I stumbled onto what appears to be a great music resource. I've explored several pages and it all looks like it is appropriate content. As always, you should review any sites before sharing them with your student.
The site provides scrolling chords and lyrics along with a vocal and rhythm track to provide your ukulele player with unlimited practice with many traditional songs.
http://www.youtube.com/user/LDsongscreen/videos?sort=dd&view=0&page=1
Monday, May 28, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Partial Products
This is an example of how I teach partial products.
75 x 64 = ?
Step 1: Recognize that 75 = 70 + 5 and 64 = 60 + 4.
Step 2: Multiply each part of 75 by each part of 64.
Step 3: Record all partial operations. Start in the ones place. This supports future success with the traditional algorithm that many of us use to perform mutlidigit multiplication. I have students write each partial product operation to the right of the problem. This allows them to understand exactly what they are doing and to take advantage of simple fact fluency and higher decade facts.
7 5
x 6 4
2 0 4 x 5 = 20 (The simple fact is 4 x 5 = 20.)
2 8 0 4 x 70 = 280 (The simple fact is 4 x 7 = 28.)
3 0 0 60 x 5 = 300 (The simple fact is 6 x 5 = 30.)
4,2 0 0 60 x 70 = 4,200 (The simple fact is 6 x 7 = 42.)
Step 4: Sum all numbers in each place column, starting in the ones column.
7 5
x 6 4
2 0
2 8 0
3 0 0
4,2 0 0
4,8 0 0
75 x 64 = ?
Step 1: Recognize that 75 = 70 + 5 and 64 = 60 + 4.
Step 2: Multiply each part of 75 by each part of 64.
Step 3: Record all partial operations. Start in the ones place. This supports future success with the traditional algorithm that many of us use to perform mutlidigit multiplication. I have students write each partial product operation to the right of the problem. This allows them to understand exactly what they are doing and to take advantage of simple fact fluency and higher decade facts.
7 5
x 6 4
2 0 4 x 5 = 20 (The simple fact is 4 x 5 = 20.)
2 8 0 4 x 70 = 280 (The simple fact is 4 x 7 = 28.)
3 0 0 60 x 5 = 300 (The simple fact is 6 x 5 = 30.)
4,2 0 0 60 x 70 = 4,200 (The simple fact is 6 x 7 = 42.)
Step 4: Sum all numbers in each place column, starting in the ones column.
7 5
x 6 4
2 0
2 8 0
3 0 0
4,2 0 0
4,8 0 0
Friday, May 25, 2012
Newsletter for May 25, 2012
Have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day weekend.
No Spelling Next Week
Field Days
From Mr. Moore, "It's FIELD DAY TIME! This year our field day will be on Monday June 4th and we are looking for as many parent volunteers as we can get. There are two sessions available, 8:30 - 11:05 or 11:30 - 2:30 AM. Christy Harston has created a very cool volunteer sign up page on SignupGenius.com. All you have to do is click on the link below and select one or both of the sessions. A subway lunch and drinks will be provided for volunteers to enjoy.http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A48ACAB29A13-field
Thank you for all your help and making this fun day possible for your children. Please feel free to contact me with any questions."
Ukulele Practice Schedule
May 29 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 29 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 31 - Ukulele Orchestra Performance at 9am in the Multipurpose Room at Windermere for students and staff. Students should wear their Ukulele Orchestra t-shirt.
May 31 - Ukulele Orchestra Performance at 7pm in the Multipurpose Room at Windermere for families. Students should wear their Ukulele Orchestra t-shirt and should arrive in Mr. Hudson's room at 6:45. This will be our final ukulele date for 3rd and seniors.
Important Dates & Reminders
May 28 - No School, Memorial Day observed
June 4 - Field Days, send your student with a water bottle and sunscreen already applied.
June 5 - Field Days rain date
June 7 - Last day for students
June 8 - Summer begins for students
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Newsletter for May 20, 2012
What We Learned
Next week's spelling words are: oil, enjoy, point, about, destroy, count, join, cloud, coin, joyful, out and cowboy. The categories for sorting should be oi, ou, oy (and they can work on ow from the additional words and cowboy). These patterns make a "gliding" sound as they are pronounced.
