Numbers of the week:

   4,983 and 678,932
challenge: 6,987,301

practice your common core strand:

4th GRADE NUMBER ACTIVITIES: OPERATIONS AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING

Numbers of the Week  for homework!

Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems
4.OA1 Interpret a multiplication equation as a comparison, e.g., interpret 35 = 5 x 7 as a statement that 35 is 5 times as many as 7 and 7 times as many as 5. Represent verbal statements of multiplicative comparisons as multiplication equations.
Possible Activities:
Representing Multiplicative Comparison Problems

4.OA2 Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.
Possible Activities:
Sample Multiplicative Comparison Problems

4.OA3 Solve multistep word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

Possible Activities: Multistep Word Problems Interpreting Remainders

Do you remember these unforgettable monologues?

Fiona, I know everything about you, I know you sing so beautifully that birds explode. I know that when you sign your name, you put a heart over the i. I know that when you see a shooting star you cross your fingers on both hands, squinch up your nose, and you make a wish, I know that you don’t like the covers wrapped around your feet, and I know that you sleep by candlelight because every time you close your eyes, you’re afraid you’re going to wake up back in that tower, But most importantly Fiona, I know that the reason that you turn human every day is because...

 Legend tells of a legendary warrior whose kung fu skills were the stuff of legend. He traveled the land in search of worthy foes. .. The warrior said nothing for his mouth was full, then he swallowed, and then he spoke. … He was so deadly, in fact, that his enemies would go blind from over-exposure to pure awesomeness! … There is no charge for awesomeness … or attractiveness. … It mattered not how many foes he faced, they were no match for his bodacity. … Never before had a panda been so feared and so loved. Even the most heroic heroes in all of China, the Furious Five, bowed in respect to this great master. … But hanging out would have to wait, because when you’re facing the 10,000 demons of demon mountain, there’s only one thing that matters and that’s …


The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there – on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn’t allow it. 4:00, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one; 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me – I can’t cancel that again; 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing… I’m booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. … But what would I wear?!


This is Berk. It’s twelve days north of Hopeless and a few degrees south of Freezing to Death. It’s located solidly on the Meridian of Misery. My village. In a word? Sturdy, and it’s been here for seven generations, but every single building is new. We have fishing, hunting, and a charming view of the sunset. The only problems are the pests. You see, most places have mice or mosquitoes. We have… Dragons! …. This is Berk. It snows nine months out of the year, and hails the other three. What little food grows here is tough and tasteless. The people that grow here, even more so. The only upsides are the pets. While other places have ponies, or parrots… we have dragons.


Why, how impolite of him. I asked him a civil question, and he pretended not to hear me. That’s not at all nice. I say, Mr. White Rabbit, where are you going? He won’t answer me. And I do so want to know what he is late for. I wonder if I might follow him. Why not? There’s no rule that I mayn’t go where I please. I will follow him. Wait for me, Mr. White Rabbit. I’m coming, too! How curious. I never realized that rabbit holes were so dark and so long and so empty. I believe I have been falling for five minutes, and I still can’t see the bottom! Hmph! After such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling downstairs. How brave they’ll all think me at home. Why, I wouldn’t say anything about it even if I fell off the top of the house! I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time. I must be getting somewhere near the center of the earth. I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny that would be. Oh, I think I see the bottom. Yes, I’m sure I see the bottom. I shall hit the bottom, hit it very hard, and oh, how it will hurt!

Social Studies...{these are SO interesting}

CHeCk OUt These great 

"historical documents"

Ben's Guide to US Government 
This is a terrific site for helping students understand our government.  It explains the content clearly; in simple terms for younger students, and with more detail and depth for older students.  The section comparing national to local and state governments will be helpful at this grade level.

U. S. Department of Labor Kids Page 
Information about the three branches of government and historical documents.

First Gov for Kids 
This site was put together by the Federal Citizen Information Center . It provides links to Federal kids' sites along with other terrific kid's sites in the social studies and other areas. The sites are all grouped by subject.  Geography, government, money and history will be very helpful for all grade levels. 

The National Archives Experience 
View a variety of primary source documents important to our nation's history including the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights.  You may view the original document or read a transcript of the text.

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LONG DIVISION HINTS

Daddy, Mother, Sister, Brother

I point out that the beginning letters will remind them to
1)Divide 2)Multiply 3)Subtract 4)Bring Down

For example:

Let’s start with this simple problem.

Since “Daddy” comes first, we divide first.

Next comes “Mother”, so we multiply.

“Sister” means we subtract.

Last comes “Brother”, so we bring down and start the process again.

             Welcome to our classroom Bubbles..we hope you like your new home.
              Can we "train our new pet goldfish"?
As we learn the steps to the  scientific process - students are getting  first hand experience doing their own experiment.
            They have set up an experiment to try and train "Bubbles" to come to the top of his bowl when he sees a hand above it- first step OBSERVATIONS..