Place Value Study Guide

Place Value Study Guide

Test: Monday, September 30, 2013

Study for 15-20 minutes each night using your notes, any completed class work, or homework.

You may also use studyisland.com or ixl.com to review topics.

Vocabulary

-place value -place -value -standard form -word form -expanded form

-inequality -less than -greater than -equal to -exponents

-Base 10 -ones, tens, hundreds,… -period -estimate -rounding

Topics

·       Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right.

o   Example: 700 / 70 = 10

o   Sample question: How is the 2 in the number 582 similar to and different from the 2 in the number 528?

·       Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals (standard form), number names (word form), and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.

o   Sample questions:

§  Write 278,892 in word form.

§  Compare 287,872 and 872,287

§  How do you know 78,345 is greater than 78,245?

·       Use place value understanding to round multi-digit whole numbers to any place.

o   Sample question: Use estimation to solve. On a vacation, your family travels 267 miles on the first day, 194 miles on the second day and 34 miles on the third day. How many total miles did your family travel?

o   Round 67,891 to the nearest thousand.

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Relative Pronouns

Do you remember relative pronouns? What are they? How do you use them? If you need to review, check the Relative Pronouns Prezi.

Now, try using relative pronouns in your writing. Write a story (it can be real or made-up) about visiting an ecosystem. Some information to include: animals, food webs, people you traveled with, and what you saw. In your writing, use relative pronouns (who, where, that, which, those).

Blog Rules 1. Use educational language and writing. 2. Write only positive comments that are related to the topic to other students. 3. Use only your first name.

***If you are not able to post to the blog, please complete the assignment on notebook paper and turn in tomorrow.*** 

Picture retrieved from http://www.alleywatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jungle.jpg

Food Webs

Are you ready for your first blog assignment in 4th grade? Today you learned about food chains and food webs. Do you remember the difference between the two? There are arrows on both food webs and chains. What do the arrows represent? For your assignment tonight, click the comment button. Explain food webs and chains to other 4th grade students. Try to use vocabulary words: producer, consumer, and decomposer in your explanation. If you others have already posted their explanations, feel free to write an educational comment or question to them. Blog Rules 1. Use educational language and writing. 2. Write only positive comments that are related to the topic to other students. 3. Use only your first name. Happy Blogging!

Thanks!

Make your own thank you

What Does the 1st Amendment Mean to You?

We know that the 1st amendment protects our personal liberties. As a 4th grader, what does the 1st amendment mean to you? Why is it important? 

Remember to use educational language while using the class blog. 

Time to go home

I hope you all have had a spectacular week of fun and relaxation. Thanks for guessing where Billy and I have been. We did go to Madrid and Barcelona. Both places are absolutely amazing and I can't wait to share stories and pictures of my travels. What have you been up to all week? I'm looking forward to seeing you on Monday!

Touring the city

Billy and I took a tour of the city. On our adventures, we stopped by this church that is still under construction after 100 years. Where are we now?

On the go

Madrid was great! Now we are ready for a different location.

Madrid, Spain

Nicolas, you are right! Billy and I are in Madrid, Spain. Today we have enjoyed walking around the city. Now we are waking through Retiro Park. I hope everyone is enjoying their break.

Time for some art

We watched the home team win yesterday. Now we are ready for some art viewing at one of many museums.

Who's ready for some football?

Billy and I are ready to watch a football game, but where?

Day 1

After a long flight we are people watching in one of the local squares. I hope you are having a great time on your first day of spring break.

And we're off!

We are taking off very soon. Your first clue is that we are on an airplane, but where are we heard? Happy Spring Break!

Where in the World is Mrs Lockwood Going?

Boys and girls,
Next week is spring break. I know that you are excited for a week long break. I know am! I already have my bags packed. Every couple of days, I will update the blog with pictures and clues. Try to figure out where Billy and I are. I look forward to seeing your guesses. Happy almost Spring Break!

To, Two, Too Writing

Write a story with the words to, too, and two in your Reading/ELA notebook. You must use each form of the word at least five times.  After you have a completed your story, rewrite the story by placing lines where you used to, two or too. You may write or type your final draft. Turn in your final draft. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Weekly Poem - Greek Mythology

Please click on the link below:
http://www.mythologyteacher.com/Myth%20Inspired%20Poems.pdf

Choose 1 poem that you would like to memorize and recite on your assigned day.
-Friday (March 22, 2013) - Boys
-Monday (March 25, 2013) - Girls

Print out a copy of your poem. 

