Science
Today we discussed PHYSICAL CHANGES. When matter has gone through a physical change, it's appearance or state is changed, but the matter itself has not. The matter is still made of the same particles. Physical changes are REVERSIBLE. Changes of state are examples of physical changes. What happens to the mass of matter during a physical change? Today you discovered that is stayed the same. There is still the same type and number of particles so the mass is the same. Has the volume changed? Yes! We know this because in a solid the particles are packed closer together. In a liquid they are further apart and in the gas they are even further apart.



Math
Today we began long-division. We learned three different ways that we can divide larger dividends. It is CRITICAL that you know your multiplication facts.

Strategy # 1: Decomposing the Dividend

96 ÷ 6 = ?
Think of your 6 times table. Decompose 96 into 60 + 36 (both are multiples of 6)
60 ÷ 6 = 10 + 36 ÷ 6 = 6
10 + 6 = 16

Strategy # 2: Sharing and Repeated Subtraction

Strategy # 3: Standard Algorithm

We will continue to work on division throughout the week.

Reminders:

• Permission form and money for the end of the year trip. We need to know numbers! 
• Math quizzes signed. Return the letter only. Keep the quizzes at home to study. You are now doing 36 questions in 3 minutes.
• Keep up with homework particularly those involved in the play.

Thank you for the overwhelming response to help supervise the students at the Ontario Science Centre. One grade 5 parent and one grade 4 parent were randomly selected to ride the bus.
Grade 4: Ryerson's mom (Mrs. Mattingley)
Grade 5: Jameson's dad (Mr. Garbutt)
If more spaces become available on the bus, I will randomly select another name. We'd love to have all parents attend.... feel free to carpool!

Genius Hour Update
Most students are busily researching information related to their genius hour topic. A few students tweaked or changed their question. If you are having difficulty writing guiding research questions for each period, your topic may be a bit difficult. Come and see me. Please visit the Public Library this weekend if you are able to find books on your topic. Books tend to be better sources of information and are written for children your age.

You will be given more time for Genius Hour tomorrow.

Have you decided how you will present your topic? You can also start typing in your information. Each week. Even if you are doing a display board, I recommend using Microsoft Power Point.

Reminders

• Grandparent's Day tomorrow
• Off-uniform tomorrow
• Complete MathUP exercises
• Mathletics assignments
• Tests (reading and multiplication quizzes) will be going home tomorrow. Make sure you record them onto your tracking sheet in your assessment folder and get everything signed by a parent.

I will not be at school tomorrow. I have another commitment that was made some time ago. Please invite your grandparents in the classroom to play a Kagan  or math game. Show them around the class and talk to them about what you are studying at school. There is an interview sheet that you can also complete with your grandparents. Mrs. Chapman will be in the classroom, along with your favourite supply teacher, Mr. Ryan.

Literacy
Word tests were completed today. No words this week (short week). Most students have completed and revised their dialogue bell work. It's important that you understand all the rules for writing dialogue. There are so many, the only way you can learn them is by practicing.

Your goal this week is to finish your funny paragraph about your character using the literary devices we discussed in class: alliteration, onomatopoeia, simile, personification and hyperbole. You can work on it at home on your Google Drive....

Think about two short little situations you can write tomorrow describing 2 changes of state. We want to display them on the bulletin board. Can you think of situations involving sublimation or deposition? Some examples:

Math
Today we reviewed multi-digit multiplication. Most students prefer to use the standard algorithm. Use the strategy you are most comfortable with. Please use the practice questions posted on the blog yesterday to practice. Everyone completed the Action Task today, so we'll discuss the math behind the action task and then you'll get some time to complete your practice exercises.

Keep practicing your multiplication facts.... each day more students are answering 50 questions in 3 minutes. We even have students answering 100 in 5 minutes. AMAZING!

