Cheryl Benson

Homework News

At this time, students are generally assigned 30 minutes of independent reading, and either multiplication or division facts each night as their homework. If students are on the Multiplication Superstar or Division Superstar board for the week, they are not assigned the facts practice that corresponds to their Superstar status.

Other activities that would be helpful each night would include:

extra multiplication and division facts practice
typing/keyboarding practice

Multiplication and Division Facts

Being fluent in multiplication and division facts will play a major role in student success in fourth grade math. So many of our math concepts build on those multiplication and division facts! I strongly encourage students to practice both at home in addition to the assigned facts practice for homework. Students made multiplication and division toolkit cards to help them practice. I like these cards because it helps them see the relationship between multiplication and division, and they can also use them independently.

Here is the link for a great facts practice game that we use in our classroom. I highly encourage students to use it! https://www.mathschase.com/

AR Benchmark Dates

30% of Points Goal: September 6th

60% of Points Goal: September 27th

90% of Points Goal: October 18th

100% of Points Goal: October 25th

4th Grade Field Trip

Stay tuned for more information about this year's field trip.
We will need many parent volunteers to work at our fundraiser, Santa's Secret Shop, in December. This event helps fund our trip! Please let me know if you are interested in heading up this fundraiser. We will be sending home notes a bit later asking for volunteers.

Students and Parents

If you are looking for some additional resources and/or educational experiences, I have included some here. In addition, the school has added some new student educational resources to the Student Resources page on the school website.

There are also some links in my locker at the bottom of this page ;to some additional games and resources. Some of these would be a great way to practice your math facts!

These include:

MATH FACTS PRACTICE GAME/ Math Chase
Division Games and Practice
Multiplication Games
Khan Academy
La Purisima Mission

ERS Website

The ERS site also has many great sites and eBooks available as well. The student log in for them is:

kids.erslibrary.org
User ID: sundale
Password: smart