Week at a Glance 11/18, 11/25, 12/2

Math-We are starting our unit on area.  Students will relate what they have learned from arrays and multiplication to solving the area of given shapes.  We will also be tying in measuring using centimeters and inches during this unit as well when they draw their own shape and find the area.

Science-We will review the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas).   We are discussing how matter changes from different states.  See the image below for vocabulary being used in class.

Week at a Glance 11/11

Math- We are finishing our 2nd unit on multiplication and division this week.  Students will apply what they have learned from our unit to solve multi-step problems, involving all operations-addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.  In the past, this has proven to be very tricky.  I encourage students to use the CUBES method below as a step by step guide to solving the problems.  If the students see more than two numbers in a story problem, they need to ask themselves are all these numbers important to solving and then they have to visualize how to use all the numbers to arrive at a solution.

Science-We will review the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas).    We are discussing how matter changes from different states.  See the image below for vocabulary being used in class.