Curriculum Updates and Save the Dates

Next Week's Spelling List - Student edited, teacher approved!!!

Our grammar skill is past, present, and future tense verbs, so all spelling words are strong verbs in the present or past tense.  They pick words way harder than I do!  :)

blooming

settled

stamping

leaving

stampeding

taking

getting

galloping

swimming

toppling

demolishing

captivating

hurrying

blushing

worried

expected

amazing

energizing

developing

 discussed

SAT word challenge:

Do you know what all of our bonus words mean?  Test yourself below!!

harangue

timorous

exasperated

tenacious

exorbitant

pernicious

loquacious

petulance

salubrious

diligent

innocuous

vivacious

hackneyed

onomatopoeia

conundrum

reticent

partisan

inadvertent

articulate

bumptious

oblivious

Next Week's assessments:

Math: Thursday, Multiplication Timing on Friday

Science: Wednesday

Reading Comprehension: Friday

Spelling: Friday

Grammar quiz:  Friday

Math Study Guides:

Skills tested:
multiplication facts
division facts
multiplication properties (including the distributive property)
inverse relationship between multiplication and division
making and reading pictographs:  great resource:  http://studyzone.org/testprep/math4/e/readpicto3p.cfm
making and reading bar graphs
making and reading line plots
measuring lines to the nearest 1/4 inch
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math4/e/rulers3p.cfm practices to the 1/2 inch for interactive practice
multi-step and multi-operation word problems

I found this AMAZING interactive website:  http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math3.cfm#1. Problem Solving
This is incredibly worthwhile - bookmark it!

Name:                                                                                                             Test:  Thursday

Parent Signature (review and prepared)                                                              

Unit 3:  Multiplication/Division 2: Properties, Problems, Etc. Study Guide

1.     Know all 36 Basic Multiplication Facts.  (see page at the end!)

2.    Explain in your own words:  How does the commutative property help you to memorize your facts?

___________________________________________________________________________

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3.    Know all 36 Basic Division Facts. (see page at the end!)

4.    Fact families:  be able to relate multiplication and division facts.  Solve for missing variables:

6 x _____ = 48

48   6= __________

9 x _____ = 54

54   9= __________

4 x _____ = 28

28   4= __________

5 x _____ = 35

35   5= __________

5.    List all of the multiplication equations that have a product of 48.  Do not use the commutative property.  (All lines may not be used)

_____________________________ _____________________________

_____________________________ _____________________________

_____________________________ _____________________________

_____________________________ _____________________________

6.    Write the fact family for 4, 8, 32:

_____________________________ _____________________________

_____________________________ _____________________________

7.    Write the fact family for 7, 10, 70:

_____________________________ _____________________________

_____________________________ _____________________________

8.    Multiplication and division are inverse operations.  Explain what inverse means.  Give an example of a problem that shows the inverse.

Inverse means:  ______________________________________________________________

Example of an inverse relationship: ___________________________________________________________________________  

9.    Explain in your own words:  Why are the multiplication properties useful? 

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

10.  Write the letter of the property next to each example. 

a.    Commutative

b.    Associative

c.    Distributive

d.    Identity

e.    Zero

______   (8x5)x3 = 120 / 8x(5x3) = 120

______   2,183x0 = 0

______   63x5 = 315 / (60x5) + (3x5) = 315

______   7,456x1 = 7,456

______   5x82 = 410 / (5x80) + (5x2) = 410

______   17x10 = 170 / 10x17 = 170

______   9x(2x3) = 54 / (9x2)x3 = 54

______   98,176x0=0

11.  Now make up one of your own for each property (cannot be on this study guide!!):

a.    Associative:              __________________________________________

b.    Distributive:              __________________________________________

12.  Create a pictograph from the following data:

Sports Played by Kids in our class
Soccer:  16 kids	Cheerleading:  2 kids	Basketball: 9 kids
Football:  11 kids	Karate:  3 kids	Baseball:  4 kids

(title of the entire pictograph)
(title)	(title)
Key:  _______ = _________

13.  Analyze the data:  Write two statements about the trends of the data from your pictograph:

1.     _________________________________________________________________________

2.    _________________________________________________________________________

14.  Create a bar graph from the following data:

Charting my progress:  Scores on my spelling tests
Week 1:   67 %	Week  3:   78 %	Week  5:   96 %
Week  2:   74 %	Week  4:   89 %	Week  6:   91 %

Note:  Do not forget a title, x and y axis labels, an appropriate scale and an easy to read interval.  Write neatly and clearly!

