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TEAM REPORTS AROUND CENTRAL GRADE 4 ACCELERATED MATH The accelerated math students recently completed a unit of study on Number Theory. Topics investigated were… *Arrays to represent products and quotients *Factors & Factorization *Tests for Divisibility *Prime and Composite Numbers *Square Numbers and Square Roots *Review of Basic Multiplication Facts *Problem Solving Students are currently studying a unit of study on Estimation and Computation. Topics being investigated are… *Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication of Whole Numbers and Decimals *Addition and Subtraction Number Stories *Estimating Products *Lattice Method of Multiplication *Comparing Large Numbers (Millions, Billions, Trillions) *Problem Solving MATH All fourth graders have completed units in place value, rounding, and addition and subtraction with regrouping. This review of previously taught skills is going to be a great foundation in which to build upon the rest of the year. We are moving ahead to practice and apply higher level multiplication and division skills. As we work with these fourth grade standards, mastery of basic multiplication facts is a must. Home practice is always beneficial. LANGUAGE ARTS In Language Arts, the fourth graders have been sharpening their reading and writing skills. In reading, students have focused on answering comprehension questions, making story predictions, and understanding the elements of a story. In writing, students are focusing on complete sentences, proper end marks, and identifying subjects and predicates. The fourth graders will become "word detectives" as they determine meanings of words using prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms and homonyms. Students will continue to be engaged in writing formal and informal letters using the correct letter format. Students will use the writing process to create final writing pieces. For good news daily, check out http://twitter.com/ support_bbh . Have anything you’d like to tweet about Send us a message there and we will spread the word! PAGE 12
LRC – Mr. Butler Welcome to the Central School Library Resource Center (LRC). The LRC is the information hub of our school providing books, magazines, and information for our students and staff. Students come to the LRC once or twice per week. During their weekly visits classes will learn a host of library skills such as finding books in fiction and nonfiction as well as how to use our online catalog and reference materials. Another primary focus of the LRC program revolves around technology projects designed to blend classroom curriculum with state media and technology standards. These projects include word processing, graphing with spreadsheets, and presentations created in Power Point and on web pages. After learning about the organization of the LRC, all 4th grade students complete an activity that requires them to locate a variety of books on the shelves in both fiction and non-fiction. A portion of this activity involved using our online catalog (Cat Jr.) to locate books. A major goal for the 4th grade will be for all students to be able to efficiently use this online catalog to identify whether the books that they desire are available in our collection. This will be a skill that is practiced throughout the remainder of 4th grade. Cat Jr. can be accessed from home by visiting our Central School web page at http://www.bbhcsd.org/central and going to the Media Center link. In 5 th Grade students are required to find a great deal of information. Learning how to find and evaluate credible information from a variety of sources is a major goal in the LRC. An excellent online resource is INFOhio, (www.infohio.org) a state funded subscription database that includes many different tools to find information. All students will be instructed in the use of INFOhio and complete lessons that require them to explore numerous links and locate information. When using INFOhio from home a username and password are required to enter. Bookmarks with the username and password will be distributed all students in the LRC during the first quarter. Please encourage your children to use this outstanding site from home. One important component of INFOhio that is heavily promoted in the LRC is World Book Online. This reference tool includes an excellent encyclopedia, a comprehensive world atlas, and the user a friendly student dictionary. Students at both grade levels are using the atlas feature in October to complete lessons that coordinate media and technology standards with classroom geography lessons. Please encourage your children to take advantage of this wonderful, age appropriate resource when looking for information at home. Trivia Question: What national holiday was celebrated by all public school students in the United States on or around September 17 th Your son or daughter should be able to tell you that the holiday was Constitution Day! Formerly known as I Am an American Day and then Citizenship Day, Constitution Day was created to aid in developing an awareness of the importance of the U.S. Constitution in the lives of all citizens. All students at both grade levels participated in lessons designed to provide a basic understanding of why this historical document is so vitally important to all of us. Parents of 5 th grade students: Ask your child which amendment they identified in the Bill of Rights as the most important. Number 1 received the most votes but Amendments 2, 8, and 9 received many votes as well. Several years ago Mr. Butler’s Book Blog was created. (http://staff.bbhcsd.org/butlerj/) The purpose of this blog was to introduce our students to Web 2.0, the new generation of web pages that allow users to comment on posts created by other users. On Mr. Butler’s Book Blog students are encouraged to read each others comments and create their own. Parents: Please consider posting your own blog comments in the Parent Book Review category. Most parents have a favorite book from their own childhood or a great book that they’ve read with their son or daughter. Just click on the Comment link under the introductory article and blog away! Our students would love to hear from you. Overdue Books: As we near the end of the first quarter, some students have not returned their library books on time and now have overdue books. The overdue book notification policy at Central is as follows: • Students are allowed to borrow books for two weeks. After the two week period expires, books not returned are overdue and further borrowing privileges are suspended. • As soon as a book is overdue, students are given a printed reminder that the book is overdue and are asked to return the item as soon as possible. • Two weeks after a book is overdue, another printed reminder is presented to the child and they are again verbally reminded. • Three weeks after a book is overdue, a third printed reminder is presented to the child and they are again verbally reminded. • Four weeks after a book is overdue, a letter is sent home to the parents identifying the missing item and the cost of replacement. • After the item is returned or replaced, full borrowing privileges are restored. PAGE 13
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