This week, we did some additional practice with volume and surface area. We have also been exploring multiplication strategies when multiplying 2-digit numbers by 1 & 2-digit numbers. Here are some of the strategies we've used: Partial Product - 17 x 11 can be found by doing (8 x 11) + (9x11), Doubling - 1 x 27, 2 x 27, 4 x 17, 8 x 27, and then combined with Partial Products we can find almost anything, for example (4x27)+(8x27)=(12x27), and lastly, 10 More or Less - 9x23=(10x23) - (1x23) or 11x23=(10x23) + (1x23).
Home Connection - Piper's Ping Pong due Tues 10/11.
Alder East Reading -
All students should have at least one book they are reading daily at home: a chapter book, graphic novel, biography, or non-fiction that isn't to focused on pictures and graphic information. This year, students will track all the books they read and use that info to evaluate their reading, and set reading goals.
Next week we plan to start a class Novel Study - Seedfolks, by Paul Fleischman.
Reading Log went home on Friday and is due 10/14.
Alder East Writing -
This week, we returned to Informative Writing exploring cause and effect relationships. Students began research and investigation of their invasive species here in Oregon, and organizing the information into main idea paragraphs - Backround: what is it/what does it look like/where does it come from? Cause - how and when did it get here/how does it spread? Effects - what are the environmental effects of its spread/what are the economic effects/is there a way to contain it?
Alder East Humanities -
We began preparing for Roots of Responsibility Day. Students are organized into 8 groups researching their topics and planning a lesson and an activity for their station.
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