Practice, practice, practice!

Bring the copy of your poem to class on your assigned day. Give to it to Mrs. Lockwood before you present your poem. 

Weekly Poem - The Labors of Hercules

***Work with a partner to recite this poem next Monday, March 18, 2013.***

You will be graded on your performance.

The Labors of Hercules

The great warrior Hercules
Was made out of pretty stern stuff.
He carried out twelve famous tasks,
All of them really tough.

He fought a lion with claws so sharp
That it could rip armor to shreds.
And then he killed a hydra, that's
A monster with nine heads.

After that he was told to go 
And catch a golden deer.
The deer was very hard to catch
It took Hercules a full year.

His next task was hunting again
This time a wild savage boar.
After that he cleaned a stable
Which was full of manure.
Hercules cleaned those huge stables 
In just one single day,
And then he had to go and chase
Some nasty birds away.

Next he caught a dangerous Bull
'Twas rampaging through Crete.
After that he stole some horses
That had a taste for meat.

He went to the Amazons next
And wound up having a battle.
And after that he had to go
And steal a monster's cattle.

Next he had to search the whole world
To find some special magic fruit.
And finally he caught a dog -
A huge, three headed brute.

Hercules earned a great reward
For being so strong and so clever;
His father Zeus promised him
That he would live forever.

Weekly Poem - Magic Carpet

Magic Carpet

by: Shel Silverstein

You have a magic carpet

That will whiz you through the air,

To Spain or Maine or Africa

If you just tell it where. 

So will you let it take you

Where you've never been before,

Or will you buy some drapes to match

And use it

On your 

Floor?

What do you know about DECIMALS?

Today, we started our investigation of decimals. In a 4th grade paragraph, write what you already know about decimals, what you learned about decimals today, questions that you have about decimals. Feel free to  respond to your classmates paragraphs, but be sure that you are using 4th grade classroom language. 

Weekly Poem - I Love the Look of Words

I Love the Look of Words
by: Maya Angelou 

Popcorn leaps, popping from the floor
of a hot black skillet
and into my mouth.
Black words leap,
snapping from the white
page. Rushing into my eyes. Sliding
into my brain which gobbles them
the way my tongue and teeth
chomp the buttered popcorn.

When I have stopped reading,
ideas from the words stay stuck
in my mind, like the sweet
smell of butter perfuming my
fingers long after the popcorn
is finished.
I love the book and the look of words
the weight of ideas that popped into my mind
I love the tracks
of new thinking in my mind.

Weekly Poem - To You

To You

By: Langston Hughes

To sit and dream, to sit and read,

To sit and learn about the world

Outside our world of here and now —

Our problem world —

To dream of vast horizons of the soul

Through dreams made whole,

Unfettered, free — help me!

All you who are dreamers too,

Help me to make our world anew.

I reach out my dreams to you.

Class Wish List

We are in need of the following items:

-Vis-a-Vis Markers (wet erase markers) - 30

-Lined chart paper with sticky backs

-12" x 18" white construction paper 

Thank you in advance for you donations!

Weekly Poem - Be Kind

Be Kind

by: Patricia Gatto

Be kind to others,

take a good look around 

Although we are different,

similarities abound.

Try not to judge,

pick on, or tease.

Treat each other fairly,

with kindness and ease.

Wait until you know,

what’s deep down inside,

You might find a friend,

standing right by your side

Weekly Poem - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

We remember MLK,

Honored on this special day.

He had a dream that we would stand

United together in this land,

That we would strive to find a way

To live as friends in peace today.

He wanted each of us to see

The beauty of equality.

He taught that right overcomes wrong,

That hope can turn the weak to strong,

And showing love instead of hate

Would make our country truly great.

His message, meant to set us free,

Was filled with hope for you and me.

So on this day let freedom ring,

As we remember Dr. King!

For a PDF of this poem, please visit http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/media/images/free_resources/teachers_corner/printables/MLKPoemActivity.pdf (Page 2)

Jamestown - How would you feel?

You are an English colonist who has been living in Jamestown for a few months. 

Write a paragraph or more in the comments section or on a sheet of notebook paper about the following:

*Describe how you are feeling.

*Describe your surroundings or environment.  

*Tell me about what you eat, what you do and who you spend with each day. 

Remember:

-Use correct grammar and punctuation when posting on the blog.

-If you respond to another student, make sure that you are asking appropriate questions or comments related to the topic. 

-Happy Blogging!