More Birthday Fun in October

Our October Birthdays!

Happy Birthday Mattia and Honoha!

Math Strategy Alert: Our Friend 10!

 

   When we multiply we can break apart numbers to  "start with" what we know. 9 out of 10 fourth graders agree that the 10 times table is easy as pie! So why not start there?! Our Good Friend 10 multiplication strategy is an efficient way to work. Try one out yourself!

7 X 17

Gee, I am no good at the 17 times table...

but I know:

7 X 10 = 70!

If I take away 10 from 17, I am left with 7. I just need 7 more sevens!

7 X 7 = 49

I know my square numbers. 

So now I need to do easy addition to get my final answer.

100 + 49 = 149

(7 X 10) + (7 X 7) is the same as 7 X 17

This Week's Spelling Words

{Week of October 22}

List 1: r-influenced vowel patterns 
shark 
porch 
birth 
stir 
burst 
north 
swirl 
harm 
first 
sharp 

List 2: Long vowel patterns in accented syllables 
afloat 
poodle 
trooper 
goalie 
approach 
slowly 
owner 
below 
bloated 
gloomy

Remember you can use Spelling City for one of your Word Study activities! Remember to have Mom or Dad sign your log. Click here to go to Spelling City.

Our Skype Meeting with Tom Angleberger, Author of Origami Yoda!

What a great treat to meet two published authors in one day! One, the part of our P.S. 58 parent community, the other, live via Skype. That's right: Michael Buckley introduced the class to Tom Angleberger, author of Origami Yoda! He gave us some background on his awesome book series inspired by the characters of Star Wars. Then we all made our very own origami Yodas!

Check out Tom's books here! They are available at the Scholastic Book Fair going on in the school's lobby.

What Good Note-takers Do:

- use bullet points 
- make information "short & sweet" 
- use headers and section 
- skip lines in between big facts 
- emphasize information (circling, stars, underlining, etc) 
- use abbreviations, symbols, or numbers when it makes sense 

Use the colored sheets in your S.S. folder as a guide!

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Picture Day is October 10!

Break out the black plastic combs! It's picture day on October 10th!

We will be snapping our pictures in the afternoon this coming Wednesday. Please make sure your photo order and payment comes in before then. 

Recognize the girl in this picture?