been looking at in order to get ideas for our environmentally friendly homes, check out www.ecofriendlyhouses.net  Very cool!!

      In Math, we are wrapping up Unit 4 and will have our test over area and perimeter, identifying shapes and partitioning them into fractions onMonday, 2/8:

 Further develop understandings of geometric figures by focusing on identification and descriptions of plane figures based on geometric properties. • Identifies examples and non-examples of plane figures based on geometric properties. • Identify differences among quadrilaterals. • Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes and those attributes can define a larger category (example: rhombuses, rectangles, and others have four sides and are all called quadrilaterals). • Expand the ability to see geometry in the real world. • Can draw plane figure shapes based on attributes. • Further develop understanding of partitioning shapes into parts with equal areas. • Partitions shapes in several different ways into equal parts of halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths and recognizes the partitioned parts have the same area. • Use data collected to make bar and picture graphs. • Interpret line plots. • Find the perimeter of polygons; use addition to find perimeters; solve for an unknown length and recognize the patterns that exist when finding the sum of the lengths and widths of rectangles.

     In March, we have three upcoming field trips!  One to the Alliance Theater on 3/8 and the other is to the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area on 3/15.  In addition, we have just scheduled an in-house field trip with High Tech High Touch as part of our Heat unit on 4/11. Be on the look out for permission slips to come home soon.  :)

Enjoy your Sunday and please let me know if you have any questions!!

Jenny M-G

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Update for 1/19

Dear Parents,

      I hope you and your students had a wonderful long weekend!  Please remember to sign and return your child's report card envelope (you can keep all the papers inside).   For this week in math, I want our students to work on reviewing foundational skills for homework.  With that in mind, your student can work on any of the following that he/she has not completed:  Place Value B.1-B.9, Addition C.4-C.7, Mixed Operations M.1-M.7, Estimation and Rounding P.1-P.4,  Multiplication G.1-G.9, and Division J.1-J.12 and K.1-K.7. 

     I do NOT expect your student to complete all of these this week.  :)  However, some recent assessments indicate we need to be reviewing these skills and maintaining our fluency.  If your student is able to complete two a night, that would be fantastic!  We will continue to study shapes, fractions, area and perimeter, and two-step word problems in class.

     In Science, we are continuing our Pollution and Conservation unit.  This test is currently scheduled for next week on Thursday, 1/28.  I will be sending home student journals and textbooks this weekend.  Next week we will need them in class, but your student is welcome to bring them home any day to continue reviewing.  Your student can also review on Brain Pop and Study Jams.

       Thank you for all of your support!!

       Jenny M-G

Queridos padres,

      Espero que usted y sus alumnos tenía un maravilloso fin de semana largo! Por favor, recuerde que debe firmar y devolver el sobre boleta de calificaciones de su hijo (usted puede guardar todos los papeles en el interior). Para esta semana en matemáticas, Quiero que nuestros estudiantes a trabajar en la revisión de habilidades fundamentales para la tarea. Con esto en mente, su hijo puede trabajar en cualquiera de los siguientes que él / ella no ha completado: Valor posicional B.1-B.9, Adición C.4-C.7, Operaciones Mixtas M.1-M.7 , Estimación y redondeo P.1-P.4, Multiplicación G.1-G.9 y División J.1-J.12 y K.1-K.7.

     No espero que su estudiante para completar todas ellas esta semana. :) Sin embargo, algunas evaluaciones recientes indican que tenemos que estar revisando estas habilidades y mantener nuestra fluidez. Si el estudiante es capaz de completar dos a la noche, eso sería fantástico! Vamos a seguir estudiando formas, fracciones, área y perímetro, y problemas de palabras de dos pasos en la clase.

     En Ciencia, continuamos nuestra unidad de la Contaminación y Conservación. Esta prueba está programada para la próxima semana en Jueves, 28.01. Estaré enviando revistas y libros de texto de los estudiantes a casa este fin de semana. La semana que viene vamos a necesitar de ellos en clase, pero su hijo es bienvenido a traerlos a casa cualquier día para continuar la revisión. Su hijo también puede opinar sobre el cerebro Pop y Estudio de atascos.

       ¡¡Gracias por todo vuestro apoyo!!

       Jenny M-G

Online access to Math textbook

  Dear Parents,


      The county just out student access instructions to our Math textbook online which I am including below.  I have not tried to access it yet myself, but if you have any problems, let me know and I will try to troubleshoot for you.  :)


    Jenny M-G

STUDENT ACCESS PATH TO MCGRAW HILL

1. Navigate to the Fulton County Schools district website, http://www.fultonschools.org
    
2. Under the Students and Parents navigation tab, click on Resources
    
3. Under the Students section, click on the MCGRAW HILL  link
   
    
   STUDENT ACCESS PATH TO MCGRAW HILL
    
4. Students should select ConnectedED and then click sign in
    
5. Students should use:
   USERNAME: Student ID number@fcstu.org
    
   PASSCODE: MMDDYYYY
   The passcode is the student’s birthdate.
    
   *For example:
   USERNAME: 9999999999@ fcstu.org
   PASSCODE: 01152005