A short video "What We're Thankful for This Year..."

http://voice.adobe.com/v/QLIChJoeeEp

Partial Products and Area Model Videos

A video to help with the Partial Products Method of Multiplication which we are starting today...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-6Owg7joIQ

Two videos that might be helpful for the Area Model Multiplication

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdYV6i-kXcA

https://learnzillion.com/lessons/1879-use-an-area-model-for-multiplication-of-two-digit-numbers-by-two-digit-numbers

 

 

A note from our student council members:

We attended our first student council meeting today.  We would like to share some of the information we learned. 

1.  We're going to have a suggestion box in our classroom for our classmates to share their ideas with us.

2.  Pajama Drive
Who: Students and staff At Millbury Street Elementary School.
What: Collect new pajamas and books for children in need.
Where: Individual homeroom.
When: November 7th - December 5th.
If we succeed,   we will have our own pajama day on December 5th.
Help Kids with no PAJAMAS!!!!!!!
Check out the link below for details about this wonderful program!
http://www.pajamaprogram.org/

From, Colin, Alina, and Molly

Student Council Update...

Congrats to Colin!  He ran in the school wide election and is our new school secretary!  Whoo hoo!

That makes Molly our new classroom rep!  Congrats Molly!

And that makes Alina our new alternate!  Congrats Alina!

Have a great weekend everyone!  :)

TIME FOR KIDS

TIME FOR KIDS notices are going home with students today...this is a weekly news magazine that helps develops literacy and comprehension skills.  The whole fourth grade uses this valuable resource in the classrooms.

The cost is $4.46 as stated in the notice.  Checks are preferable over cash if possible.

Thanks for your cooperation with this!  :)

Weekly Math Quizzes

Wednesday Weekly Multiplication Quizzes will begin next week.  The class voted on which day of the week they preferred to have the quizzes and the majority picked Wednesday! The quizzes will consist of 100 facts up to 12x12.  Students will be given 5 minutes to finish as many as they can.  At the bottom of this letter are links to flash cards and websites your child can use to study.  Students will keep track of their progress throughout the trimester.  A few minutes of practice each day will help strengthen your child’s fact fluency.

The Fourth Grade Team

What is Fact Fluency?

The Grafton Public School District defines math fact fluency as the ability to recall from memory basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts automatically, effortlessly, and accurately.  Students who are mathematically fluent are able to quickly and successfully learn and understand higher-order concepts.  When facts are automatic, students are not slowed down by having to put energy into figuring out the fact and can instead put that energy into the other skills involved in learning math concepts.

Expectations for Fact Fluency

Practice is necessary to develop fluency with math facts.  This is a skill that students practice during school, but research shows that additional practice outside of the school day is essential in supporting students to meet this goal.  Teachers measure fact fluency throughout the school year by requiring that students recall the solution to each math fact within 3 seconds.

• Kindergarten: Add and Subtract within 5 (combinations to 5; differences of 5 and below)
• Grade 1: Add and Subtract within 10 (combinations to 10; differences of 10 and below)
• Grade 2: Add and Subtract within 20 (combinations to 20; differences of 20 and below)
• Grade 3: Multiply within 100 (0 to 10 times tables)
• Grade 4: Multiply and Divide within 144 (0 to 12 times tables)
• Grade 5: Multiply and Divide within 144 (0 to 12 times tables)
• Grade 6: Multiply and Divide within 169 (0 to 13 times tables)

Note: The standards listed above are what students learn during the academic year; students should work towards mastering the facts for the grade level they just completed.  With each subsequent grade level, the expectation still includes the previous grades’ facts.

Resources for Practice

Try practicing with traditional flash cards, reciting facts aloud, writing them out, playing computer games, homemade games, and more to develop fact fluency!  The following are some online resources that teachers have recommended.  

Download and Print Flash Cards:

• http://www.math-aids.com/Flash_Cards/
• http://www.memory-improvement-tips.com/printable-math-flash-cards.html
• http://www.mathfactcafe.com/view/F/3

OnLine Fact Practice:

• https://xtramath.org/
• www.multiplication.com
• www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
• http://www.hoffkids.com/mathlinks.html
• www.funbrain.com
• www.mathplayground.com
• www.aplusmath.com
• www.sheppardsoftware.com/htm

Learning Links:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/

http://www.mathplayground.com/

http://resources.oswego.org/games/

http://www.storylineonline.net/

http://xtramath.org/