November 5th - November 9th, 2012

• Report cards will be sent home on Friday, November 16^th. Please sign and return the outside cover.

• Our Fall party was fantastic!  One of the best Ever.  Thank you to all the many parents that donated their time, supplies, money and their creative ideas to make this afternoon so fun and special.  A huge thank you to our room moms!
• Early Release:  Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

• Grandparents Day:  Friday, November 16th.

• Thanksgiving Holiday:  No school November 19th-23rd.

• Snacks needed for Grandparent’s Day:  To provide a welcoming, social environment, we will again be serving simple snacks to our grandparents and other special guests. A light finger food such as cookies, brownies, pastries, breads, or mini muffins are needed. All the snacks from fourth grade will be served in the main hallway outside the C pod. Please email or call Michelle Lopez if you can donate food for this special day or if you have any questions.

1.  Math Writing:  Please write a math paragraph for the following problem:  Sandy collected 42 sea shells at the beach.  She wanted to give an even number of shells to each one of her seven friends.  How many shells does each friend get to keep?

Sentence stem:  To solve this problem I need to___________. I know this because_______________. First, ______________. Then, _______________Finally,___________________. The answer to this problem is_____________________. (plus include a picture that would help you solve the problem)

2. Turkey writing:

This Turkey Needs Dressing!  In your Friday folder I sent home a turkey copied on card stock.  Cut out the Turkey, use scraps of cloth, paper, foil, glitter, and your imagination for a spiffy he or she.  Be sure to name him or her and then write a story about your terrific turkey. Your dressed turkey, and turkey story are due Wednesday, November 14th. Remember to use a circle and flee map to focus your thinking before you write.  These maps will be due with your turkey.

October 29th - November 2nd, 2012

• Halloween Fall Festival, Wednesday, October 31st - parties 2:15-3:40. Students may bring a costume to school on the morning of the 31^st and will be given 15 minutes to change before the school-wide parade begins. Please no masks or pretend weapons. This is a school rule.
• BOOK ORDERS DUE:  This Friday, November 2nd.
• Hearing and vision: November 7^th.
• Grandparents Day, November 16^th, 10:50 to 11:50.
• Early Release: Wednesday, November 14th, 1:10.
• Report Cards:  Friday, November 16th,
• Please remember that the Banana Costume and writing are both due Monday, October 31^st

1.  Don't Forget:  Your Banana Writing piece and display is due this Wednesday, October 31st!  Can't wait to see your masterpieces.

2.  We've been working on writing and showing our thinking in Math.  Please read the example below and then complete a math writing on the problem given. This is due Friday, November 2nd.

Example Problem #1

Mary is crazy about books! She has a bookshelf in her room with 7 shelves. Each shelf holds 46 books. How many books does Mary have in her "library" altogether?

Example of Math writing to the above problem:

     To solve this problem I knew I needed to multiply because I saw the clue words altogether, each, and how many. Then I multiplied 6 x 7 = 42 then I mulitplied 40 x 7 = 280. Then I knew to add zero to equal 280. Next, I added to 280 + 42 = 322. That is how I got the answer 322. That's how I know Mary has 322 books on her shelf.

                                         40         6

                                       x  7     x  7

                                      ____    ____

                                       280  +   42   =   322  books

#2 Your problem:

      Sally collected sea shells each morning for a week while she was visiting her grandmother.  By the end of the week she had collected 5 buckets of shells. In each bucket she had 42 shells.  How many shells does Sally have altogether?



(Use the following sentence stems to complete problem number 2):


     To solve this problem I knew I needed to_______________. I knew this because__________________________________________________.
First,____________________________________________________.
Then,____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________.
Finally,___________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________.
The final answer to the problem is________________________________
_________________________________________________________.

Show your math work: