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Can you solve equations like this? 8 + 2x + 3 – x = 2x + 1 or 2(2x + 3) = x + 9 Well,the Red Team can! Students recently completed a test on Hands-On Equations. I am pleased to announce that out of 78 students on our team, 59 students received an A! Red Team members proved that they could perform tough algebraic equations and passed the test with high scores! Way to go,Red Team! This week, we completed our unit of Hands-on Algebra. Students will receive a study guide on Monday. As always,students will receive 2 bonus points for returning the study guide with a parent signature by test day. Upcoming Events
Special Class Days for Next Week M - Day 1 T - Day 2 W - Day 3 R - Day 4 F - OFF Homeroom Notes Parent / Teacher conferences will be held this week with your child’s homeroom teacher. Your child will receive their grade card,c urrent reading level information,and their 4th grade MAP scores during the conference. Have a GREAT weekend! This week,students were introduced to Hands-on Algebra. This is a concrete,hands-on way to solve complex algebraic equations. Students are usually very successful using this method,and this year’s Red Team is no exception! We will begin next week by continuing our unit of Hands-on Algebra. Students will be introduced to the distributive property and how we can apply this to solving our algebraic equations. We should be ready for a study guide to go home on Friday,with the test tentatively scheduled for Tuesday of the following week. Upcoming Events
Special Class Days for Next Week M - Day 4 T - Day1 W - Day 2 R - Day 3 F - Day 4 Homeroom Notes Conference reminder slips will be sent home early this week. Have a GREAT weekend! This week,students worked with rounding whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths place. This would be a good skill to periodically work on with your child. We will begin next week by continuing to review addition and subtraction skills. In particular,we will work with adding and subtracting decimals. While this is very similar to working with whole numbers,students are reminded to create equivalent decimals whenever possible to help line up their columns and decimal points. Because this is a review of previous skill ,it looks like we should be ready for another test by the end of the week. Look for a study guide to go home around Wednesday of next week. Upcoming Events
Special Class Days for Next Week M - Day 3 T - Day4 W - Day 1 R - Day 2 F - Day 3 Homeroom Notes If you did not sign up for a Parent / Teacher Conference at “Meet the Teacher Night”,please contact me to schedule an appointment. Conferences will be held with the homeroom teacher at the end of October. As the cold and flu season approaches,if you are able and willing to donate hand sanitizer,we would appreciate it. Thank you in advance for your willingness to help. Have a GREAT weekend! We will begin next week with a review of decimals. We have made mathematical models and practiced writing decimals in standard,expanded,and word form,as well as comparing and ordering decimals. Students will help create a study guide on Tuesday. We will review using stations and games the rest of the week with a test scheduled on Thursday. As always,students will have the opportunity to earn bonus points by returning the study guide with a parent signature by test day. Upcoming Events
Special Class Days for Next Week M - Day 2 T - Day 3 W - Day 4 R - Day 1 F - OFF Homeroom Reminder Congratulations to Brooke! She was elected our homeroom Student Council Representative. A special thank you to all of the students who were willing to serve our homeroom: Krystalynn,Alison,and Mikalah. Thank you to everyone who has donated items for our classroom (highlighters,colored pencils,glue,cardstock,etc.). Your generosity is appreciated! Library: Overdue library books will be fined at WIS. Please be aware of the due dates for books checked out by your child. Thursday Notes: Students will receive a Thursday Note every Thursday. Please have them signed and returned by the following day. Have a great weekend! We are off to an AWESOME start on the Red Team! Students have eagerly settled in to life at WIS as they have chosen lockers,switched classes,and made new friends. In math,we have begun the year by examining place value of whole numbers. Students have reviewed writing numbers to the thousands period using standard form (using digits),word form,and expanded form by breaking the number apart using the values of the digits (ex. 456,329 = 400,000 + 50,000 + 6,000 + 300 + 20 + 9). We extended this review of 4th grade skills by looking at numbers in the millions and billions periods. You can help your child by having them compose and decompose various numbers to the millions period. Recognizing the patterns of place value can help aid in success. HB TB B , HM TM M , HTh TTh Th , H T O We will begin the week by continuing our look at at place value as we compare and order greater numbers. We will also take a look at benchmark numbers as a way to make reasonable estimates. We will be scheduled to complete a study guide on Friday with our first test tentatively scheduled for Wednesday of next week (September 7th). Students have also begun taking timed multiplication tests. These daily tests consist of 68 problems to solve in 2:30 minutes. It is important to note that these tests are NOT for a grade. We will be making personal goals and tracking our own results using a line graph. The purpose of these tests is to increase fluency with the basic multiplication facts. This will be extremely important when we begin working on multiplication and division later this year. While the tests will not count toward your child’s grade,there will be a time in March and April where some scores may be reflected on your child’s overall grade,however,this is much later in the school year. You can find several sites to work on these important facts in the “Math Links” section located at the top of the blog page. Upcoming Events
