WELCOME to Mr. Leavitt's 4th Grade Blog!!! I'm so glad you're here! On this site, you'll find lots of videos and tools, as well as some lectures and assignments to help you have an AMAZING and successful educational year! You're going to do GREAT!!
Pratt Industries is a 100% recycled company that designs and makes corrugated (cardboard) for a ton of different companies and industries. They took us on a tour through their facility to show us how the magic happens! We learned about the life-cycle of a pizza box, saw the machines take a single sheet of corrugated and turn it into a fully designed, pre-cut, colored box, and left with our very own tiny boxes and flowers to plant for Earth Day. Thank you, Pratt, for partnering with SASIC and showing us what it really means to be green!
Hey guys,
Some people may want to pull their grades up for this last 9 weeks by doing some extra credit.
Here is a sheet of 10 multi-step word problems. To get extra credit points, solve the problems by filling out our Word Problem GO! graphic organizer. Ask me for the organizers in class so you can take them and fill them in with each word problem you want to do.
You will receive 100 extra credit points for each problem that you solve completely and successfully!
WEEKLY WORD PROBLEMS Instructions:
1. Read the problem twice. Circle key words.
2. Choose a strategy to solve the problem. Write down the name of the strategy you will use to solve.
Strategies include:
-Draw a Picture
-Look for a Pattern
-Guess and Check
-Use Logical Reasoning
-Solve a Simpler Problem
-Make a Table or a Chart
-Make a Graph
-Work Backwards
-Use a Strip Diagram
3. Solve the problem (make sure to label and circle your answer). Double check your work to make sure of your answer.
4. Finally, explain how you got the answer and why it makes sense. Your explanation should be at least 3 sentences long.
Problems:
A) Ramon has an 8-liter jug of water. He fills nine 750-milliliter pitchers with water. How much water is left? (hint: 1 liter = 1,000 milliliters)
B) Aaron is 63 inches tall. In order to ride a roller coaster at an amusement park, a person must be 5 feet tall. Is Aaron tall enough to ride a roller coaster? (hint: 1 foot = 12 inches)
C) Aliya made 32 cups of punch for a party. She needs to pour the punch into bowls that hold 1 quart each. How many bowls of punch will she fill up? (hint: 1 quart = 4 cups)
VIDEO #1: METRIC CONVERSION RAP
Watch the video and answer the following questions:
1. What examples are given in the song of things that are measured in meters?
2. Every measurement in the metric system is separated by the power of _______ .
VIDEO #2: CONVERTING BETWEEN CUSTOMARY UNITS
Watch the video and answer the following questions:
1. The saying the teacher gives to help us remember how to convert is, "Horse to fly, ___________. Fly to horse, ____________ , of course."
2. How many inches are in 4 feet?
WEEKLY WORD PROBLEM Instructions:
1. Read the problem twice. Circle key words.
2. Choose a strategy to solve the problem. Write down the name of the strategy you will use to solve.
Strategies include:
-Draw a Picture
-Look for a Pattern
-Guess and Check
-Use Logical Reasoning
-Solve a Simpler Problem
-Make a Table or a Chart
-Make a Graph
-Work Backwards
-Use a Strip Diagram
3. Solve the problem (make sure to label and circle your answer). Double check your work to make sure of your answer.
4. Finally, explain how you got the answer and why it makes sense. Your explanation should be at least 3 sentences long.
Problem:
An island in the Indian Ocean was 13 miles long and had a total perimeter of 32 miles. What is the width of the island?
Read through the lesson slides.
When you get to the end of the lesson, you will be given different sized rectangles and an interactive ruler tool to use. Measure the length and width of each rectangle, and calculate each rectangle's area and perimeter.
Show your work and solutions for all 10 problems on a sheet of notebook paper with your proper heading on it. Title the assignment "Math Playground Area and Perimeter Lesson".
Part 2: Solve the following puzzle.
A farmer has 40 feet of fencing to build an enclosed, rectangular pen for his animals.
a) In order to get the largest possible area to keep his animals, what would be the length and width of the animal pen he could make? (Hint: Remember, you need to use 40 feet of fence, so your perimeter would need to equal 40.)
b) What would be the dimensions of the largest rectangular pen he could make with 50 feet of fence?
c) What generalizations can you make about getting the largest possible rectangular area with a given perimeter?
WEEKLY WORD PROBLEM Instructions:
1. Read the problem twice. Circle key words.
2. Choose a strategy to solve the problem. Write down the name of the strategy you will use to solve.
Strategies include:
-Draw a Picture
-Look for a Pattern
-Guess and Check
-Use Logical Reasoning
-Solve a Simpler Problem
-Make a Table or a Chart
-Make a Graph
-Work Backwards
-Use a Strip Diagram
3. Solve the problem (make sure to label and circle your answer). Double check your work to make sure of your answer.
4. Finally, explain how you got the answer and why it makes sense. Your explanation should be at least 3 sentences long.
Problem:
Lucy has a library book that is 6 days overdue. The library charges $0.45 for the first day and $0.25 each additional day that a book is overdue. How much does Lucy owe the library in overdue fines?
VIDEO #1: PERIMETER AND AREA SONG
In this music video, you are shown some formulas for finding perimeter and area.
See if you can catch them!
1. What do you do to find the perimeter of an object?
2. What do you do to find the area of an object?
VIDEO #2: AREA OF A RECTANGLE
1. Name 3 items that the students used to show square units.
2. What filming process did the kids use to make this video?
WEEKLY WORD PROBLEM Instructions:
1. Read the problem twice. Circle key words.
2. Choose a strategy to solve the problem. Write down the name of the strategy you will use to solve.
Strategies include:
-Draw a Picture
-Look for a Pattern
-Guess and Check
-Use Logical Reasoning
-Solve a Simpler Problem
-Make a Table or a Chart
-Make a Graph
-Work Backwards
-Use a Strip Diagram
3. Solve the problem (make sure to label and circle your answer). Double check your work to make sure of your answer.
4. Finally, explain how you got the answer and why it makes sense. Your explanation should be at least 3 sentences long.
Problem: Bicycle Stunt Competition
The point totals (rounded to the nearest tenth) for the 20 participants in a bicycle stunt competition are listed
below. The rider with the highest point total out of 100 points wins.
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