February 26th - March 2nd

Welcome back! Hope that everyone had a relaxing break.

MATH

3rd Grade
Monday: 12-3 Elapsed Time
Tuesday: 12-4 Problem Solving: Word Backwards
Wednesday: Chapter 12 online Practice Test
Thursday: Chapter 12 Online Test
Friday: 13-1 Understanding Perimeter

4th Grade
Monday: 13-6 Equivalent Fractions and Decimals
Tuesday: 13-7 Decimal Place Value
Wednesday: 13-8 Comparing Decimals
Thursday: 13-9 Using Money to Understand Decimals
Friday: 13-10 Problem Solving: Draw a Picture


Social Studies:
Both grades will continue to work on Unit 3. They will have a quiz on Friday.

3rd Grade:Who has come to your region? How did early settlers affect your region's economy?How have people helped places in your region grow?

4th Grade:Where were California's settlements?How and why did people travel to California?How did the discovery of gold affect California?How did women help California grow?How did California's government change?

Writing: This week the students will be writing about their vacation plans. They will be sharing with the class. 

Reading: We will continue to work with Unit 6. 

February 12th - February 16th

Welcome to the final week before President's Week. Reminder we do not have school next week and will return Monday February 26th. Our class will have our card exchange (optional) on Friday instead of Wednesday.

3rd Grade
Monday: 11-5 Problem Solving: Solve a Simpler Problem 
Tuesday: Chapter 11 Practice Test
Wednesday: Chapter 11 Online Enhanced Test
Thursday: Chapter 12-1 Time to the Half Hour and Quarter Hour
Friday: Chapter 12-2 Time to the Minute

4th Grade
Monday: 13- 1 Fractions as Multiples of Unit Fractions: Using Models
Tuesday: 13-2 Multiplying a Fraction by a Whole Number: Using Models
Wednesday: 13-3 Multiplying a Fraction by a Whole Number: Using Symbols
Thursday: 13-4 Fractions and Decimals
Friday: 13-5 Fractions and Decimals on the Number Line


Social Studies:
Both grades will continue to work on Unit 3. 

3rd Grade:
Who has come to your region? 
How did early settlers affect your region's economy?
How have people helped places in your region grow?


4th Grade:
Where were California's settlements?
How and why did people travel to California?
How did the discovery of gold affect California?
How did women help California grow?
How did California's government change? 

February 5th - February 9th

MATH

Third grade has been working on fractions and as we move forward will continue to work with the next Topic. The scores for the class were not where they should be and we need to keep working with fractions. 

3rd Grade
Monday: Chapter 10 Enhanced Test
Tuesday: 11-1 Polygons
Wednesday: 11-2 Quadrilaterals
Thursday: 11-3 Classifying Shapes
Friday: 11-4 Problem Solving: Make and Test Generalizations

4th Grade
Monday: 12-9 Subtracting Mixed Numbers
Tuesday: 12-10 Decomposing and Composing Fractions
Wednesday: 12-11 Problem Solving: Draw a Picture and Write an Equation
Thursday: Chapter 12 Online Practice Test
Friday: Chapter 12 Enhanced Online Test

SOCIAL STUDIES

We have presented the region groups for 3rd grade, and the partner presentations for 4th grade. This week we will be starting Unit 3 and working with vocabulary and important people, places, and dates.

WRITING
Students in both grades will continue to work on their opinion papers. 

READING
We will be moving on to Unit 6 in Benchmark Reading.

3rd - Making Decisions
What helps us solve problems?

4th- Confronting Challenges
How do we overcome obstacles?