Grade: 4
Math:
11/17.
Aim: Students will use various strategies to solve addition and simple multiplication problems.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: t.e. text p. 125i #2
3. Problem solving: text p.124 #4
11/18.
Aim: To review properties of multiplication.
Vocabulary: Properties: associative/commutative/zero/identity
factor product
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: t.e. text p. 125i #3
3. Guided practice: text p. 126-127
4. ****Homework: workbook p. 33 in notebook*****
11/19.
Aim: Students will use multiplication properties to find missing factors.
Vocabulary: equivalent missing factor
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Mental math: multiply by 7, text p. 479 set 8, #5
3. Review multiplication facts 1-9
4. Guided practice: text p. 128-129, #1-12 and 25-30
5. Independent practice: p. 129, #19-24, 31-36, and 37-40
11/20.
Aim: Students will continue to practice finding missing factors.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Multiplication facts 1-9
3. Independent practice: workbook p. 34
4. Missing factor Game: t.e. text p. 129
11/21.
Aim: Students will use models to understand and represent multiplication.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Multiplication facts flash cards
3. Mental math activity: p. 479, set 9 #3 & 6
4. Group work: text p. 131 #7-11
Grade: 4
Science
11/17.
Aim: To conclude how maps show relative positions.
Vocabulary: position frame of reference
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary development
2. Lab activity #9: How can you tell something is moving?
text p. F5 (continued)
3. HOMEWORK: WORKBOOK P. 275
11/18.
Aim: Students will measure the average speed of a moving object?
Vocabulary: Speed
Lesson:
1. What is speed? Read/discuss text p. f8
2. How do you calculate speed? Text p. f8
3. Lab Activity #10: Marble Motion, text p. f9
11/19.
Aim: Students will explore how forces can affect speed.
Vocabulary: force friction acceleration
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary development
2. Calculating speed: extra practice
3. Read/discuss: How do forces affect motion?
Text p. F10-F11
4. Workbook P. 276-277
11/20.
Aim: To define inertia and give examples that illustrate inertia.
Vocabulary: inertia
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary development
2. What is inertia? text p. f11
3. What is gravity? text p. f12
11/21.
Aim: Review lesson on motion and forces.
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review.
2. How can you tell something has moved?
3. Calculating speed.
4. How can forces affect speed?
