Weeks of Oct. 24th and Oct. 31

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During the week of Oct. 24th-

• We had a dress rehearsal for our science projects. Teams of us created models of how the Sun, Earth and Moon work together.

• Mrs. Randall read us a book called A Remainder of One. It's about division with a ladybug who always gets left behind because there is a remainder in division. We continued to create division stories.
  
• We learned a strategy in multiplication called the double and half strategy. It helps us solve and make connections between two multiplication problems. For example, if you double one factor in an equation, and cut the second factor in half, the product is the same. For example, 12x6=72 and 24x3=72
• We worked in pairs on multiplication and division equations.

During the week of Oct. 31st

• We played division quizmo because we are strengthening our math brains to recognize quotients quickly.
• We played a game called missing factors. It helps you practice multiplication and division by looking at an array card and figuring out the missing factor.
• We read a short passage called The Eagle Has Landed. It's about Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin when they went to the moon. It's about when they are in space and they are trying to land a lunar module to explore the moon.
• Mrs. Randall read us a book called Mathematickles. It is about writing words+math+seasons=mathematickles. For example, holes + nuts - nuts = squirrel hide and seek. We are making some of our own mathematickles using the theme "fall" to hang on our bulletin board.
• We went to Preston Pond to learn more about nature and our unit on interdependence. One thing we noticed was a lot of node stumps (cut down beaver trees). This means that this pond was an active beaver pond. This year was different from last year, because this pond was not active last year. We saw fresh beaver tracks, scat and some of us even saw a beaver! We also saw two different types of frogs and beaver slides. We saw moose or bear scat (we couldn't figure out which it was). There were also a lot of fallen down trees. We ate our lunch at Libby's Look. It was a beautiful view because you could see all of the mountains. Our sketches can prove it!
  
• We read the story of Ruby Bridges to continue our questioning. We made a chart about what we we're learning and what we're wondering. Ruby was one of the girls who went to an all white school in New Orleans in 1957.
  

We had a great week because we learned a lot about observing outside!
Josh, Emaleigh, Emma, and Cooper