Week of 12/1 Newsletter

Hello 4th and 5th Grade Families,

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving! We have a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks before Winter Break. Please check out our class calendar for upcoming events. With rain in the forecast for most of the week, please send your child to school with appropriate footwear and rain gear (jackets/umbrellas). At drop-off in the morning, if it is raining, please send your child to the PAC Room. There will be a yard duty there who will dismiss kids to classrooms when school starts. 

Homework
I've also updated the Homework Links tab. There you will find a list of nightly homework assignments and the vocabulary for this week. I encourage your child to practice the terms using the quizlet website.

ELA/Social Sciences
We finished our first 5 paragraph essay last week and I'm very impressed with the outcome! We will continue to improve the content and sentence variety with adult help and more essays! This week we will begin to learn about the early European settlements in North America. We will also be studying Text Features and practicing with homonyms and homophones.

Math

• We will continue working on multi-step word problems, and I really encourage the students to follow the steps outlined in last weeks post. It will guarantee a deeper understanding of the challenging questions.
• 4th Grade will be learning how multiply double digit numbers. We will explore a variety of ways to solve these problems, with the "most efficient" way following the steps as outlined on this poster.
• 5th Grade will be learning how to divide with double digit divisors. We will follow the traditional steps for long division, but focus on estimating an answer to help with the "guess & check" strategies. 

Thank you for your continued support at home and in class! If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at rhonig@montainesd.org.

Warmly,
Mrs. Honig