Additional words you can use for practicing spelling generalizations include: spoil, boil, foil, our, around, boy, joy, toy, brown, crown, crowd, broil, choice, joint, noise, aloud, appoint, avoid, disappoint, amount, cloudy, doubt, allow and scowl.
See earlier post http://3rdgradehudson.blogspot.com/2011/09/parent-information-highlights.html for additional activities. Activities we are doing in class include identifying parts of speech, roots, prefixes and suffixes.
See earlier post http://3rdgradehudson.blogspot.com/2011/09/parent-information-highlights.html for additional activities. Activities we are doing in class include identifying parts of speech, roots, prefixes and suffixes.
In reading we are concluding our research. We have been researching animals, but more importantly, we are learning how to conduct research. We looked at the important parts of non-fiction texts (table of contents, text boxes, graphs and data charts, and the index) to help us identify important research topics. We decided on classification, life cycle, habitat, adaptations and food web. We've gone over the meanings of these and then students started writing down "noteworthy" facts. At the top of each index card they also wrote down the research topic. They organized their noteworthy facts by topic and wrote down questions for each category that they still wondered about. We researched these in the computer lab using key word/term searches. We'll be sharing this information in PowerPoint and students will bring them home on their flash drives at the end of the year.
We also concluded our Mark Twain author study and his classic, Huckleberry Finn. We revisited our study of Roald Dahl and his childhood influences that led to his writing about the "magic" of childhood. We discussed the importance of "justice" in Mark Twain's books and how that was greatly influenced by the time period in which he grew up, during the Civil War and Reconstruction. I introduced our next author, Peter Sis, through is autobiography, The Wall. The Wall covers Peter Sis' life growing up in Soviet Czechoslovakia. This was a very complex discussion, but I was thrilled with the students' great questions. They will likely have more questions for you. We discussed how the Soviet government's control of information and freedom led to Peter Sis writing and illustrating books about great learners: Christopher Columbus in Follow The Dream, Galileo Galilei in Starry Messenger, and Charles Darwin in The Tree of Life.
We continued to write responses to our reading as Huck Finn. Authors shared daily about their reading. We looked for a complete summary (plot: beginning, middle, and end), the important 5 W's, past tense (a tricky skill for many 3rd graders), first tense (taking on the perspective of the character), and adding emotions.
We have moved on to two digit times two digit multiplication problems using the partial products method. We are also working on collaborative problem solving, working in groups with the goal of developing student understanding by giving them opportunities to explain their thinking and challenge others' thinking.
We started our life science in earnest this week. I shared kits from the Department of Natural Resources. We compared skulls, particularly jaw bones, to identify what kind of consumer the animal was (omnivore, carnivore, or herbivore); pelts to look at adaptations shared by many mammals; the interdependence of food webs; the important role of producers and decomposers. We will build on the importance of insects, especially pollinators for an end of year service learning project. We received our painted lady butterfly caterpillars, all of which have formed their chrysalises. Our praying mantis egg sack hasn't done anything yet, but we are anxiously awaiting it hatching.
Field Days
From Mr. Moore, "It's FIELD DAY TIME! This year our field day will be on Monday June 4th and we are looking for as many parent volunteers as we can get. There are two sessions available, 8:30 - 11:05 or 11:30 - 2:30 AM. Christy Harston has created a very cool volunteer sign up page on SignupGenius.com. All you have to do is click on the link below and select one or both of the sessions. A subway lunch and drinks will be provided for volunteers to enjoy.http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A48ACAB29A13-field
We also concluded our Mark Twain author study and his classic, Huckleberry Finn. We revisited our study of Roald Dahl and his childhood influences that led to his writing about the "magic" of childhood. We discussed the importance of "justice" in Mark Twain's books and how that was greatly influenced by the time period in which he grew up, during the Civil War and Reconstruction. I introduced our next author, Peter Sis, through is autobiography, The Wall. The Wall covers Peter Sis' life growing up in Soviet Czechoslovakia. This was a very complex discussion, but I was thrilled with the students' great questions. They will likely have more questions for you. We discussed how the Soviet government's control of information and freedom led to Peter Sis writing and illustrating books about great learners: Christopher Columbus in Follow The Dream, Galileo Galilei in Starry Messenger, and Charles Darwin in The Tree of Life.
