Grade 4/5 Minions ,

Have a wonderful holiday filled with

love and laughter!

Love,

Mrs. Hollis

What a wonderful day we had making Christmas elves and tree ornaments. A special thank you to Joseph's parents, Ava's mom and Domenic's mom for helping making the day such a success.

Math

Today we solved some problems involving a bit of reasoning and some understanding of the relationship between metres and centimetres / centimetres and millimetres. Most students seemed to understand the problems. For example:

Jack and Jill both jumped between 3 m and 4 m. Jill jumped 6 cm further than Jack. What are two possible jumps? 

I like these questions because there are so many different answers. You know that there are 100 cm in 1 metre and both jumped over 3 m but not more than 4 m. So if Jack jumped 3 m 60 cm than Jill jumped 3 m 66 cm. Choose any measurement in cm for Jack then add 6 cm more to get Jill's jump. Don't forget the 3 m.

We will continue with decimals and measurement in the new year.

Religion

Today's story involved the person shown below....

What was Joseph's response to the Angel Gabriel's message?

Reminders:

• Movie and pajama day tomorrow. Everyone I asked wanted to watch a movie in the classroom.
• Don't forget to put your ornaments on your tree!
• Don't forget to take home your beautiful poinsettia. Place it on a special gift at Christmas.

Math
Today we talked about expressing metre and centimetre measurements as decimal hundredths. For example:
Four students today jumped from a standing position in class. They jumped 99 cm, 1 m 28 cm, 1 m 45 cm and 1 m 52 cm. How else can we express these measurements:

We can express them in centimetres and metres.
1m = 100 cm
1 cm = 0.01 m

99 cm = 0.99 m
1 m 28 cm = 128 cm = 1.28 m
1 m 45 cm = 145 cm = 1.45 m
1 m 52 cm = 152 cm = 1.52 m

More practice:
http://math5.nelson.com/quizzes/math5quizzes/gr5_ch2_les7.htm

Here's Bill Nye explaining why a metre is as long as it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U04nHNUMfPA

Here are some tricky ones:

Social Studies

I think everyone understand how to read a climograph. Hooray! Most students are finished their conclusions. We will pick up Social Studies in the new year.

Religion

What event is shown in the picture below?

Share with a parent the video of the ANNUNCIATION.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq7NFiZL6ak

Reminders:

• Off uniform day tomorrow
• Christmas craft day. Thank you to parents volunteers. If you could bring a GLUE GUN that would be wonderful.
• Pajama day on Friday. Dress cozily for the the movie.

We have many students who are leaving personal items at school each evening. Please check the lost and found for missing articles. We are still looking for a pair of North Face black snow pants. Check at home to make sure you have not accidentally taken them home.

Math
Today we continued discussing decimal tenths. We also linked decimals to fractions (a bit of a leap for some). Several students are struggling with decimals. Please review the decimal place values. Decimals are less than 1 whole so they are to the right of the ones place. A decimal (.) separates the ones and the tenths.

If you are having difficulty, start by writing a few decimals and reading them. If you can read them correctly, then the place value is easy. The decimal is read as AND. For example:
0.7 seven tenths
9.3 nine AND three tenths

Here's a game to help with decimal place value (it does go to thousandths):
http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/decimal/towncreator/tc-decimal.html

Health
Today we reviewed the importance of a variety of macro and micro nutrients to our today.
Great website:
http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/vitamins-minerals.html


Social Studies
The climate in the Interior Plains is different than that of the Cordillera. What is a chinook?

Many students are still having difficulty reading climographs. Look at the climographs below. What conclusions can you make?



Reminders:

• Intermediate garage sale tomorrow
• Red and green day
• Craft day on Thursday morning
• Pajama and movie day on Friday

Literacy
Slowly but surely all the "Show Don't Tell Emotion" small moments are being completed.
Word sort today involved the "r controlled" a vowels.

-ar-	-are	-air	oddballs
part dark harm sharp start shark	square stare care pare hare bare fare	pair chair fair hair stair	where pear wear bear heart

Homophones: words that sound the same, but have different meanings and different spelling.

pair-pare-pear

fare-fair

bear-bare

hair-hare

where-wear

Math

We are taking a bit of a right turn from measurement to learn about DECIMALS. Today we talked about a decimal being part of a whole and the tenths and hundredths place value. My apologies to those with homework from Math Quest. I said I would scan the page for you, but unfortunately all the books went home. I do have a copy at home, but I won't be able to post it until later. If you don't finish tonight, please make sure you complete it during bell work in the morning. DO NOT FORGET A MATH QUEST BOOK AT HOME.

