2009-2010

Welcome! We are well into the new school year. It has been quite some time since the last posting, so I am overdue. My students are learning many new skills and adding onto what was learned in third grade.

The curriculum that is being taught can be found by going to the Louisiana Department of Education website. Once there, locate the most requested drop down menu and find Grade Level Expectations; these tell all skills that must be covered in each grade level. In fourth grade math class, there are about 40 skills that are taught, so we work hard daily to make sure we are learning these concepts.

So far this year we have covered place value, rounding, estimating, addition and subtraction, patterns, equations, and now we are on multiplication. Multiplication is a big part of fourth grade; so please, students, make sure you are studying those facts and getting them memorized just as you memorize your phone number or lyrics to your favorite song. If you need assistance learning those, take a look at the numerous sites I have on my eBoard. While you are there take a look at the Student Spot tab and see if you can answer the word problems created by your fellow classmates.

Lastly, I would like to know what you all would like to see posted on my blog. Leave a comment and hopefully I'll get right on your request.