Grade 5 game (grade 4 you can play it as well)
http://mathup.ca/Games/Grade5/PenguinPlunge/

Science
During Science we made some conclusions about our changes of state investigation. What happens to the particles/molecules in matter when they are heated? When heat is removed?

Watch the video clip below. Why are the molecules "popping" out of the glass with water as the temperature rises?
https://interactives.ck12.org/simulations/chemistry/phases-of-matter/app/index.html

Reminders

• Grandparents Day on Thursday
• Indoor running shoes at school
• Mathletics (you need to do the answers on a piece of paper, you cannot do them in your head and you CANNOT use a calculator. You may use a multiplication chart.

Track and Field
Wow! What a beautiful day we had for track and field tryouts. Congratulations to all students. The team will be posted next week.

Math
At the end of the day (I know everyone was tired), we began multi-digit multiplication. The grade fours do not need to know the standard algorithm for 2-digit x 2-digit, but the grade fives do need to understand it. When given a choice, choose the strategy that you find most comfortable or easier.

Multiplying a 2-Digit or 3-Digit number by a 1-Digit Number

Strategy #1 Expanded Form

68 = 60 + 8, so if we multiply each of these by 6 and add them we get the product

68     60      8
x6     x6    x6
        360   48

360
+48
408

479 x 7 = 400 + 70 + 9

400 x 7 = 2800     70 x 7 = 490     7 x 9 = 63

2800
  490
+ 63
3353

Strategy # 2 Standard Algorithm
 4                         5  6
 68             479
 x6              x7
408          3353

You regroup the 4 tens when you multiply 6 x 8, then add the tens you regrouped AFTER you multiply 6 x 6

Strategy # 3 Reasoning and Arrays

You know that 68 x 6 is 6 rows of 68
6 rows of 70 is 420 so if you subtract 12 from this product (you added 2 extra to 6 rows) the product should be 420 - 12 = 408

Multiplying a 2-Digit number by a 2- Digit Number

Strategy # 1 Area Model

We know that area of a rectangle equals length x width. We find the areas of 4 related rectangles and add the products.

Strategy # 2 Algorithm

Watch the video below to review the algorithm (only grade fives need to know this)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVYwunbpMHA

Try these products:

Keep studying your multiplication facts. You will struggle with multi-digit multiplication and division if you don't learn them fluently.

There were more review questions posted on the weekend.

Word Study

Reminders

• Word test tomorrow. No words for this week (PD Day on Friday)
• Grandparents day on Thursday
• End of the year field trip permission form and money. 
• Bring INDOOR RUNNING SHOES!

Come to school with your gym clothes under your sweatpants / sweatshirt for track and field tryouts.  It will be cold in the morning so dress in layers.

What can you do today for Earth Day?
Enjoy the Earth's beauty. Go for a bike ride or walk. Play a game outside. Time spent outside is time not spent using electricity or other energy sources. It's a gorgeous day today. Here are some things happening around the city:
https://www.londontourism.ca/Events/Earth-Day-London-and-Trails-Open-London

Science
On Friday we conducted an investigation involving the CHANGES OF STATE. How did we change the states of water? The answer is all about heat or energy. When we add heat, we "excite" the particles in matter. They begin to move faster and in the case of a solid, they lose their fixed shape and change to a liquid. In the case of the liquid, the particles move even faster, spread apart, lose their fixed volume and change to a gas. The same thing happens when you remove heat (make things colder). The particles slow down and are closer together. Question for Tuesday (tomorrow we have track and field try-outs), why were there water droplets on the BOTTOM of the pie plate? Where did they come from?

There are some great video clips on the carousel (click the snowflake on the Board website) in grade 5 S&T.

Can you come up with 1 - 2 examples for each change of state? For example, frost on the grass in the fall is an example of deposition. The water vapour (gas)  in the air hits the cold grass, and changes of ice crystals (solid).

