Shrinking Bigfoot Assembly and Reminders!

The wonderful people from Seattle City Light came to North Beach to help us learn about conservation of resources and how we can choose renewable resources on a daily basis.  The assembly was FANTASTIC and pretty funny!  Here are some pictures from the show:

Our own Lily P. got to help the squirrel friends explain what more carbon does to our environment!

Lily B. got to demonstrate what hydropower is - do you know?

And Harrison was wind power, a fantastic renewable resource!

He's grooving with the presenters!

Check out this video of our squirrel friend during the assembly!

Write SBF on your planner for tonight to get bonus points!

Reminder: book orders are due next Thursday by the end of the day so hopefully they will be here by the time we get back from conference week.  Also, tomorrow is our field trip to Carkeek Park - remember to dress for the weather, it will be cold and maybe rainy but we will be outside either way!  :)

Long Division is Easy!

In fourth grade we make the official dive into long division and boy, there are a LOT of steps!  I was inspired by the fantastic teacher blog Runde's Room and her math journal ideas.  I used her template and created an anchor chart for our learning.  The kids really seem to enjoy it and actually use it more than most of our anchor charts - seems like that is a success! 

 

The acronym for remembering the steps is Does McDonalds Serve Burgers - Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Bring Down, and repeat!  I also added some division words to help students who struggle with story problems and deciding if it's asking to divide or not.  :)