\n Mr. McGaughey’s Grade 4\n<\/p>\n
\n February Newsletter\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Please visit our new class website regularly at
\n http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey\n<\/p>\n
\n New on the Website: 126 Ways to Show You Care, mp3 recordings of each
\n child’s speech, How to Play Doctor Dodgeball .\n<\/p>\n
\n As the year progresses I will continue to post reminders, classroom
\n news, and examples of student work on our class web page.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Speech Presentations in Gym: Wednesday February 8, 12:30pm: 2 Students
\n from each junior class will be presenting their speeches. The
\n representatives from our class will be Tommy Tripp on snowboarding, and
\n Gillian Hutton on the Trent-Severn Waterway.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Units this Month:\n<\/p>\n
\n Tuesday February 14: Scholastic Arrow book orders due.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Science: We are continuing our unit on Properties of Light and Sound.\n<\/p>\n
\n Science Quiz—Light and Sound- February 20\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Language Arts: We will be continuing our novel study of Chocolate Fever
\n Robert Kimmel Smith.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Health and Phys-Ed, Drama and Dance: We are learning dances such as The
\n Bunny Hop, and the Chicken Dance. Our focus in Phys-Ed is on aerobic
\n fitness and healthy lifestyles.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Math: Chapter 7: 2D Geometry: To be completed by Feb 14. Test Chapter 7:
\n Monday February 13\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Chapter 6- Multiplication and Division Facts\n<\/p>\n
\n For about three weeks, your child will be learning multiplication and
\n division facts to 9×9 =81. We will be using a variety of strategies to
\n remember these facts. The goal will be for your child to either recall
\n or be able to apply a strategy to find each fact. We will also be using
\n these facts to multiply by multiples of 10, such as 60, 80, and 200.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Throughout this time, you and your child can practise some activities
\n such as the following:\n<\/p>\n
\n • Your child can look around for things that come in 5s, 6s, 7s, 8s, and
\n 9s. Then they can ask and answer questions, such as “Our house has 5
\n front steps. How many front steps would 6 houses like ours have?” (30)\n<\/p>\n
\n • Your child can use division to show sharing packaged or sets of
\n objects equally among family members. For example, this package has 24
\n cookies. Each person in our family can have 6 cookies because 24 ÷4 =6.\n<\/p>\n
\n • Your child can locate items that come in arrays and identify the fact
\n family for each array. For example, a carton of eggs shows an array. The
\n fact family is 2×6=12, 6×2=12 , 12÷2 =6, and 12÷6=2.\n<\/p>\n
\n • Your child can find items that have a measure which is a multiple of
\n 10 or 100. Then they can ask and answer questions, such as “A new bar of
\n soap is 90 grams. How many grams are in 6 new bars of soap?” (540) and
\n explain how they know. (6×9 tens is 54 tens. 54 tens is 540.)\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n You may also want to visit the Nelson Web site at www.mathk8.nelson.com
\n for more suggestions to help your child with these units.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Sean McGaughey\n<\/p>\n
\n Parkview School Phone #526-2091<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mr. McGaughey’s Grade 4 February Newsletter Please visit our new class website regularly at http:\/\/par.scdsb.on.ca\/classes\/mcgaughey New on the Website: 126 Ways to Show You Care, mp3 recordings of each child’s speech, How to Play Doctor Dodgeball . As the year progresses I will continue to post reminders, classroom news, and examples of student work on … Continue reading