Next week in Math...

*Class 1 will be completing their unit and having a test on Tuesday and Wednesday. Be on the lookout for a review sheet to come home Friday. On Thursday we are going to have a great time competing against each other over topics we have learned so far this year.

*Class 2 will complete their unit on Wednesday and have their test on Thursday. Their review sheet will come home on Tuesday.

*Class 3 will continue working on expressions, equations, and patterns.

Important News for Next Friday...

On Friday, December 16th, we will be participating in the 2011 Highland Christmas Classic Basketball Tournament. Below you will find the schedule for the day.
9:30-10:00 Bowles/Lisenby
10:00-10:30 Emberton/Winner of Bowles / Lisenby
10:30-11:00 Ball/Lindsey
11:00-11:30 Brown/Howard
12:30-1:00 5th championship
1:00-1:30 Gotcha Shoot-out
1:30-2:00 Championship Game

Also, Christmas Parties will be on Friday, December 16th from 12:30 – 1:00. As our gift to the children, we will be providing everything for the party.
Merry Christmas!

We will have our third Math Marathon this Friday. This is an exciting way for our kids to stay fresh on their basic calculation skills. If you haven't heard about this, talk with your child. You can help by reviewing the steps for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. Then, give them some problems to practice!

Just a friendly reminder that birthday party invitations are not allowed to be distributed at school. For further information on this topic, please refer to the student handbook. Thanks for your help in this matter!

This week in Math...

Class 1 will be working with factors and multiples and learning how to tell is a number is prime or composite.
Class 2 will be working with expressions and equations this week.
Class 3 had their division test Today. Unfortunately, the results were not good. Please be on the lookout for the test - it will be coming home this afternoon. Students in this class will have the opportunity to make corrections to their test and bring it back with a parent signature for partial credit on the test. After that, they will begin working with expressions and equations.

Next Week in Math
Tomorrow all classes will be participating in the Math Marathon. If you haven't heard about this - talk with your child! This is a great way to stay fresh on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.

On Monday, all classes will finish their centers from today. Class 1 is working with algebraic expressions and equations. Classes 2 and 3 are still working on division.

SPECIAL NOTES!!!
Family Literacy Night!
TONIGHT! Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Family Resource Center will be providing FREE pizza and drink beginning at 5:00. Come play Word Bingo, win a turkey and a $10 chamber gift certificate

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Progress Reports will come home on Friday. Please sign and return those. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of the 4th grade teachers.

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There will be no school next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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Deck the Halls of Highland is coming soon!!!
Saturday, December 3rd, 8:00-11:00
Pancakes, games, Santa and much more fun!!
Make sure to stop by the Kids Art Fair on the 2nd floor. You may purchase child’s work for $26.95.
We need volunteers!

Mark Your Calendars!

Family Literacy Night!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Family Resource Center will be providing FREE pizza and drink beginning at 5:00. Come play Word Bingo, win a turkey and a $10 chamber gift certificate.

Next Week in Math!

Class 1 will be working on solving multi-step word problems. Later in the week we will be learning about factors, multiples, and prime and composite numbers.
Class 2 will have their division test on Tuesday. After that, they will begin working on solving multi-step words problems too.
Class 3 will be working on division with one divisor and up to four dividends. This skill requires a lot of practice. Please help your child at home! Thanks!

Below you will find our plans for next week in each class. Please remember that these plans are subject to change. We try to plan as closely as possible, but occasionally, we have sudden changes to our schedules.

Math – Classes 1 and 2 will have their test over division on Friday. This will cover dividing up to 4 digits by 1 digit. On Wednesday, we will begin our unit on algebraic thinking. Class 3 had their test over 2 digit by digit multiplication today. On Friday, they will complete an open response and take a pretest for division.

Science – This short week in Science we will be finishing up our soil unit and taking a test. Folders will come home tomorrow, Fri., Nov. 4th. Our test will be Thursday, Nov. 10. Students have been working hard on their articles about Falls of the Ohio and we will continue those on Friday.


Reading – Spanish continues, as does our research and writing. We are hitting several key skills for 4th grade with this, including gathering and organizing information, informative writing, cooperative group skills, as well as speaking using audio/visual aids and listening. We will be wrapping this project up and doing or presentations next week. In lieu of homework, please have your child spend a few minutes daily reading material of their choice. Pizza Hut pizzas are available for the month of November as well.

Social Studies – Next week we will be discussing the importance of Veteran’s Day. We will also be writing friendly letters to Veteran’s that are staying in the VA hospital in Lexington and Louisville to show our respect and gratitude.

