December 20th POW Answer

The kids will meet at the 24th house.

Bonus: The kids will meet a second time at the 48th house.

December 13th POW Answer

15 balls

Bonus: 10% of the balls CANNOT be basketballs because 10% of 15 is 1.5 balls.

Equivalent Fractions

Common Core Standard 4.NF.1: Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction (nxa)/(nxb) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions.

December 6th POW Answer

1. After 100 Mercury days you would be 29 years old.
2. After 100 Saturn days you would still be 13 years old.

BONUS: The planet that you would age the most after 100 local day: Venus

November 22nd POW Answer

Anthony will need to make 65 rolls. He can only make full batches according to his recipe which makes 2 dozen. Being that he needs 65 rolls he will need to make 6 dozen roll.

BONUS question measurement are as follows:

 

16.5 cups flour

9 teaspoons sugar

6 teaspoons salt

4.5 teaspoons of yeast

4.5 cups of milk

1.5 cups of water

2.25 cups of butter

What do we do with the remainders?

 

Common Core Standard 4.NBT.6: Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

November 15th POW Answer

12 different looking arrangements: (G=Grace Hopper, F= Leonardo Fibonacci, E= Leonhard Eulers)

GFEE
GEFE
GEEF
FGEE
FEGE
FEEG
EEGF
EEFG
EGEF
EGFE
EFEG
EFGE

 

BONUS: Number of times G is on the left: 3

                 Number of times E is on the left: 6

"Big 7" Long Division Strategy

 

 

Common Core Standard 4.NBT.6: Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

November 8th POW Answer

119 chicken wings in the bucket! (FYI...we only had one POW turned in this week so your chances on winning a homework pass are BIG!!!!)

Homework Club!

This week is the start of a new 3 week Homework Club cycle. Get that homework in every day and earn some fun time during lunch (just like these fellow students did)!

November 1st POW Answer

Due to the lack of POWs turned in this week and because of the challenging problem, I gave tickets to all students who showed a great deal of effort on the problem and explained their thinking.

Week of October 24 POW Answer

Angela ate 8 grapes on Monday
Extra: She will have eaten 300 grapes by Wednesday

2-digit by 2-digit Multiplication Strategies

 

Common Core Standard 4.NBT.5: Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain calculation by using equations, recatangular arrays, and/or models.

Week of October 18th POW Answer

Dustin- 42 baseball cards, needs 5 pages for his album
Kevin- 39 baseball cards, needs 5 pages for his album
Mike- 54 baseball cards, needs 6 pages for his album

2 Digit by 1 Digit Multiplication Strategies

 

Common Core Standard 4.NBT.5: Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain calculation by using equations, recatangular arrays, and/or models.

Prime Numbers/Factors/Multiples help!

This might help students as they try and find prime numbers, multiples, or factors for homework practice! They have seen this tool before and have used it in class.

12× Multiplication Table

×	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24
3	3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36
4	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48
5	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60
6	6	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72
7	7	14	21	28	35	42	49	56	63	70	77	84
8	8	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96
9	9	18	27	36	45	54	63	72	81	90	99	108
10	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120
11	11	22	33	44	55	66	77	88	99	110	121	132
12	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120	132	144

Progress Report

Dear Families,

Today, your child brought home their first progress report of the year.  Please take some time to review it with your child and reflect on his/her successes and possible areas for improvement as we head into our 6^th week of 4^th grade. 

Progress reports will be coming home on Mondays and will typically reflect a week’s worth of grading and homework completion.  This week’s report is much longer than normal because it covers the first several weeks of school.  Grades are reported in order, with the newest grade at the top of the list.  Some past scores may have already improved within the time-frame of this progress report.

Above all, this progress report is meant to be a tool for reflection, goal setting, and planned improvement.  These grades are not final and students receiving scores below standard are receiving targeted instruction in class and further assessment to mark their growth. 

After reviewing and reflecting, please sign the coversheet attached to this packet and have your child return it to school on Tuesday (10/8).

As always, if you have any questions or immediate concerns, do not hesitate to contact me by phone or email.

Have a wonderful week!

 Katie Sharpe

360/676-6416

Katherine.Sharpe@bellinghamschools.org

Website-Multiplication Practice

www.multiplication.com

Learning Target for October 2nd

Factor, Multiple, Prime Number, Composite Number

October 2nd

Information learned in class that might be helpful at home:

Factor- a whole number that divides a whole number without a remainder
            (or) One of the two whole numbers that multiply together to get a product.

Multiple: The product of the same factor multiplied by continuing numbers
                (or) It is skip counting.

Examples:

Factors of 24- 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24
Multiples of 24- 24,48,72,96,120...

Prime Number- has only 2 factors, 1 and itself.

Composite Number- has 3 or more factors.

Examples:

Prime Numbers: 1,2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23
Composite Numbers: 2,4,9,12,99,100,625 (any number that is not a prime number)

Common Core Standard 4.OA.4:

Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1–100. Recognize

whether a given whole number in the range 1–100 is a multiple of a

given one-digit number. Determine whether a given whole number in

the range 1–100 is prime or composite.

Rounding Rules

Common Core Standard 4.NBT.3: Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.

Hello Room 21 Families!

This blog is for Room 21 parents and students! Many of the families that came to curriculum night suggested that I start a blog to help parents/students struggling with math homework. Information that you will eventually find on this blog will include:

• any math strategies we are practicing in class
• step-by-step instructions on the process that we go through as a class to solve problems in our current unit
• website resources that might be useful for your child

FYI- many of the strategies that I will post will simply be pictures of the reference charts that the students and I created together in class. These will be very familiar to students and also very helpful if students hit a difficult spot in their homework.

I will also post the answer to each week's Problem of the Week on Friday. That way families who are working on it together can check their thinking!

Thank you for being patient as I get everything set up but I hope that this is a helpful tool for the families and students of Room 21.

Miss Sharpe