grade: 3 Math and Science week of 06-02-14

I. click to view:   MATH LESSONS
a) test/quiz:

b) homework:
1. Monday: workbook p. 41-42



II. click to view: Science Lessons
a) test/quiz:

b) homework:
1. Monday:  review science words text p. 184 #1-14 answers only on loos-leaf

grade: 2 Math and Science week of 06-02-14

I. click to view:  Math Lessons
a) test/quiz:  

b) homework
1. Monday: workbook p. 119


II. click to view: Science Lessons
a) test/quiz: 

b) homework:
1. Monday: workbook p. 168

grade: 4 Math and Science week of 06-02-14

I. click to view: MATH LESSONS

a) test/quiz: 

b) homework:

II. click to view: SCIENCE LESSONS

a) test/quiz: NYS Written Exam

b) homework:
1. Monday:  review practice test for NYS exam

Math and Science Winter Break Assignment

1. STUDY JAMS    ( from homepage select math or science. Then scroll left or right and click on topic or skill.  List of related videos will appear. Select and watch. At the end of video you can select to take a practice quiz if you like.)

MATH:  Copy and solve the following problems on loose-leaf or graph paper. Will be collected on Tuesday, January 7.

GRADE: 4
MATH:

1.       Norfolk, VA has a population of 242,628 people.  Baltimore, MD has 376,865 more people than Norfolk.  Charleston, SC has 496,804 less people than Baltimore. 

a) What is the total population of all three cities?  

a.      b)   Round to the nearest hundred thousand to check the reasonableness of your answer for the population of Charleston, SC.

      2.       Billy has been training for a half-marathon.  He has a strict gym routine that he follows four times a week.  For the problems below, use tape diagrams, numbers, and words to explain each answer.

       a)      Each day Billy runs on the treadmill for 3 kilometers and runs on the outdoor track for 4,000 meters.  In all, how many kilometers does Billy run each day?

       b)  Since Billy has started training, he has also been drinking more water.  On Saturday, he drank 2 L 255 mL of water. On Sunday, he drank some more.  If Billy drank a total of 4 L 655 mL of water on Saturday and Sunday, how many milliliters of water did Billy drink on Sunday?

       c)      Since exercising so much for his half-marathon, Billy has been losing weight.  In his first week of training, he lost 2 kg 530 g of weight.  In the following two weeks of training, he lost 1 kg 855 g per week.  Billy now weighs 61 kg 760 g.  What was Billy’s weight, in grams, before he started training? Explain your thinking.

    GRADE:  3

     -MATH:

    1.       Melanie works in a bakery.  She bakes different types of breads.  She bakes 18 biscuits on a pan.  3 rows fit on the pan.  Draw an array to show the total number of biscuits.

        a.       Fill in the missing factor.  Write a sentence telling what it represents.

                  3 x _______ = 18

         b.       Write a related division sentence to find the number of biscuits in each row.

     2.       Melanie packs the 18 biscuits into bags of 2.

         a.       Draw a picture to show how many bags of biscuits Melanie packs.  How many bags of biscuits does she pack?

         b.      Melanie bakes 18 rolls and packs them into bags of 9.  Draw a picture to show how many bags of rolls Melanie packs.  How many bags of rolls does she pack?

         c.       Draw an array to represent her biscuits.  Draw a second array to represent her rolls.  Explain the relationship between the 2 arrays using number sentences and words. 

      3.       The carnival is in town for 21 days.  How many weeks is the carnival in town?  (There are 7 days in 1 week).  Write an equation and solve.

4.       There are 48 liters needed to finish filling the dunk tank at the carnival.  Each container holds 8 liters.  How many containers are needed to finish filling the dunk tank?  Represent the problem using multiplication and division sentences and a letter for the unknown.  Solve.

_____ × _____ = ______

_____ ÷ _____ = ______

     GRADE: 2

      MATH

       1.    Trevor’s mom gave him 6 stickers to start his collection. He received 85 more for his birthday.

a.       Use words, pictures, or numbers to show how many stickers Trevor has now? 

b.      James has 95 stickers and gives away 7.  How many stickers does James have now?

c.       Who has more stickers now, James or Trevor? 

2.  Mr. Garcia checked out 37 library books for his class.  The class read some first month and the remaining 19 books the second month.

  a. Use words, pictures, or numbers to find out how many books the class read in the first month of school.

b. During the third month, Mr. Garcia checked out 29 more books and his class read them all. Use words, pictures, or numbers to show how many library books have been read in all 3 months. 

        3.      Bill throws his bean bag 5 meters, which was 2 meters farther than Samantha threw her bean bag. 

                   a.   How far did Samantha throw her bean bag? 

                   b.    Sarah threw her bean bag 3 meters farther than Bill.  Who won the contest? 

                    c.  Explain how  you know?

