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Place Value and Number Forms

Place: The location of a digit within a number. 6,270,513 – The place of the underlined digit is the hundred thousands. Value: The worth of a digit within a number. 6,270,513 – The value of the underlined digit is 200,000. Standard Form: The typical way we write numbers. 1,347,865 Expanded Form: A way...

California Mission Block Prints

Using a small piece of foamboard, a Speedball Hard Rubber Brayer, block printing ink, and some paper and pencils, students have the opportunity to create block prints depicting whatever their hearts desire! In my room, we create mission prints, as this directly relates to our social studies...

Howler (Missing Assignment Slip)

HOWLER Name: __________________________ Date: ___________________________ Missed assignment I will turn in tomorrow (fill in appropriate subject): Language Arts _________________________________ Math ________________________________________ Social Studies _________________________________ Science...

Parents are Partners

This paper can be used in conjunction with “All About Me” (student version of survey). Parents are Partners Introducing … YOUR CHILD! I’d like to know more about your child, through your eyes. The more I know, the better I can tailor an educational and motivational program to fit his/her...

The Ultimate Guide to Multiplication Tips and Tricks!

ALL NUMBERS: If you swap your factors, the answer is the same! 4 x 9 = 36 is the same as 9 x 4 = 36! This is the most important rule! It cuts your facts in half! 1’s: One multiplied by any number is simply the other number!  Take the one out of the problem and you have the answer. For example, 1 x 5 = 5,...

Study Guideline Notes (Harcourt Reflections, G4)

These study guideline notes are meant to be used as guides for each full chapter of the fourth grade Harcourt Reflections social studies textbook (California edition). These are given to each student at the beginning of the chapter and can be used as checkoff sheets to self-assess for understanding before...

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