Mark Your Calendar!

November 7th and 8th No School
November 10th Picture Retake (don’t wear
Green)
November 11th Veteran’s Day Program
November 17th Thanksgiving Lunch
November 17th Family Literacy Night
November 23rd – 25th No School

Special Notes
*There will be no school on Monday, November 7th and Tuesday, November 8th.
*Tuesday is Election Day! Make sure your family exercises their right to VOTE!
*Don’t forget to change your clocks! Daylight savings time ends on Sunday, November 6th!
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Veteran’s Day Poster Contest
Who: Highland Elementary Students
What: Patriotic Poster Contest
When: Posters due 11-10-11 Winners announced 11-11-11
Where: HES
*This contest is for all students who attend HES. The 5th grade student council will be judging. Please turn in posters to Mrs. Howard or the following student council members:
McKay Bowles, Amanda Lee, Taylor Murphy, Morgan Miracle, or Logan Sanders

Class 3 will have a test over 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication tomorrow. They will have to complete multiplication problems using the area model, distributive property, and paper/pencil model.

Classes 1 and 2 will have a test over division on Friday. They will have to complete division problems up to four digits by one digit.

Having trouble multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit problems? Take a look at Emily and Rebekah's paper slide. This will show you each step to using the area model to solve a 2 digit by 2 digit problem. Thanks girls!

Next week is Red Ribbon Week. Here's a list of activities for the week...
Monday, October 24, 2011
“Being Tobacco & Alcohol Free, Comes In Cans”
*Students CAN donate nonperishable food
*Students CAN walk a least one Mileage Club lap
*Students CAN make a difference in someone’s day
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
“Tobacco & Alcohol Makes Our Insides Crazy”
*Students may wear a crazy shirt, hairdo or outfit
*Lou Weeze will be on display in the Grand Hall
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
“Tobacco & Alcohol Are Dream Busters”-Preschool, 1st–5th Grade
*Preschool, 1st through 5th grade students may wear pajamas
*Mr. Gross Mouth will be on display in the Grand Hall
Thursday, October 27, 2011
“Team Up Against Tobacco & Alcohol”-Preschool, 1st-5th Grade
*Preschool, 1st through 5th grade students may wear a Highland or Glasgow shirt
*Vision Impaired Goggles will be on display in the Grand Hall
Friday, October 28, 2011
“Life Is A Journey, Travel Tobacco & Alcohol Free”
*Students are asked to dress up like their future career

Classes 1 and 2 will have a test tomorrow over 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication. They should be able to complete problems using the area model, distributive property, and paper/pencil method. Class 3 will begin this skill tomorrow. We have talked about the importance of memorizing our facts. Please help them with this at home. Thanks!

Today's visit

We had a wonderful lesson with Mrs. Lynch and Mrs. Bunnell from the Celtic Academy today. We learned about equations using program called "Hands on Equations." This was a cool program and we will definitely be using more of this in the weeks to come. A BIG thank you to Mrs. Lynch and Mrs. Bunnell for spending the morning with us and a BIG thank you to the students for being so wonderful and attentive!

Mulplication

Next week we will be covering multiplication. Please, please, please work on memorizing those facts! If you need help, check out some of the sites over on "sites to know." These sites have everything from practice sheets to flashcards to games.

Rounding Fun

Check out these really cool games to practice your rounding skills... For all of you baseball fans, visit www.mrnussbaum.com/derby/index.html. If golf is your thing, try this site www.mrnussbaum.com/estimationvalley.htm.

August 22-26

We've had a great week in Math! We've learned how to read and write numbers in standard form, name form, and expanded form all the way up to the millions place. Next week we will be covering comparing, ordering, and rounding numbers. Keep practicing those multiplication facts! If you need help, check out the sites to know on my blog. There's lots of cool games on these sites!

Place Value

Over the next couple of weeks we will be working on place value. Check out this site to play some fun games to review the skills we've covered in class. www.gamequarium.com/placevalue.html

Spring Break

Don't forget next week is Spring Break! I hope everyone has a relaxing week - If you're traveling, be safe! After spring break, we will REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW for the upcoming tests!

FRABOOM!

I've added a new link to my sites to know...Fraboom! If you haven't seen this yet, you've got to check it out!

March 28th - April 1st

Next week classes 1 and 3 will begin learning about decimals. We will start out by relating them to fractions and by the end of the week, we will be comparing and ordering them. Classes 2 and 4 will wrap up their measurement unit with a test on Tuesday. We will complete a review and open response on Monday. After that, we will start on fractions.