15.  Analyze the data:  Write two statements about the trends of the data from your bar graph:

1.     _________________________________________________________________________

2.    _________________________________________________________________________

16.  Measure the following lines using a ruler to the ¼ inch. 

_____  = _______ inches

____________________ = _______ inches

_______________________________ = _______ inches

_________ = _______ inches

____________ = _______ inches

____________________________ = _______ inches

________ = _______ inches

_______________ = _______ inches

17.   Ruler questions:

a.    2/4 of an inch is the same as what on the ruler?  _____________

b.    4/4 is the same as what?  ___________

c.    What about if the line is just over ¼ but not 2/4 yet?   __________

d.    What about if it is right before the ¾ line?  Which is it closer to?  _________

18.  Use the line below to create a line plot using the lengths you just measured.

Note:  remember to title the line plot, use uniform size X marks, and to label the number line with an even interval (every ¼ inch)

____________________________________________________________________________

19. 

How many kids have 4 siblings?  ______________ How many kids are in our class all together?  ____________

Answer the questions about this line plot:

Number of Siblings our class has

How many more students have 2 siblings than 6 siblings? _____________

What number of siblings have an equal amount of students?  __________

20. Answer the following questions about the horizontal bar graph and the pictograph:

QUESTION
1.	What is the title of this bar graph?          __________________________________________
2.	What is the scale of this graph?                 __________________________________________
3.	How many students were surveyed?     _____________________________________________
4.	Which after-school activity do students like most? ____________________________________
5.	Which after-school activity do students like least? _____________________________________
6.	How many students like to talk on the phone? ________________________________________
7.	How many students like to earn money? ____________________________________________
8.	Which two activities are liked almost equally? _________________________________________
9.	How many more kids like to visit with friends than watch tv? ______________________________ How much does it cost to enter the Minnesota zoo? ________ How much does it cost to enter the Bronx Zoo? ________ How much more does it cost to enter the San Francisco Zoo than the Central Florida Zoo?  _____________ What zoo is the most expensive? ________________________ What zoo is the least expensive?  _______________________ If you had you had $50, what zoos could you go to without spending over $50?  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Word Problems:

21.  Christina bought five bags of chocolate on Tuesday.  They were on sale on Wednesday so she bought four more bags to stock up.  Each bag comes with 24 pieces in it.  How many pieces of chocolate does she have?

22. Tony was counting Expo markers for his teacher.  There were 15 packages of expo markers.  Each package had 8 markers in it.  How should Tony figure out how many markers he has? 

Explain two different ways to find the answer.  

Tony’s teacher has ___________ expo markers. 

23. Jessica baked cookies with her mom yesterday.  They made 60 cookies! She wants to share them equally between her and her five best friends.  How many cookies will each girl get?  How do you know?  Explain your answer.

24.  Samantha was selling bracelets.  She made 100 over the weekend.  She decided she wanted to sell half this week and half next week.  If she sells an even number of bracelets at school this week, how many can she sell each day?

Read Around the World!!! - Heritage Night

Our Scholastic Book Fair will begin on December 10th this year.

For Heritage Night the book fair will be open until 6:00pm on Wednesday, December 12th. I will be sharing a book from my second family and favorite far away place, Kenya!!

Mimosa Book Drive:

The Mimosa Book Drive kicks off at the Book Fair on December 10th

Please save your gently used books for the students of Mimosa Elementary School. This year if you bring  a book to the library during book fair buying days, December 12th - 18th you will put your name in a drawing to win a free book worth $10 from the book fair.    Two names will be drawn for five days of the book fair.   If you bring in more than one book then your name can go in again, up to five times.

Get Active, Get Fit 

Get Active, Get Fit is complete November 24.  Please encourage your child to exercise everyday in creative ways!

Scholastic Contests:

The kids have two optional Scholastic contests:  The Paws for Reading picture and the Captain Underpants advice to deal with a bully positively - both are due in the next two weeks.  If your child wants an entry form, I have plenty!