Special Class Days For Next Week M – Day 4 T – Day 1 W – Day 2 R – Day 3 F- Day 4 Homeroom Reminder Mr. Gann’s Homeroom has the following Special Class Schedule: Day 1 – ART Day 2 – COMPUTER LAB Day 3 – MUSIC Day 4 – P.E. Students will go to the Library /Media Center on Mondays. They will have Counseling on Thursdays (every other week). Students were given a full schedule from their homeroom teacher on the first day of school. Have a great weekend! The following videos were inspired by Common Craft and their line of informative videos. Student groups selected a math topic,wrote their script,and completed paper cutouts to help teach a math concept. Students found this project to be a little more challenging than it first appeared,but everyone had a good time making their videos. Check out their work. They are grouped by homeroom classes. Comments are welcome! GANN Algebra (Josh,Zoe,Kennedy,and Cameron) Roman Numerals (Tristan,Nate,and Andrew) Symmetry (Sara,Alyssa,Anna,and Irek) Area (Logan,Carrie,David,and Joshua) Bar Graphs (Riley,Olivia,J.R.,and Braden) Add / Subtract Decimals (Bobby,Madison,and Valerie) Simplest Form (Taylor,Noah,and Landon) HUFFMAN Customary Capacity (Grace T.,Turner,Bruin,and McKenna) Probability (Kaleb,Elijah,Cole,and Kyler) Geometric Transformations (Sam,Alex,Madison,and Paige) Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions (Chase,Ivy,Quinn,and Kylie) Division with 2-Digit Divisors ( Noah,Emily,Elizabeth,and John) ** side view Multiplying 3-Digit Numbers (Grace B.,Lisa,Adam,and Monty) Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators (Nautika,Brooklyn,and Connor) NELSON Coordinate Grids (Ashlilyn,Morgan,Tyler J.,and Dyllon) Data (Rachel,Damon,and Tyler E.) Line Graphs (Jonathan,Cole,and Keeghan) Triangles (Starry,Ethan,Caleb,and Hailey) Add / Subtract Mixed Numbers (Annie,Makayla,and Hallie) Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers (Alyson,Trey,Steven,and John) Metric Weight (Nathan,Allie,Logan,and Hope) We have been working on many review items over the last week,including work with multiplication and division. Some students have found out the hard way,that although summer is just around the corner,it is still important for them to take their time and do their best work. This week,we will continue our work with our group projects –“common craft”videos. Student groups have chosen a mathematical topic to illustrate by coming up with a problem and showing how to use math to solve it. Students have come up with very creative ideas and I look forward to seeing the final products! Upcoming Events
Special Class Days for Next Week M - Day 1 T - Day 2 W - Day 3 R - Day 4 F - Day 1 Homeroom Notes Field Day Reminders:
Have a GREAT weekend! First of all,congratulations to all of the students on the Red Team! Everyone worked very hard on the MAP Test this past week. We are all very proud of your efforts! This week in math,we review work with multiplication and division and begin the process of working with larger numbers. During this time,we will also begin timed division tests. These tests will not initially count toward their overall grade. However,students should continue working on their multiplication and division facts,as there will be one test during the month of May that will count as a grade. Upcoming Events
Special Class Days for Next Week M - Day 4 T - Day 1 W - Day 2 R - Day 3 F - Day 4 Homeroom Notes Please make sure all permission slips and order forms are turned in as soon as possible. Have a GREAT weekend! We are reaching the home stretch before MAP testing! This week,we will work with measurement. We will begin by working with customary and metric linear measurement. We will end the week by exploring customary and metric capacity and weight. Students will need to identify and convert measurements within a given system. ** Note: Most of the grades taken during 4th quarter are quiz grades. Please encourage your child to continue to look over and work with materials in their math notebook. Upcoming Events
Special Class Days for Next Week M - Day 4 T - Day 1 W - Day 2 R - Day 3 F - Day 4 Homeroom Notes The countdown to MAP testing has begun. In addition to Math and Communication Arts,5th grade students are tested in the area of Science. Students are tested nearly all day (with breaks,of course). Please avoid scheduling appointments on testing days,if possible. The following is the 5th grade testing schedule:
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