      4.        Dora has saved 314 animal stickers.

             a.       Write the amount of stickers Dora has saved in three different ways by filling in the blanks.

number names _____________________________________________________

expanded form ________________________________________________

                  __ hundreds  __ tens   __ ones

             b.      Dora’s goal is to save 400 stickers.  How many tens are in 400?  Explain your answer using words, pictures or numbers.

grade: 3 Math and Science week of 06-10-13

I. click to view: Math Lessons
a) test/quiz:
b) homework:
1. Monday: green workbook p. 44
2. Wednesday:  green workbook p. 49 # 4-9 and review and remember at bottom of page.

Math Games and Practice:
1.  Perimeter and Area


II. click to view:  Science Lessons
a) test/quiz:
b) homework:

grade: 2 Math and Science week of 06-10-13

I. click to view:  Math Lessons
a) test/quiz:
b) homework:
1. Monday:   skills link workbook p. 70 and 72 on lose-leaf.
2. Wednesday: skills link workbook p. 33 and p. 34 #1-2 on loose-leaf.


II. click to view: Science Lessons
a) test/quiz:
b) homework:
1.

Grade: 3 Math and Science End of the year exam Review Guide

Mathematics:

Unit-I:  Addition and Subtraction

• writing and representing addition and subtraction number sentences
• addition and subtraction strategies
• modeling/number line/ counting up/ breaking apart numbers-decomposing
• Adding and subtracting up to three and four digit numbers with and without regrouping
• Identifying polygons

Unit -1 Essential Questions: 

1. How can algorithms be used to add numbers within 1,000?
2. How can addition be used to solve subtraction?
3. How can subtraction be used to answer an addition problem?
4. How can shapes with the same perimeter cover different areas?
5. How is time used in everyday life? 

UNIT-II:  Multiplication and Division Concepts

• multiplication as combining equal groups.
• relationship among skip counting, repeated addition and multiplication
• properties of multiplication
• using arrays to model multiplication and division
• multiplication facts from 0 to 10 up to 12 as a factor
• division as the sharing or separating numbers into equal groups
• single digit division facts
• two digit divided by one digit facts
• Using inverse operations to solve division/multiplication

Unit-II Essential Questions:

1. What is multiplication and division, and  how are they related?
2. How are skip counting, repeated addition and multiplication related?
3. How can arrays be used to model and solve multiplication and division?
4. How can multiplication be used to solve division?
5. How can I write and solve division problems?

Unit-III. multiplying and dividing fluently

• Multiply and divide within 100. Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division
• Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic. Solve two-step word problems using the four operations and equations with variables

Essential Questions:
How can I identify multiplication combinations that I do not yet know fluently?
How can I use known multiplication combinations to determine the products of more difficult combinations?
Can I fluently multiply and divide within 100?

Unit-IV:  Fractions

• Find equal parts of a whole and name them with fractions.
• Divide an area into equal parts.
• Order unit fractions.
• Demonstrate that different-shaped pieces that are the same fraction of the same area have equal parts.
• Name fractional parts with fractions that have numerators greater than 1.
• Use representations to combine fractions that sum to 1.
• Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers.
• Read and write decimals from tenths to hundredths

Essential Questions:

• How can I find equal parts of a whole and name them with fractions?
• How can I divide an area into equal parts?
• How can I name fractional parts with unit fractions?
• How can I order unit fractions?
• How can I demonstrate that different-shaped pieces that are the same fractions of the same
• area have equal area?
• How can I name fractional parts with fractions that have numerators greater than 1?

Unit-V:  Area and perimeter of polygons

• Find the area of partially covered rectangles.
• Find the area of an irregular shape 
• Find the perimeter of an irregular shape.
• Design a shape for a given area.
• Find the area by counting or calculating whole and partial square units.

Science:

UNIT-1:  The Nature of Science:

• What is the scientific method?
• Why is it important for scientist to follow the scientific method?
• How is a hypothesis unlike a guess?
• Why do scientists need to communicate?
• How do scientist make observations?

Essential question: 

1. Why and how is communication important in science?

UNIT-2: Animal and Plant Adaptations (chapter 2 and 4 in textbook)

• How do animals live in groups?
• What behaviors do animals have?
• How do plants and animals adapt to survive?
• How are animals adapted to their environment?
• How do seeds and fruits develop?
• How are predators and prey related?
• How do changes in the environment affect living things?

Essential questions:

1. How do animals and plants continue to survive?
2. How do animals and plants adapt to their environment?

UNIT-3: Energy (textbook chapters 5,6,,8)

• What is matter?
• What makes up matter?
• how does heat energy affect matter?
• What makes things move?
• How are work and energy related?
• how do machines use energy?
• How does light and sound travel?
• How are light and sound similar and different?
• How is sound created?
• Why is sound energy?

Essential question:

1. What are the forms of energy?
2. What changes occur when objects interact with different forms of energy?
3. How can one form of energy be transformed into another form of energy?