When you read decimal numbers, the decimal is read as "and". So 3.87 is three and eighty-seven hundredths. You should be able to express a decimal in:

1. Standard Form

2. Expanded Form

3. Words

4. Expanded form words

5. Number line

6. Base-ten blocks

Grade 4s practice expressing 7.2 all six ways, grade 5s practice with 3.01

Video clip from today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG6ILNOiMgM&t=33s

Social Studies

We continued our discussion of the physical features of the Interior Plains. Some students have completed their chart and their paragraph. If you have not, try to complete the paragraph during bell work tomorrow. We will discuss the climate next.

Health

Thank you to all students who researched information about their macro or micro-nutrient. Some students even finished their poster using Publisher today! We will continue working on this assignment throughout the week.

Reminders:

• Christmas Concert tonight! It's exciting, but remember to be respectful to all performers tonight.
• Intermediate garage sale on WEDNESDAY
• Red and green day on Wednesday
• Christmas crafts on Thursday. We will be doing our crafts in the morning.
• Movie day on Friday. Select your favourite Christmas movie and put the title on the board.

Word Work

Everyone did quite well on their tests this week. We will continue doing the practice exercises at school and the word sorts at home. Please make sure you are sorting your words at home so you are learning the spelling patterns. Next up is "r" controlled vowels which are tricky. Remember one of the best spelling strategies is just looking at the word and asking yourself, "Does it look right?"

Religion

Today we talked about John the Baptist. What was his message? Why did he want people to repent and be baptized?

Here is a review of John's message and Jesus' baptism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjkqnaYNoM&t=5s

Do you know where Jesus went after he was baptized?

Math

From glancing a test, many students need to practice counting by 10, 100, 1000. Grade 4 you should be able to look at a number from 1 to 10 000 and tell what two tens, hundreds and thousands it is between. Grade 5 your numbers are up to 100 000. It's okay to learn a rule or shortcut for rounding, but if you don't understand why a number is rounded to a particular 10, 100 or 1000 then you need to practice counting by 10, 100, 1000 but not starting at 0. Many of you knew that 2984 was between 2900 and something. You didn't know what was 100 more than 2900..... 3000.

For example:

What two tens is 2869 between?

Look at the tens place first.... 6 tens are 60, so it is between 2860 and the next ten is 2870. What is half way between 2860 and 2870? 2865. Which number is 2869 closer to? It's only one away from 2870 so it is closer to that number. This explanation involves reasoning skills not simply saying the number next door is 5 or greater or less than 5. 

Practice:

What two hundreds is 5007 between? two thousands? two tens?

Try 2763, 9846 (grade 4) or 38 751, 97 985 (grade 5)

Social Studies

What are some of the effects on the environment of taking natural resources from the Cordillera?

The resources are trees, soil, minerals and water. What is clear cutting?

Key Words: oxygen, carbon dioxide, global warming, pesticides, over-fishing, habitat destruction, species depletion, water and air pollution

Writing

6 students have revised, typed and shared their "Show Don't Tell Small Moments". Practice "showing" the emotion for a photo-shoot next week! Some of you have even finished your paragraph of your imaginary animal. BRAVO! We want to put our habitats on display for other classes this week.

Health

Many students have begun researching a macro or micro-nutrient of choice. Here's the sample poster I completed, obviously you cannot choose folic acid :)

The poster will be completed at school, but you should research your information at home. Pages 21 to 28 in the link below has fact cards about different micro-nutrients.

http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/sd-ds/pdf/Wellness-MieuxEtre/Chefs/AllAboutNutrients.pdf

Reminders

• Next week we will be primarily working on assignments and crafts: brochure, poster, small moments, animal paragraphs.
• If any parents are available to help with Christmas crafts on THURSDAY MORNING, please let me know.
• We will return to our novel study and Religion plays in the new year (I haven't forgotten)
• Christmas Concert on Monday@ 6:00 pm  (be there at 5:45 pm) at St. George Church. Dress nicely and wear a Christmas / Santa hat if you have one.
• Please practice your songs for the Christmas concert. Use the link that Mr. Morson provided 

http://www.musicplayonline.com/
login: ilove
password:  music
Go to grade 4 or 5 and then do a search for:  "Makin Christmas Cookies" and "il est ne"  Any of the keywords will do.  You should find the two songs there.