Next week we will be IOWA testing as well...be sure you do your BEST! :)

For the Week of March 21st - 25th

Classes 1 and 3 will continue with fractions next week. We will wrap the unit up with a test on Thursday. Be watching for a study guide to come home on Tuesday or Wednesday!

Classes 2 and 4 will continue working on measurement. We will be working with the metric system and finding area and perimeter before we wrap up this unit. We will have a test on Friday. A study guide will come home on Wednesday or Thursday!

The week of March 14-18

Next week classes 1 and 3 will begin a unit on fractions. We will be discussing parts of a whole and parts of a set in the beginning of the week. Later we will be learning about equivalent fractions and how to order and compare them. Be on the lookout for homework every day next week!

Classes 2 and 4 will start their unit on measurement. We will learn about customary units of length and how to convert them. We will also talk about the metric system and how to find the perimeter of an object. This class will have homework this week too!

I challenge you all to make connections at home! Talk to your families about you use fractions and measurement at home. Find out how your parents might use these skills at work. We would love for you to report back to us at school!

Classes 1 and 3 will have a test tomorrow, Wednesday, March 9th. Students were given pages from the book to use as a review (page 473, 6-12; page 475, 18-22; page 476, 23-28). The test will cover:
*Customary Units
-Estimating and measuring
- Converting
*Metric Units
-Estimating and measuring
*Perimeter and Area

March 7-11

First off, I want to apologize for my long absence on my blog! I've had some technical difficulties! I'm back now and here's what we have in store for next week.

Classes 1 and 3 - On Monday and Tuesday we will be working on finding the area and perimeter of objects. This will be a fun two days as we will be doing several hands-on activities. Talk to your families and see if there's ever been a time that you've had to find the area or perimeter for something at home! On Wednesday we will work with temperature and on Thursday we will have a test. It will cover customary units of measurement, converting customary units of measurement, the metric system, area, perimeter, and temperature. Look for a study guide to come home on Wednesday!

Classes 2 and 4 - These two classes will get to experience lots of hands-on activities too! On Monday we will learn to use ordered pairs to find and locate points on a grid. We have a giant coordinate plane on the floor in our classroom. We should have lots of fun being human points! On Tuesday we will learn about rotations, reflections, and translations. On Wednesday and Thursday we will discuss congruent figures and lines of symmetry. On Friday we will complete an open response.

Next week in math, classes 1 and 3 will be learning about lines, line segments, and rays. We will also be learning about using ordered pairs to find and name a point on a grid and identifying congruent figures and figures with symmetry. Classes 2 and 4 will continue working on expressions, equations, and function tables. These two classes will have a test on Wednesday over patterns, expressions, equations, and function tables.

Don't forget to complete your study island assignment! Your new assignment is due Friday, February 11th.

This Week in Math

This week classes 1 and 3 will be learning about triangles and quadrilaterals. We will have a test on Thursday over 2D shapes, 3D figures, angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals. Be on the lookout for a review sheet to come home on Wednesday! Classes 2 and 4 will be learning about equations and function tables. These two classes will have a quiz on Thursday over expressions and equations. Remember, all classes have an assignment posted on Study Island that is due by the end of the day on Friday, February 4th!

Math Book Online

If you're ever stuck at home without a math book, you can access it online. To do this, go to www.macmillanmh.com. Enter Quick Pass Code KY7465c1 (The number at the end is the chapter number.) The login is F6837B845c.

3D Figures

Check out this video of some of our kids identifyig and describing three-dimensional figures!

For the week of January 18th - 21st

Math Classes 1 and 3 will wrap up their algebraic thinking unit by correcting their test and completing an open response. On Wednesday, we will begin our geometry unit. We will begin by learning about two and three dimensional figures. Look for homework on Wednesday and Thursday!

Math Classes 2 and 4 will complete their multiplication and division unit by finishing their test on Tuesday and completing an open response on Wednesday. We will start the algebraic thinking unit on Thursday by learning about addition and subtraction expressions and equations. Be on the lookout for homework on Thursday!

Don't forget that ALL classes have a study island assignment to complete by Friday, January 21st! These assignments can be completed at home or at school.

Welcome to my blog spot! As many of you know, I teach 4th grade math at Highland Elementary. Hopefully with this site and our newsletter, you will be able to stay very imformed about what your children are doing in my class.