Monday, August 29, 2016- Decimals Using pictures

Today in class, we were focusing on how to represent decimals using base ten blocks.  This included a trip to the Smart Board for several students.  You can see the number 4.07 represented above. Tonight's homework involves practicing this skill.

The students did a great job adjusting to the switch this morning.  Thanks for the help with that.

Be Ready to Switch on Monday

Students in Ms. Rodriguez, Ms. Batson and Mr. Tauser's 4th grade homerooms will be shifting which class they go to first thing in the morning on Monday(August 29).

Ms. Batson's homeroom will begin the day in Mr. Tauser's room.

Ms.Rodriguez's homeroom will begin the day in Ms. Batson's room.

Mr. Tauser's homeroom will begin the day in Ms. Rodriguez's room.

As the day progresses, students will rotate in the same order as they did during week 1

Tauser to Rodriguez to Batson to Tauser

Astros Attendance in a place value chart

Today we dug into an old Astros Media Guide in hopes of learning a little bit about place value.

What exactly did we do?  We looked at this authentic source to find information about the club's attendance between the years of 2009 and 2012.  After students had found and recorded that information, individuals had a chance to represent those figures in a place value chart on the Smart Board.  Below, you can see examples of all three classes work.

Ms. Batson's Homeroom

Ms. Rodriguez's Homeroom

Mr. Tauser's Homeroom

Check out this Place Value Chart

We cranked up the Smart Board in class today and used it to talk about Place Value.  You can see above a picture of a place value chart that was filled in by several students who had the courage to go up to the board for the first time this year.

Writing on a Smart Board can be tricky.  As I tell students, it is like learning to write again.  I am confident that over the course of the school year all of us will be become proficient using this technological classroom tool.