Makin Christmas Cookies

I’m gonna get a bowl, gonna pour in some flour,
mush up the sugar and the bu bu butter.

Chorus:
I’m makin’ Christmas cookies, gonna taste so fine
and I’ll leave some for Santa on Christmas night.

Stir the dough (X X X) Stir it up well (X X X)
Taste a bit (X X X) We won’t tell (X X X)

I’m gonna roll the dough, gonna cut out some shapes.
Put it in the oven let it bake bake bake.

Chorus

Roll the dough (X X X) Cut out some shapes (X X X)
Put it in the oven (X X X) Let it bake bake bake (X X X)

I’m gonna bake the cookies let them cool down.
Put on some candies, then I’ll munch them down.

Chorus

Eat them up (X X X) Taste so fine (X X X)
Eat them all (X X X) Cause they’re mine mine mine. (X X X) 

Wonderful trip to see "Alice in Wonderland". The performances were terrific and the music made you want to get up and dance!

Math
Today we reviewed how to estimate distances from related distances. Some students understood how to use the distance of 3 steps to get the approximate distance of 10 steps. These strategies have been posted on the blog. There are several ways to do this, as long as your reasoning makes sense, then your estimate is correct.

Math test tomorrow. Example questions (grade 4 thousands, grade 5 ten-thousands):

1. Find 3 ways to make this number sentence true. Explain your thinking. ■295 > 15■4
2.
Broadway show                    Number of performances
Chicago                                1891
Grease                                  3388
Cats                                      7485
Beauty and the Beast           2887
The Phantom of the Opera   5566

a) Which shows had performances between 2000 and 4000? Show them on a number line.
b) Put the performances in order from greatest to least.
c) Round each performance to the nearest 1000, 100 and 10

3. A giant squid weighed 2946 kg. How much did it weigh to the nearest thousand kilograms, nearest hundred kilograms, and nearest ten kilograms?

4.
Great Lake   Total area (km2)
Ontario         18 960
Superior       82 100
Erie              25 700
Huron          59 600
Michigan     57 800

a) Write the areas of the lakes in order from least to greatest.
b) Which great lakes round to 60 000 km2? Use a number line to show why.
c) Which lake has the greatest area? Which lake ha s the smallest area?

5. The diameter of Earth is 12 756 km. Round the number to the nearest ten thousand, nearest thousand, and nearest hundred. Use a number line.

6. A number can be rounded to 30000, 32 000, and 31900. What is the least number it could be? What is the greatest?

7. There are 36 114 km of railroad track in Canada and 33 819 km in Australia. Which country has more kilometres of railroad track? Explain how you know.

8. Suppose you wanted to estimate the number of blueberries in 12 cartons.

a)Describe how you would solve the problem.

b)List the assumptions you would make.

c)Why is estimating a good way to solve this problem?

9a)    Create three numbers for these conditions:

•  Each number is about 4500.

•    Each number has the digits 8 and 5.

    b)  For one of your numbers, tell why you put the digits 8 and 5 where you did. 

10. The attendance at some Super Bowl games from 2013 to 2017 are listed below:

70 807

71 088

70 288

82 529

71 024

(Source: The Football Database: Super Bowl History)

The attendance in 2014 was the highest of the five years.

The attendance in 2015 was the lowest.

The attendance in 2016 was a little higher than in 2013.

Which attendance goes with which year? Explain how you know.

I have put this question one before, but I like it.... hint, hint.

11. You need to estimate about how many hoverboards a store would have to sell to earn about $100 000.

a)	What assumptions would you have to make?

b)

What is your solution to the problem if each hoverboard costs $180. I won't post anything else. Please study for the test using the above questions and information on the yellow pages of your MathUP duotang. Reminders Christmas Concert on Monday, December 18th @ St. George Church at 6:00 pm. Be there at 5:45 pm LAST DAY FOR CANNED FOOD / NON-PERISHABLE FOOD DRIVE If any parent is available to help out on Christmas Craft Day (Thursday, December 21st, please let me know)

Math
Today we talked about choosing the correct unit for measuring lengths. Please make sure you complete your "Action" questions for class. If you didn't get a handout, they are below. Make sure you write whether it is the distance, length, width or height of an object or place.

Remember, when you explain for #2, always use a known distance or length to justify your thinking.