We continued to write responses to our reading as Huck Finn. Authors shared daily about their reading. We looked for a complete summary (plot: beginning, middle, and end), the important 5 W's, past tense (a tricky skill for many 3rd graders), first tense (taking on the perspective of the character), and adding emotions.
We have moved on to two digit times two digit multiplication problems using the partial products method. We are also working on collaborative problem solving, working in groups with the goal of developing student understanding by giving them opportunities to explain their thinking and challenge others' thinking.
We started our life science in earnest this week. I shared kits from the Department of Natural Resources. We compared skulls, particularly jaw bones, to identify what kind of consumer the animal was (omnivore, carnivore, or herbivore); pelts to look at adaptations shared by many mammals; the interdependence of food webs; the important role of producers and decomposers. We will build on the importance of insects, especially pollinators for an end of year service learning project. We received our painted lady butterfly caterpillars, all of which have formed their chrysalises. Our praying mantis egg sack hasn't done anything yet, but we are anxiously awaiting it hatching.
Field Days
From Mr. Moore, "It's FIELD DAY TIME! This year our field day will be on Monday June 4th and we are looking for as many parent volunteers as we can get. There are two sessions available, 8:30 - 11:05 or 11:30 - 2:30 AM. Christy Harston has created a very cool volunteer sign up page on SignupGenius.com. All you have to do is click on the link below and select one or both of the sessions. A subway lunch and drinks will be provided for volunteers to enjoy.http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A48ACAB29A13-field
Thank you for all your help and making this fun day possible for your children. Please feel free to contact me with any questions."
Library
All library materials are due Friday, June 1, 2012. Students with missing materials must pay for the replacement prior to receiving progress reports.
Ukulele Practice Schedule
May 21 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 22 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 24 - Ukulele Orchestra
May 25 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra
May 29 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 30 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 30 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 31 - Ukulele Orchestra Performance at 7pm in the Multipurpose Room at Windermere (more information to come). This will be our final ukulele date for 3rd and seniors.
Important Dates & Reminders
May 28 - No School, Memorial Day observed
June 4 - Field Days, send your student with a water bottle and sunscreen already applied.
June 5 - Field Days rain date
June 7 - Last day for students
June 8 - Summer begins for students
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Newsletter for May 13, 2012
Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful mothers! I hope you were all treated especially well today:)
Next week's spelling words are: oil, enjoy, point, about, destroy, count, join, cloud, coin, joyful, out and cowboy. The categories for sorting should be oi, ou, oy (and they can work on ow from the additional words and cowboy). These patterns make a "gliding" sound as they are pronounced.
Additional words you can use for practicing spelling generalizations include: spoil, boil, foil, our, around, boy, joy, toy, brown, crown, crowd, broil, choice, joint, noise, aloud, appoint, avoid, disappoint, amount, cloudy, doubt, allow and scowl.
From Mr. Moore, "It's FIELD DAY TIME! This year our field day will be on Monday June 4th and we are looking for as many parent volunteers as we can get. There are two sessions available, 8:30 - 11:05 or 11:30 - 2:30 AM. Christy Harston has created a very cool volunteer sign up page on SignupGenius.com. All you have to do is click on the link below and select one or both of the sessions. A subway lunch and drinks will be provided for volunteers to enjoy.http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A48ACAB29A13-field
Thank you for all your help and making this fun day possible for your children. Please feel free to contact me with any questions."
Next week's spelling words are: oil, enjoy, point, about, destroy, count, join, cloud, coin, joyful, out and cowboy. The categories for sorting should be oi, ou, oy (and they can work on ow from the additional words and cowboy). These patterns make a "gliding" sound as they are pronounced.
Additional words you can use for practicing spelling generalizations include: spoil, boil, foil, our, around, boy, joy, toy, brown, crown, crowd, broil, choice, joint, noise, aloud, appoint, avoid, disappoint, amount, cloudy, doubt, allow and scowl.
