3/4 Home/School Connection

January 21st, 2015

Parents, this is a weekly newsletter to keep you up to date on what we are learning in 3 and 4
grade. On the back is also the homework for the week. The homework is due back every Thursday
and a new home/school connection will be sent home.
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ELA
Were learning all about fables! Were
reading old fables from China, studying
the characters and their traits, along with
the theme.

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Social Studies
As were studying the fables of China,
were learning about the culture of
China. Were learning about Chinas
traditions, environment, climate,
celebrations, and food.

In addition, were creating a new version

of the fables weve read in class. Some
have a similar pattern to the original
Chinese fable, but some are more
modernized. After writing our fable, well
be performing our stories with puppets
(traditional way of storytelling in China).
3rd Grade Math
This week, were digging into our
properties again. This time around,
students are able to break apart larger
multiplication and division equations. The
three properties were focusing on are.
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4th Grade Math

In fourth grade math this week we have
learned about factors and multiples as
well as prime and composite numbers.
We are going to continue reviewing
long division as well as multi-digit
multiplication in the coming week to
2 x 4 = 4 x prepare for our unit test coming soon.

Commutative Property :
2
2.Associative Property:
(4 x 3) x 2= 4 x (3 x 2)
3.Distributive Property:
8 x 7 = (5 x 7) + (3 x 7)

Upcoming Events
Friday, January 29th No School, Semester break

February 15th- 16th- No School Presidents Day Mid-Winter Break

Homework

Reading Log
Title
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday

Time

Fables
We have learned about what a character trait and
themes are. Read the following fable from Aesop and
find the theme and character trait.
The Fox and the Cat
A Fox was boasting to a Cat of its clever tools for
escaping its enemies. "I have a whole bag of tricks,"
he said, "which has a hundred ways of escaping my
enemies." "I have only one," said the Cat; "but I can
generally survive with that." Just at that moment they
heard the cry of a pack of hounds coming towards
them, and the Cat immediately scampered up a tree
and hid herself in the boughs. "This is my plan," said
the Cat. "What are you going to do?" The Fox thought
first of one way, then of another, and while he was
debating the hounds came nearer and nearer, and at
last the Fox in his confusion was caught up by the
hounds and soon killed by the huntsmen.
What is the moral of the story?
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What is the trait of the Fox?____________________
I know this because..
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3rd Grade Math

Do the following problems.
1. Solve for 7 x 8 in using Distributive
Property.
7 x 8 = ( 5 + __ ) x 7
= ( 5 x 7) + ( __ x 7 )
7 x 8 = ______
2. Solve for 72 / 9 using distributive property
81 / 9 = ( 45 + ____ ) / 9
= ( 45 / 9 ) + ( ___ / 9)
81 / 9= ______

4th Grade Math

Use factor rainbows to find ALL the factors for the
numbers below.
1. 24

2. 25

3. 18

4. 36

3. Move the parenthesis associative property

to solve the following
( 6 x 4 ) x 2 = 6 x 4 x 2 = _______
Write as many multiples of 6 as you can in 1 minute.
6, 12,

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