Examples:

I would use millimetres to measure the width of a button. A button is not much wider than my finger and I know my finger is about 1 cm. Sometimes buttons have to fit into button holes, so it's important to be exact and I can be more exact if I measure using millimetres because they are smaller units.

I would measure the height of a person in metres and centimetres, since almost everyone I know is between 1 m and 2 m tall. If I want to know who is taller, I would need to know how many centimetres taller one person is.

I would measure the length of a hallway in metres since it is many metres, and even if it’s a few extra centimetres, it wouldn’t matter.

I think everyone finished the investigation on normal steps, big steps and tiny steps. 

No one answered yesterday's problem correct..... candy canes are ready for the taking!

Math test is on Friday: Comparing, ordering, rounding numbers and estimating problems.

Social Studies

We began examining the physical features of the Interior Plains. One thing that should have stood out in the slide show is that the plains are pretty flat. In southern Alberta we have some canyons, but for the most part it's mostly flat. Why is it called the land of the "big sky"? Do you remember the two main resources in the Interior Plains. Think of Sasha....

Reminders:

• Record your acts of kindness on your calendar
• Trip to see "Alice in Wonderland" tomorrow morning.
• Christmas Concert: Monday, December 18th @ St. George Church at 6:00 pm. 

Here's some music from the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM1Y6qDIDCU

Math
Today we practiced measuring distances and using the measured distance to estimate. For example, if you measured 3 normal steps to be 126 cm, about how far would 10 steps be? As long as your explanation shows logical reasoning, it is correct. Some possible explanations.....

Explanation #1
3 steps are 126 cm and I know that I know that 3 groups of 3 steps is 9 steps, which is about 10 steps. So the distance would be 126 cm + 126 cm + 126 cm = 300 + 60 + 18 = 378 cm. I might add a bit of distance because that estimate is for 9 steps. So the total distance for 10 steps would be around 400 cm.

Explanation #2
3 steps are 126 cm so if I found the distance for 1 step and then multiplied it by 10, that would be a good estimate. I know that 40 cm + 40 cm + 40 cm = 120 cm so if I add 2 cm to each step I would get 126 cm. Each step is 42 cm so 10 steps would be 42 cm x 10 = 420 cm

Both estimates are fairly close to each other. Which do you think is more accurate?

Complete your MathUP homework in your green notebook. We will work on #1 and finish today's work tomorrow.

Remember you have a test on comparing, ordering and rounding numbers and estimating on Friday. Make sure you are able to show rounding using the rule (rounding rap) AND A NUMBER LINE.

Math Challenge: (lots of candy canes left....)

Congratulations to Genevieve who solved the word problem from last night.

Social Studies
Why do people live in the Cordillera? Do people live in London for the same reasons? Today we had a great discussion using your parents' jobs. No parents in our class work in mining, forestry or fishing industry. One parent did work in the computer industry that is very popular in the Western Cordillera. No parents worked in the film industry here.

The first people in the Cordillera were the First Nations Peoples, then the Europeans came, then those from Asia and South America. Now people come from all over the world to live in the Cordillera.

What is a natural resource?

What are the three main natural resources found in the Cordillera? 

What are the industries associated with each? 

What are the products they make? 

Where and when was the "gold rush" in the Cordillera? 

What happened to many towns after all the gold was taken?

If you can answer all these questions, give yourself a pat on the back. You were listening and learning today!

You will be completing your chart first period.

Word Study

The Word Study bin has many duotangs. You are supposed to leave your duotang and words AT HOME to study and practice your word sorts. The categories were posted on the blog yesterday.

Secret Santa

Make sure you are doing your acts of kindness for the student you randomly chose. Plan ahead, but you can't leave notes on desks at the end of the day because the desks have to be cleaned at night. Remember, no gifts just warm thoughts and kind gestures. You must record your words and actions on your calendar. It is part of healthy living.....

Reminders:

• Two students have not submitted permission forms and money for the play on Thursday.
• Writing conferences tomorrow, quiet period. Sometimes if you have difficulty focusing on your work or working quietly, reading a good book is an option.
• Bring in your canned or non-perishable food item for the drive this week!

FIVE BLACK SNOW PANTS WERE LEFT IN THE HALLWAY AND SOMEONE WENT HOME WITH A DOMENIC'S 

COLUMBIA  SNOW PANTS. 

PLEASE KEEP TRACK OF YOUR BELONGINGS!

Week 5 no Smart Board...