From Mr. Moore, "It's FIELD DAY TIME! This year our field day will be on Monday June 4th and we are looking for as many parent volunteers as we can get. There are two sessions available, 8:30 - 11:05 or 11:30 - 2:30 AM. Christy Harston has created a very cool volunteer sign up page on SignupGenius.com. All you have to do is click on the link below and select one or both of the sessions. A subway lunch and drinks will be provided for volunteers to enjoy.http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A48ACAB29A13-field
Thank you for all your help and making this fun day possible for your children. Please feel free to contact me with any questions."
Ukulele Practice Schedule
May 14 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 15 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 21 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 22 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 24 - Ukulele Orchestra
May 25 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra
May 29 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 30 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 25 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra
May 29 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 30 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 30 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 31 - Ukulele Orchestra Performance at 7pm in the Multipurpose Room at Windermere (more information to come). This will be our final ukulele date for 3rd and seniors.
Important Dates & Reminders
May 28 - No School, Memorial Day observed
June 4 - Field Days, send your student with a water bottle and sunscreen already applied.
June 5 - Field Days rain date
June 7 - Last day for students
June 8 - Summer begins for students
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Newsletter for May 6, 2012
Short newsletter this week...
Next week's spelling words are the days of the week and months of the year in spelling. These proper nouns are still commonly misspelled and I want to focus on them for the week.
I've started to introduce multi-digit multiplication. I will ONLY use the partial products method and as directed by the new Common Core Standards of Mathematics will NOT be teaching the traditional algorithm for multiplication (the way most adults solve multi digit multiplication problems). I am aware that several students use the algorithm, but research has found that starting with the partial products method greatly improves student understanding. Partial Products supports understanding that multiplication is efficient addition of same size groups, higher decade facts, place and value, checking your work and estimation. Algorithms have their place and they are very efficient, but they do not support understanding at all. Here is a link to Everyday Math's explanation of partial products. I do this a little differently in that I start in the ones place. I find that helps students when they transition to the traditional algorithm, but this will give you a good understanding of how partial products works. You will have to scroll down the page to get to multiplication.
https://www.everydaymathonline.com/free_resources_main.html?frnologin=1#
We've started our life science unit and have some wonderful hands on experiences planned for the students in the next few weeks. I'll be documenting these and posting them on our blog.
May 11 - Visit the 4th Grade Orchestra teacher, Mrs. Calvert
Next week's spelling words are the days of the week and months of the year in spelling. These proper nouns are still commonly misspelled and I want to focus on them for the week.
I've started to introduce multi-digit multiplication. I will ONLY use the partial products method and as directed by the new Common Core Standards of Mathematics will NOT be teaching the traditional algorithm for multiplication (the way most adults solve multi digit multiplication problems). I am aware that several students use the algorithm, but research has found that starting with the partial products method greatly improves student understanding. Partial Products supports understanding that multiplication is efficient addition of same size groups, higher decade facts, place and value, checking your work and estimation. Algorithms have their place and they are very efficient, but they do not support understanding at all. Here is a link to Everyday Math's explanation of partial products. I do this a little differently in that I start in the ones place. I find that helps students when they transition to the traditional algorithm, but this will give you a good understanding of how partial products works. You will have to scroll down the page to get to multiplication.
https://www.everydaymathonline.com/free_resources_main.html?frnologin=1#
We've started our life science unit and have some wonderful hands on experiences planned for the students in the next few weeks. I'll be documenting these and posting them on our blog.
Ukulele Practice Schedule
April 30 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 1 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 7 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 7 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 14 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 15 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 21 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 22 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 24 - Ukulele Orchestra
May 25 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra
May 29 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 30 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 25 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra
May 29 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 30 - Ukulele Orchestra.
May 30 - Senior Ukulele Orchestra.
May 31 - Ukulele Orchestra Performance at 7pm in the Multipurpose Room at Windermere (more information to come). This will be our final ukulele date for 3rd and seniors.
Important Dates & Reminders
May 9 - Early Release at 1:15 for teacher math professional development
May 11 - Visit the 4th Grade Orchestra teacher, Mrs. Calvert
May 12 - Windermere Wish Run (see separate email for more information)
May 28 - No School, Memorial Day observed
June 4 - Field Days, send your student with a water bottle and sunscreen already applied.
June 5 - Field Days rain date
June 7 - Last day for students
June 8 - Summer begins for students
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