Hope everyone enjoyed our trip to the Challenger Center! I was so proud of the focus and hard work that students put into their mission and rover challenge, and they all did a great job!
Fourth grade: This week in Target is basically a catch up week. Each class had a few things they hadn't quite gotten to during the 9 weeks, so I am doing different activities with each class to get everyone back together and in the same spot.
In math, all of 4th grade is taking a little quiz over HOE lessons 14 and 15 and we are spending time reviewing and practicing previous lessons and word problems so we will be ready for the HOE Book 2 test next week. We have completely finished the 2nd book of Hands on Equations, and after we take the final test next week, we will transition to rocketry math for the final nine weeks.
I also passed back a subtracting integers quiz for students to correct and get signed for homework. In grading those quizzes, I noticed a real split in the grades. I had lots of 100's and grades in the 90's, but there were also a lot of students who scored in the 50's and 60's. We are continuing to practice subtracting integers at school, but if your child struggled with the quiz, it would be very helpful if you could help your child practice at home. Next year, we will move on to multiplying and dividing integers, and this will be much easier for students who have mastered addition and subtraction. There are online games to help with basic addition and subtraction of integers or students could download or make flash cards to help them study. Also, on the bottom of the practice sheets is the name of the website I used to generate the sheets; I have explained to students how to go to that website and create their own practice sheets if they would like extra sheets to work.
Red & Yellow Squads
1) Behavior chart signed
2) Cold War/Space Race parody project signed
3) Subtracting integers quiz signed and corrected (on separate notebook paper)
4) HOE Lesson 16 classwork and WP #23 ( to get ready for book 2 test)
Parent Homework
1) Sign behavior chart
2) Sign Cold War/Space Race project
3) Sign subtracting integers quiz