Word Study
On Mondays, we sort the words and discuss the spelling patterns. Today we sorted the words two ways, one by vowel sound and the other by letter patterns for long vowels. It is your responsibility to take the words home in your duotang and practice the sorting at home e.g. speed sorting or blind sorting. Your blue notebook stays at school. Each morning you complete one activity for bell work.  Tomorrow you will be putting your words into alphabetical order, Wednesday is blue vowels, red consonants and Thursday is triangle spelling. If you need to take your blue notebook home to understand how to sort them, then that's fine, as long as you return it next day.

Today's sorts:

Long a	Long e	Long i	Long o	Long u
wave	bleed	grind	sold	clue
jail	steep	slide	glow	school
way	sneak	dry	hold	drew
	scene	blind	tone	pool
	feast	light	crow
			soak

The sort above should teach you that there are many different spelling patterns that give you the different long vowel sounds. For example long a may be spelled -ay, ai, aCe.

CVCC	CVVC	CVCe	CV & CVV
sold	bleed	wave	glow
hold	steep	tone	clue
grind	sneak	slide	dry
bind	school	scene	crow
light	jail		drew
	soak		way
	pool
	feast

The sort above should teach you the different combination of vowels and consonants that give you a long vowel sound. Practice sorting them both ways.

Math
Today we started to talk about MEASUREMENT. You should be able to draw the metric number line easily. Each unit is separated by a factor of 10. If a unit is two away (two hops), then that is a factor of 100. Three away (three hops) it is a factor of 1000. Remember...

King                Henry              danced   merrily      down        chocolate     mountain
                                                                                                                              
km                      hm                dam           m             dm              cm            mm

kilometres   hectometres   decametres   metres   decimetres   centimetre   millimetres

1cm = 10 mm (1 hop)
1 dm = 10 cm (1hop)
1 dm = 100 mm (2 hops)
1m = 100 cm (2 hops)
1 m = 1000 mm (3 hops)

A few questions for review:

Review problem for the test.....

The number of fast food restaurants Canada reported in 2003 fits these clues:

• The sum of the digits is 17. 
• It is an even number between 17 000 and 18 000.
• There are two pairs of digits that have a difference of 6. 
• No digit is greater than 7.
• The number is less than 17 100.

How many fast food restaurants were there in 2003?

Congratulations to super problem solvers Erika, Chloe and Nathan!

Social Studies
Please complete as much of your research page as possible. You have been given quite some time to complete this research. Use the library books and your Many Gifts book. To determine the the physical features, you must look at the map on page 20 of your Many Gifts book, determine the physical regions that are part of your province or territory, then find that chapter in the textbook. The map on each physical region gives you most of the information you need. For natural resources you must do the same. We would like to finish the brochure BEFORE the holidays.

Religion

Today we talked about an odd man. Who was he? What was his message? I forgot to show you this simple video about this messenger....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NMHOLPWeTM

He had a very unusual diet..... but a very important message. A message that we need to follow as we prepare during the season of Advent.

Health

We began our discussion of making healthy choices with respect to the food we eat. Why do we need to eat? What is in food that we need? 

NUTRIENTS!

What are the different kinds of nutrients? What are examples of each?

Take a look at a label tonight. What are the different macro and micro nutrients in the food?

Reminders:

• Practice word sorts
• Christmas Concert Monday, December 18 @ 6:00 pm at St. George Church

Sorry for the late post...... just doing some Christmas shopping!

Just a few reminders....

• The Christmas Concert is on DECEMBER 18TH (not tomorrow). Same time, same place. Mr. Morson would like you to practice your songs, because we missed Music on Thursday. This link should work with the information below:

http://www.musicplayonline.com/

login: ilove

password:  music

Go to grade 4 or 5 and then  do a search for:  "Makin Christmas Cookies" and "il est ne"  Any of the keywords will do. 

• Math test on rounding, comparing and ordering numbers and using estimation to solve problems on Friday, December 15th. Go through last week's posts for practice questions.

Science
Everyone worked so hard to complete their habitats. BRAVO! Parents, if you're in the school, pop into the library to see all the masterpieces. We are going to write a short description of our creatures using the information on your handout next week.

Math
Most students have finished practice exercises on rounding. Rounding using the rules in the "Rounding Rap" are great. The number line is still tricky for a few.
A bit of practice:
What ten thousands are the numbers below between? What thousands? What hundreds?

