November 27th - December 1st

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a relaxing vacation. Thank you to all Parents for attending conference week before the break. It was great meeting you all and chatting about your child's academic progress.

Math
3rd Grade
Monday: 7-1 Division as Sharing
Tuesday: 7-2 Division as Repeated Subtraction
Wednesday: 7-3 Finding Missing Numbers on a Multiplication Table
Thursday: 7-4 Problem Solving: Choose an Appropriate Equation
Friday: 7-5 Writing Division Stories


4th Grade
Monday: 8-5 Problem Solving Two - Question Problems
Tuesday: Chapter 8 Practice Test
Wednesday: Chapter 8 Online Test
Thursday: 9-1 Using Mental Math to Divide
Friday: 9-2 Estimating Quotients

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Spelling Words:

3rd Grade:
important, cannot, children, wife, gentle, giraffe, stage, engine, badge, ginger, arctic, adapt, tundra, behavior, pelt

4th Grade:
forty, arithmetic, half, minus, plus, percent, quarter, finally, fresher, gusher, usher, crusher, balanced, competition, interdependence, hypothesis, endangered, extinction

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Science 3rd Grade We will be finishing this section this week and then moving on to Social Studies.

Organisms of Long Ago

What threatens the survival of Species?

What can be learned from Fossils?

How are Extinct and Living Things Alike?

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Social Studies 4th Grade Review of this section this week.

How are the areas of California different?
Skill: Map Legends and Map Scales

How have California's landforms and water affected settlement?
Primary Source: Photographs

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Reading and Writing

Vacation!

Reminder there is NO SCHOOL the week of November 20th - November 24th. We will be back on Monday, November 27th!! Hope you all have a great and relaxing break. There is no homework this vacation break.

November 13th - November 17th

Welcome to Fall Conference week. Reminder students will be getting out at 1:00 p.m. all week!

There is no spelling this week. Reading Journal will just be summarizing the story.

Math
3rd Grade
Monday: 6-8 Multiplying to Find Combinations
Tuesday: 6-9 Problem Solving: Multiple Step Problems
Wednesday: Practice Test In Class
Thursday: Online Test
Friday: No Math


4th Grade
Monday: 8-1 Arrays and Multiplying 2-Digit Numbers
Tuesday: 8-2 Arrays and and Expanded Algorithm
Wednesday: 8-3 Multiplying 2-Digit Numbers by Multiples of Ten
Thursday: 8-4 Multiplying 2-Digit by 2- Digit Numbers
Friday: No Math

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Science 3rd Grade

Organisms of Long Ago

What threatens the survival of Species?

What can be learned from Fossils?

How are Extinct and Living Things Alike?

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Social Studies 4th Grade

How are the areas of California different?
Skill: Map Legends and Map Scales

How have California's landforms and water affected settlement?
Primary Source: Photographs

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Reading and Writing 

Reminders!

Starting on Wednesday, November 8th school will get out at 1:00 p.m.

This Friday, November 10th there is NO SCHOOL.

The week of November 13th -17th is Conference week and the students will also be getting out at 1:00 p.m.

Please be prompt to your scheduled conference. Those that have a 1:10 appointment I have yard duty and will be at the room after yard duty. I will not start the conference at 1:00. Thank you very much!

See you soon at conferences!

November 6th - 9th

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REMINDER: Friday November 10th is NO SCHOOL!

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SPELLING

3rd Grade:
can't, shall, those, both, paper, pushed, sharp, shock, crash, showed, shoes, shoulder, product, quotient, multiplication, division

To those who can't do division yet use a piece of paper to practice.
The crash shocked the neighbors on both sides of us.

4th Grade:
thirteen, appoint, discuss, demand, request, relief, structure, signature, furniture, departure, capture, cultures, creature, fixture, fracture, species

Let's discuss what species is the creature that you captured.
It is a relief to have my request confirmed at the furniture store.
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SCIENCE

3rd Grade:
Organisms of Long Ago
What threatens the survival of Species?
What can be learned from Fossils?
How are Extinct and Living Things Alike?

Third grade actually has one more section before finishing Unit A.  They will work on it this week and part of next with a quiz next week. 

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SOCIAL STUDIES
4th Grade will be starting Social Studies this week.
How can you locate places on Earth?

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MATH

 3rd Grade

Monday: 6-5 8 as a Factor

Tuesday: 6-6 Multiplying with 3 Factors

Wednesday: 6-7 Multiplication Facts

Thursday: 6-8 Multiplying to Find Combinations 

4th Grade

Monday: 7-5 Multiple Step Problems

Tuesday: Practice Test in Class

Wednesday: Online Test in Class

Thursday: 8-1 Arrays and Multiplying 2-Digit Numbers

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