Homework - Thursday, September 29th

Math - p.147 12-19
Reading - 20 min. - complete log - due tomorrow
Spelling - Sentences & WB p.59-60
SS - NC Dailies - due tomorrow
Science - Moon Observation Calendar - due tomorrow

Please remember to send in $6.50 to join the PTA!!!!

Curriculum Night Next Tuesday

The 3-5 Grade Curriculum Night will be held next

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011.

Everything will start at 5:30 in the Gym and will

then we will head to the classroom to learn

about some math games that you can play with your child,

and other important information.

Special treats will be given to students, if their parent attends!

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Looking forward to seeing you then!

Homework - Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Here is the homework for tonight:

Math - Finish up problems from Median, Mode & Range Worksheet
and Complete Graphing Review Worksheet
Tomorrow we will have our Weekly Math Quiz - #4 and also an assessment on Median,
Mode and Range, which we have been working on all week.

Spelling - Review words by completing purple workbook pages 49-50

Reading - Read at least 20 minutes - fill out log - get signed - log is due tomorrow, plus 2 extra activities

Social Studies - Finish NC Dailies - Week 5 - due tomorrow

Science - Moon Observation - we are continuing to observe the moon each evening as we watch the phases of Earth's moon happen right before our very eyes

Other - PTA Monday - $6.50 - it is very important for all parents to join PTA...please!!
Tissue and Hand Sanitizer - still waiting on some students to bring this in
Art T-shirt - students need a big shirt for Art, to protect their clothes
Fundraiser - continue to sell, sell, sell....get those Ducky Coupons turned in next Tues.

Rounding Chant

We have been using this chant to help us with our rounding skills.

The students have had a lot of fun learning it
and using it to help them round numbers to various place values.

You underline the digit.
Look next door.
If it's 5 or greater,
you're going to add one more.
If it's 4 or less,
you don't mess!
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For example: 45,892
To round this number to the nearest thousands place
you first underline the digit in the thousands place (which I did above),
then you look "next door" to the eight,
since it is greater than 5 you are going to "add one more"
and so the 5 will become a 6
and your final answer will look like this:
46,000

Notice that everything to the right of the digit we were rounding to became zeros and everything to the left of the digit we were rounding to stayed the same.

Have fun practicing rounding!!!!

Median, Mode, and Range

We are continuing to review Median, Mode and Range.

As you help your child at home please remember the following:

Median - Middle Number - Numbers must be ordered from least to greatest before playing "ping-pong" to find the middle number. Sometimes there will be 2 numbers in the middle. If that's the case then the 2 numbers will need to be added together and divided by 2 to find the median.

Mode - (MOST) - the number you see the MOST of in the set of data - again it helps to have them in order from least to greatest.

Range - (BIG - LITTLE) - the difference (subtract) between the greatest number in a set of data and the least number.

Here are a few websites that have interactive games and activities that go along with Median, Mode and Range...ENJOY!!

Train Race - http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/train.html

Quia - http://www.quia.com/rr/51667.html

Have fun finding the median, mode and range of a set of data (a.k.a. numbers)!