Math and Science for the week of February 29th

Grade 2: click here for lesson plans
Homework:
Monday, 2/29

• math:  

1. Draw and solve.   Brandon has 7 ten-dollar bills and 8 one-dollar bills. Joshua has 3 fewer ten-dollar bills and 4 fewer one-dollar bills than Brandon. What is the value of Joshua’s money?

2. Write each number in unit form and expanded form:  863,      507,       2,451

• science:  Answer questions on loose-leaf.   a) What are craters?  b) Why does the moon have so many craters?

Wednesday, 3/2:

• math:  finish math packet
• science:  Who was Neil Armstrong and why is he important?

Grade 3: click here for lesson plans
Homework:

Monday, 2/29:

• math:    Simplify to find the answer to 16 × 3. Show your work, and explain your strategy.

• science:  

Wednesday, 3/2:

• math:  a) write out the multiplication facts of 5, 6, and 7  b) copy and solve using the distributive property in notebook:   Forty-two third grade students sit in 6 equal rows in the auditorium.  How many students sit in each row?Show your thinking.

• science: go to website resources on this blog and visit study jams. Click on energy, light, and sound. Watch video on heat energy and and test yourself once video is finished. Also write definitions for the following words from the video on loose-leaf: radiation   convection   conduction   thermal energy

Grade 4: click here for lesson plans
Homework:

Monday, 2/29:

• math: copy and solve problem in notebook.   a) Cindy says she found a shortcut for doing multiplication problems. When she multiplies 3 × 24, she says, “3 × 4 is 12 ones, or 1 ten and 2 ones. Then, there’s just 2 tens left in 24, so add it up, and you get 3 tens and 2 ones.” Do you think Cindy’s shortcut works? Explain your thinking in words, and justify your response using a model or partial products.

• science: Complete multiple-choice activity for achieve 3000 article-A Water Battle. 

Wednesday, 3/2:

• math: go math workbook p. 27 #1-16
• science: 

Announcements for week of Feb. 22

Tuesday, 2/23:

• math quiz

Wednesday, 2/24:

• science quiz

Friday, 2/26:

• Early Dismissal, 12:00 p.m.

Math and Science for the week of Feb. 22

Grade 2: click here for lesson plans
Homework:
Monday, 2/22

• math:  
• science:  

Wednesday, 2/24:

• math:  go math workbook p. 35 and 37
• science:  copy and answer question on loose-leaf.  What is the Moon and why does it appear to shine?

Grade 3: click here for lesson plans
Homework:

Monday, 2/22:

• math:    go math workbook p. 95
• science:  

Wednesday, 2/24:

• math:  finish textbook hand out pages 143-144 and 187-188
• science: Copy and answer question on loose-leaf. How do insulators and conductors affect the flow of heat energy?

Grade 4: click here for lesson plans
Homework:

Monday, 2/22:

• math: 
• science: 

Wednesday, 2/24:

• math: copy and solve on loose-leaf or graph paper

1.     7× 100 = __________                    7× 10 × 10 = _________      7 ones × 100 = ___________

2.   7× 1,000 = __________     7× 10 × 10 × 10 = __________    7 ones × 1,000 = ____  

-Decompose each multiple of 10, 100, or 1000 before multiplying.

3.       2× 80 = 2 × 8 × _____

= 16 × ______

4.  2 × 400 = 2 × _____ × ______

       = ______ × ______

                   = ________          

• science:  worksheet "Hoover Dam"

Math and Science for the week of Feb. 15

Grade 2: click here for lesson plans
Homework:
Monday, 2/15

• math:  
• science:  

Wednesday, 2/17:

• math:  copy and complete the following problems on loose-leaf. Using ones, tens, hundreds, count up to the number given.

a) count up from   0 to 167

b) count up from   89 to 400

c) count up from 316 to 505

• science:  copy and answer on loose-leaf.  What kind of a scientist is an astronomer?

Grade 3: click here for lesson plans
Homework:

Monday, 2/15:

• math:    
• science:  

Wednesday, 2/17:

• math:  go math workbook p. 93
• science: 

Grade 4: click here for lesson plans
Homework:

Monday, 2/15:

• math: 
• science: students who have not completed the multiple-choice activity for the achieve 3000 article deep sea treasures, may login and conclude activity. The article is available and all activities including thought question response is due Thursday of this week.

Wednesday, 2/17:

• math: go math workbook p. 257 lesson 13.1 and 13.2
• science:  Thought question for the achieve 3000 article "deep sea treasures" revised and rewritten on loose-leaf due tomorrow.

Events for the week of Feb. 8th

Tuesday, February 9th

• Mardi Gras
• Valentines Day Show grades K & 1 @ 9 am
• Math quiz grades 2-4

Wednesday, February 10th

• School Mass for Ash Wednesday @ 11 am
• Science Quiz grades 2-4

Thursday, February 11th

• Lenten Reflection Activity due.

Friday, February 12th

• SCHOOL CLOSED: Religious Conference day

Math and Science for the week of Feb. 8

Grade 2: click here for lesson plans
Homework:
Monday, 2/8

• math:  go math workbook p. 35
• science:  copy and answer the following question on loose-leaf. When it is winter above the equator, why is it summer below the equator? Explain.

Wednesday, 2/10:

• math:  
• science:  

Grade 3: click here for lesson plans
Homework:

Monday, 2/8:

• math:     go math workbook p. 71
• science:  login to achieve 3000. Finish multiple-choice activity for article, "Drilling for Energy" and begin writing your draft response to the thought question in your science notebook.

Wednesday, 2/10:

• math:  Extended Day packet (Distributive Property and Area Models) page 277
• science:

Grade 4: click here for lesson plans
Homework:

Monday, 2/8:

• math:  copy and solve the following problems on loose-leaf or graph paper.

1.       A rectangular pool is 7 feet wide.  It is 3 times as long as it is wide. 

a) Label the diagram with the dimensions of the pool.

         b)  Find the perimeter of the pool.  It is 3 times as long as it is wide. 

 2. A poster is 3 inches long.  It is 4 times as wide as it is long.

 a) Draw a diagram of the poster, and label its dimensions.

b) Find the perimeter of the poster

• science: 

Wednesday, 2/10:

• students are to finish their Lenten reflection writing activity on loose-leaf. Use the following opening sentence for your paragraph.
• In this Year of Mercy during Lent I will focus on....... 
• science: finish waterwheel diagram or paragraph comparing waterwheel and hydro-electric dam in notebook