Mrs. Chaney’s Math & Science Message
Week of Sept. 26th – next message on October 17th
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- At the end of this message, see the students of the week for each grade. Congratulations!
- All 3rd, 4th and 5th graders – Choice Board Math Projects are due on Wednesday, September 28th! Can’t wait to see them!
- If you have internet at home, I hope your child is checking out VMathlive.com!
- 3rd and 4th Grade Animal Unit Study Guides go home today!! The test will be Wednesday, September 28th. Study nightly!
- 5th graders did AWESOME on the Animal Unit Exam! Look for your child’s test in the Monday Folders!
- 4th Graders are going to Trammel Creek on Friday to do experiments and tests on the stream. Please wear shorts or pants that can be rolled up. We will be getting in the stream up to our ankles. REMEMBER to bring old tennis shoes, crocs or rain boots.
- The next Math and Science Message will be on October 17th. Monday Folders will also start back on Monday, October 17th.
- Enjoy Fall Break!! Be ready to get back to business on Wednesday, October 12th!
- 4th and 5th Graders – Study those multiplication facts! We have laminated cards to study, thanks to Mrs. Hayes and Ms. Butts!
- Today is Mrs. Kercheville’s (our student teacher) last day in our classroom. We will miss her! She is going to primary to visit with Ms. Carney’s class. We wish her the best!
(See back of this page for grade level information and students of the week!)
Thanks for sharing your child this week,
Cheri Chaney
3rd Grade
MATH: We are working on the addition properties and missing addend this week. We will also share our math projects. After break, we will begin our time unit.
VOCABULARY: associative property, commutative property, addend
SCIENCE: Study guide went home today! Test will be on Wednesday. STUDY! After break, we will begin our EARTH SCIENCE UNIT.
SCIENCE: VOCABULARY:
Producer, consumer, habitats, adaptations, camouflage, hibernation, migration, life cycle, food chain, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, mammal, reptile, amphibian, bird, and fish
4th GRADE
MATH:We will review multiples, factors, prime and composite numbers on Monday. There will be a quiz on Tuesday. Continue to work on multiplication facts at home. We will also share our math projects this week. After break, we will review the multiplication properties and multiply multi-digit numbers.
VOCABULARY:Addend, sum, difference, factor, product, dividend, divisor, quotient, multiple, prime and composite
SCIENCE: Study guide went home today! Test will be on Wednesday. STUDY! After break, we will begin our EARTH SCIENCE UNIT.
VOCABULARY:
Producer, consumer, decomposer, adaptations, camouflage, mimicry, migration, hibernation, vertebrate, invertebrate, food chain/web, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, inherited traits, learned traits, warm-blooded, cold-blooded, threatened, endangered and extinct
5th GRADE
Math: The 5th graders are crackin’ the whip! The adding and subtracting decimal quizzes were fabulous! This week we will continue working on multiplying multi-digit problems using the lattice and traditional methods! We will also work on multiplying decimals! Study those multiplication facts! After break, we will start long division with whole numbers and decimals.
VOCABULARY:
Factors, lattice method, product, decimal, traditional method
SCIENCE: Way to go on the Animal Unit Exam! We will finish sharing our Glogsters! After break, we will discuss plants.
VOCABULARY:
Niche, symbiosis, structural and behavioral adaptations, predator, prey, limiting factor, carrying capacity, mutualism, parasitism, commensalism, instinct, population, community, ecosystem, competition, food web, energy pyramid, producer, consumer, decomposer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
Hard worker, cooperates with others, willing to learn, follows classroom procedures
3rd Grade: Edwin Rosales
4th Grade: Faith Grubbs
5th Grade: Alyson Long