Math
Our times tables quizzes continue next week. KEEP PRACTICING. We have 7 students who have successfully answered 50 questions in about 3 minutes. By the end of the week, I predict the number to be much higher. Scores are definitely heading in the right direction. Be proud of your improvement Knowing your facts fluently will be such a help in math as you get older.

Here are a few grade 4 word problems for review:

Grade 5 (grade 4) larger doubling:

Reminders:

• Track and field try-outs tomorrow (Monday). Although the weather forecast is warm, the morning will still be COLD. Dress in layers (sweatpants, sweatshirt, gloves hat, jacket), bring your water bottle,  gym clothes (underneath), running shoes and extra snacks to eat. All that physical activity outside will make you hungrier!
• Grandparents Day on Thursday
• End of the year field trip permission form and money. We have 6 parents who have requested to accompany us on the bus. Parents will be chosen by lottery. If more spaces become available, we will let you know. Thank you for volunteering!

Math
Today we talked about how to use a known multiplication fact (usually an easier one), to find a more difficult fact.
For example if you know 5 x 8 = 40, then 6 x 8 = 40 + 8 = 48.
5 groups of 8 is 40 so 6 groups of 8 is another 8 so it would be 40.

If you find it difficult, draw an array. It helps you figure out what to add or subtract. Eventually, you should be able to reason the product in your head. This strategy also works for doubles. If you know your 4 times table, you can get your 8 times table by doubling. Similarly, if you know your 3 times table, your six times table is just double the 3 times table.

4 x 9 = 36 so 8 x 9 = 36 + 36 = 72
3 x 8 = 24 so 6 x 8 = 24 = 24 = 48

Grade 5 we will use the same reasoning skills to determine more difficult products.

Science
We talked a bit about CHANGES OF STATE. The key ideas:
To change from one state to another state, you must either add heat or take heat away.

Which changes of state to you need to add heat? Which to take heat away?
There are two changes of state in the diagram above we did not talk about today. Which ones?

Reminders:

• Reading test tomorrow
• Track and Field tryouts on Monday (all day)
• Grandparents Day next Thursday (April 26th)
• End of the year field trip Tuesday, June 19th to Ontario Science Centre
• Tickets and t-shirt orders due on Monday

Anne of Green Gables
What a wonderful trip we had to see the play. So much hard work goes into a performance. You were such a respectful and engaged audience. Do you have a kindred spirit?

Math
Make sure you show your multiplication quizzes to your parent(s). They must be signed and returned. Study tonight for your quiz tomorrow. Most of you are moving in the right direction. There are many sites on the Internet to print out practice questions.
https://www.math-drills.com/multiplication.php
https://www.education.com/worksheets/multiplication/

Literacy
New words were given out this week. We have words with a double o that have two different sounds. One sound is like the word soon (the eerie sound) and the other is a short sound like the word good.
I think everyone completed the word sorts in your blue notebook. Please practice sorting your words every night. Your test will be next Monday instead of Friday.

Keep working on writing dialogue correctly. Most students are starting to applying rules correctly. Bravo! Here's the funny picture for tomorrow:

Math

Today grade fours worked with some magic red and magic blue potion..... The red potion made a number 10 times as small while the blue potion made a number 100 times as small. I think everyone understood that when you divide a multiple of ten  by 10, one zero "disappears" and when you divide a multiple of ten by 100, two zeros "disappear". But why? Let's look at an example.

450 ÷ 10 = ?

If you divide 450 into groups of ten you would have 45 tens so the answer is 45. The numbers shift one to the right on the place value chart.

6700 ÷ 10 = ?

If you divide 6700 into groups of ten you would have 670 tens so the answer is 670. The number again shirts one to the right on the place value chart.

4500 ÷ 100 = ?

If you divide 4500 into groups of hundreds, you would have 45 hundreds so the answer is 45. The number shifts two the the right on the place value chart.

In grade 5 we began talking about a strategy to multiply 2-digit by 2-digit numbers. The first strategy used an area model. Let's look at an example.

