The students were comparing fractions in math today for lesson 6.7. They were taught three different strategies to find the answer when comparing fractions. The one strategy will be tough to accomplish unless you have fraction strips at home. There are two other good strategies students may do. They can find an equivalent fraction with one fraction so that the numerator or denominator matches the other fraction so they can compare them easily. You can see this in the lesson. Or they can cross-multiply to see which fraction is larger. For example, if you are comparing 1/3 and 2/5, you can multiply the numerator of the first fraction by the denominator of the second fraction to get 5. Then multiply the denominator of the first fraction by the numerator of the second fraction to get 6. So 2/5 would be larger than 1/3. The homework is on pg. 369 in their math book.
We will work on ordering fractions tomorrow and they will have a review of chapter 6 on Thursday with the test on Friday.
In science, we are still gathering information on our animal project.
In reading we are looking at building reading skills in making predictions.
For grammar, they are still learning about possessives.
Students are still working on their rough draft for their persuasive writing piece.
A few things went home last Friday. Students can buy a full size candy cane for friends/family for only $0.25 each. They will be distributed on December 15th. If you choose to buy some, the due date is this Friday.
We also sent home a note that has the following information. ( I copy and pasted it below if you didn't see this come home.)
Parents,
During the week of December 12th, there are a few special activities that fourth grade would like to do.
- Gift Exchange: This is an activity that is meant to be silly and fun, so gifts don’t need to be special or valuable. Your child can just wrap a toy or item that they already own and that they don’t use or play with anymore. Please don’t feel like you need to go out and buy a gift! (If you really can’t think of anything and plan on buying something, please don’t spend more than $5.) We will do the gift exchange on Friday December 16th, which is the last day before the break. Please bring the wrapped gift anytime that week.
- Gingerbread House STEM Project: We will also be doing a STEM project that involves building a gingerbread house. We begin the planning for our structure on Monday December 12th, and we will be building it Tuesday December 13th from 8:45 to 11:00.
For this project, we need:
**Volunteers! Our student groups always benefit from having an adult assistant :-)(Remember, in order to volunteer, you must have a completed background check form and Anti-terrorism training completed. Check with the office if you need to have this done.)
**Supplies! In order to construct the houses, we need a lot of materials. We are asking you to bring in one or some of the following items.
Graham crackers
Marshmallows
Pretzel sticks
Lifesavers
Vanilla wafers
Twizzlers
Candy canes (small)
Gumdrops
Jelly beans
M & M’s
Skittles
Smarties
Red Hots
Gallon sized freezer bags
Plastic bowls
We are also asking for some confident parents to put together some icing. We will need about 8-10 bags. Please let us know if you’re willing to help out with this and we will send you the stiff icing recipe.
Thank you so much for your support and for making these activities successful and fun for the students. If you have questions, please let us know.
The 4th grade team
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