23 658
19 261
76 390

A number rounded to the nearest thousand is 9000. What is the least number it can be? What is the greatest number it can b?

A number rounded to the nearest ten thousand is 50 000. What is the least number it can be? What is the greatest number it can be?

3 towns each have a population that rounds to 8000. Use the digits 2, 3, 7, and 8 to create possible populations for the 3 towns.

Here's a challenge:
A number is increased by 3 when it is rounded to the nearest ten thousand or to the nearest thousand. What could the number be? (A treat for the students who can find a solution to this problem!)

Reminders

• WORD STUDY TEST TOMORROW!
• Class trip to see "The Star". Please bring a small pocket snack to take to the theatre.
• Christmas Concert on Monday, December 11 @6:00 pm at St. George Church. 

Magnificent job leading the mass today! 

A little information about St. Nicholas:
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/who-is-st-nicholas/

Science

Bring in all materials, handouts and your animal for your habitat project. Unfortunately Mr. Morson will not be teaching Music tomorrow, so we'll start building right at 9:00 am. I know they're going to be AWESOME!

Tomorrow will be a day to practice the learning skills of SELF-REGULATION and INDEPENDENT WORK.

Word Study

Make sure you're practicing your word sorts at home. We'll finish practice in your notebook at school tomorrow.  Test is still on Friday.

Reminders:

• Rheo Thompson chocolate orders due this week. I would love to buy some chocolates from someone for stocking stuffers. You just need to ask me....
• Permission forms and money for upcoming class trips. A few students are still outstanding.
• Christmas concert next Monday @ 6:00 pm at the church.
• Practice your song for the concert: https://musicplayonline.com/grade3/

A big thank you to the Parent Council for providing a wonderful treat to commemorate the Feast of St. Nicholas.

Math
Everyone seem to understand how to round using the "Rounding Rap". Showing why the rap or rounding rules work using a number line was a little more difficult.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3afU6JQG15I
Extra practice:
http://www.math4.nelson.com/quizzes/math4quizzes/m4ch2l6.htm
http://math5.nelson.com/quizzes/math5quizzes/gr5_ch2_les5.htm

Whatever method you are using ALWAYS circle the place value you are rounding to first.

Social Studies
Most are finished the physical characteristics and climate in the Cordillera. Today we read a bit about the people in the Cordillera. Friday we will continue or discussion. Any free time you have should be spent researching your province or territory.

Writing
Can't wait to read the "show don't tell emotions". Be prepared to make the face that goes with your small moment!

Physical Education
Amazing dances today Magnificent 4/5 Minions! We'll view them tomorrow during library. Students that are on share a book must be prepared to read tomorrow during Library.

Reminders

• Mass tomorrow. Come in as soon as you get to school so that we are ready to board the bus quickly. Practice your readings and your actions in your head.
• Permission forms and money for "The Star" on Friday and "Alice in Wonderland" next week.
• The Christmas concert is in MONDAY, DECEMBER 11 @ 6:00 pm at St. George Church. Please be at the church at 5:45 pm.
• Bring in material for your Science project on Thursday. Build your creature at home. Handouts are also due on Thursday.
• Library tomorrow.

Thank you most sincerely to the magnificent minion who straightened the Many Gifts books at the end of the day.

Week 3 no Smart Board......

Literacy
We will be doing the practice exercises for our words at school. At home you are to practice your word sorts / blind sorts EVERY NIGHT.

Math
Make sure you understand the patterns when dividing numbers that are magic tens. When we multiply we add the zeros, when we divide we subtract zeros. Complete the worksheet and solve these problems in your notebook:

1.  About how many servings of fruits and vegetables do students at St. Nicholas (333 students) eat in one month?

2.  About how many Play Stations would you have to sell to make $100 000?

Use CUBES to help...

Make sure you show all your steps and list your assumptions.

Religion
Today we talked about a new year..... why was it a new year on Sunday? Think about the words of Sunday's gospel, "Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come."
What do they mean? What does Advent mean? How do we prepare for Advent?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC0FGQLBp7w


Please practice your readings for mass on Wednesday!

Social Studies
Think about these questions for tomorrow...
Why do people live in the Cordillera? What jobs and recreational activities are related to the physical features of the Cordillera? Recall the physical (landforms) features of the Cordillera.

Reminders:

• Permission form and money to see "The Star" this Friday.
• Permission forma and money to see "Alice in Wonderland" next week.
• Science project... gather materials including a box and make your creature.