47 x 32 = ?

We can construct divide a 47 x 32 rectangle into 4 rectangles, find the area of each, then add all the products.

Rectangle #1    40 x 30 = 1200

Rectangle # 2    30 x 7 = 210

Rectangle #3    40 x 2 = 80

Rectangle # 4   7 x 2 = 14

If we add all the areas we get a product of 1504

Try this product using a rectangle model:

28 x 55

Multiplication quiz tomorrow. STUDY YOUR FACTS. Correct / complete your quiz and get is signed.

Science

Tomorrow we will continue talking about the arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and gases. Next up is CHANGES OF STATE.

Reminders:

• Trip to see "Anne of Green Gables" tomorrow. Bring extra snacks because we will get back to the school at around 1:00 pm. Your hot lunch will be waiting at school if you ordered, but lunch will be a little later.
• T-shirt and best wishes for "The Little Mermaid" are due on Monday.
• Grandparents day Thursday, April 26th.

Literacy
Today we revised and reviewed correct conventions for writing dialogue. There are many rules, so it is important that you learn to write dialogue correctly. For those of you who did not get a chance to write today's dialogue, here is the picture. Think about it for tomorrow. Beside it is the picture for Tuesday.

Tomorrow you will get your word test back and your new words for this week. I have moved the test to Monday because there seems to be more students absent on Fridays.

Math
Today we continued with estimating. We used rounding to friendly numbers and high and low estimates. See the weekend post for the steps for these rounding strategies. Another way to estimate quotients was in your practice pages. Again, it takes reasoning skills and knowledge of multiplication facts to use this strategy. It involves decomposing a number into two numbers are that are divisible by the divisor.

For example: Estimate the 57 ÷ 4
There are two friendly numbers with a divisor of 4 that you could use
Round 57 to 60 and decompose 60 into 20 + 40
40 ÷ 4 = 10
20 ÷ 4 = 5
So our estimate is 10 + 5 = 15

We could also use 56 as a friendly and decompose 56 into 40 + 16
40 ÷ 4 = 10
16 ÷ 4 = 4
So our estimate is 10 + 4 = 14

Study for your multiplication quiz tomorrow, complete your MathUP questions. Get your work signed by a parent.

Science
Today we looked at the characteristics of different solids, liquids and gases. Tomorrow we will discuss your observations and make some conclusions. Vocabulary for today:
transparent, translucent, opaque
viscosity (viscous)
malleability (how bendable)
shape
volume
mass
hardness

Religion
We read and watched our third Easter story, The Road of Emmaus. Please complete your summary for tomorrow. Watch the shorter clip below if you forget the story. It is from the gospel according to Luke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmmTWQn95xQ



Reminders:

• Multiplication quiz tomorrow, 50 mixed questions 3 minutes. One quiz every day this week.
• Trip to see Anne of Green Gables of Wednesday

Happy Birthday Cole!

Math
On Friday we began looking at different ways to estimate. As soon as you hear the word estimate what other math skill should pop into your head? ROUNDING!
Remember an estimate is something that should be fairly easy to do mentally. Making friendly numbers helps. Magic 10s or 100s are friendly to multiply or divide, but some are "friendlier" than others. The last thing to remember is that there is more than one estimating strategy. Some estimations will be closer to the actual product or quotient than others. Sometimes we can even use two estimates (high and low) and to predict an even closer estimate.

ESTIMATING PRODUCTS:

Estimate the cost of 8 t-shirts that cost $26 dollars each.

Strategy #1
$26 x 10 = $260 (8 t-shirts is close to 10 t-shirts)

Strategy #2
$30 x 8 = $240 ($26 is close to $30)

Strategy # 3
$26 is about half way between $20 and $30
$20 x 8 = $160 (low estimate)
$30 x 8 = $240 (high estimate)

$200 is half-way between $160 and $240 so that could be your estimate.

But you could go one step further and say $26 is one dollar more than $25 so you can add $10 more  and estimate the cost to be $210

The actual product is $208 dollars. Which estimate was the closest?

ESTIMATING QUOTIENTS:

You want to save up enough money to buy an IPad that costs $575. You want to buy it at the beginning of June (7 weeks). About how much must you save each week?

The word "about" tells you it is an estimating question. If you round $575 to $600 or $580, although they are "friendly" numbers, they are not easy to divide by 7.

Strategy #1
Think of your 7 times table. What number times 7 gives you product close to 57? 7 x 8 = 56

So instead of using the multiple of 10 that is closer to $575, use a multiple of ten that is close, but easy to divide by 7.

$560 ÷ 7 = $80

Strategy #2
$560 ÷ 7 = $80 (low estimate)  using 7 x 8 = 56
$630 ÷ 7 = $90 (high estimate) using 7 x 9 = 63

$575 is much closer to $560 ($15 away) than $630 ($55 away)

So the quotient is probably little higher than $80 so your estimate could be $82.

The actual quotient is $82.14. Which estimate was closer?

Not only do you use rounding to estimate products and quotients, but REASONING SKILLS.
I think we all agree that not knowing your multiplication facts by heart, makes these problems EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

So.......
Spend the weekend practicing your multiplication facts using your quizzes or flashcards or on-line games or the links below. Let me know if you can access these links to MathUP. Grade 5s can play the grade 4 games to practice their multiplication facts.

Take some time to play the games in your math bag, particularly the unit rate game (grade 5).

Grade 4 games:
http://mathup.ca/Games/Grade4/XMarkstheSpot
http://mathup.ca/Games/Grade4/MultiplyDivideMatch
http://mathup.ca/Games/Grade4/UChef3000
http://mathup.ca/Games/Grade4/LandingZones

Grade 5 games:
http://mathup.ca/Games/Grade5/PenguinPlunge/

Word Study
Word test on Monday. Finish your practice exercises. You will have to write three descriptive sentences using 3 of the words. This time I will ask you to circle a VERB in your sentence and underline a NOUN.

What is the verb in the sentence?

Jim has a gift for you. 

Sometimes verbs include the verbs "to have" and "to be". Think of French!

Genius Hour

We have about 6 students who have their inquiry question. DON'T PANIC! 

It's not easy.... remember to look at the ideas in your folder and the ideas from the sixth grade class.

http://www.geniushour.com/2013/03/31/genius-hour-ideas/

Share your folder with a parent. Make sure the letter is signed and complete the second page. Only students with approved questions can move to the third page. Some students are so close, their questions just need a little tweaking. I'll be chatting with students throughout the week to make sure everyone is ready for Friday. Don't choose something because you think it will be easy. Stick with what interests you so you'll love researching information for your project.

Art

We'll begin colouring next Friday with pastels. Bring an old shirt so you don't get your uniform dirty.

Reminders:

• Study multiplication facts. Quizzes with no multiplication chart start on Tuesday. 
• Ticket/ t-shirt / best wishes orders for "The Little Mermaid"
• Grandparents Day Thursday, April 26th 

West - 5


What a wonderful experience we had this morning visiting the Discovery Centre! Just think, in a few more years we'll have an outdoor rink to skate on in the winter and splash pads in the summer. We are very blessed to have all these wonderful amenities being built in our neighbourhood in an environmentally sensitive way. Excellent job today. Make sure you share the information you learned about bees today with your family. Remember 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...

Math
Today in math we reviewed how to use the area of rectangle to calculate 2-digit multiplication and unit rates. A unit rate is the cost for ONE. For example:

5 bagels cost $2. How much do 10 bagels cost? 6 bagels?

The first question is easy. If 5 bagels cost $2 then 10 bagels cost twice as much $4.
To find the cost of 6 bagels, you must find the UNIT COST. What is the cost for 1 bagel?
To find the unit cost, you DIVIDE. $2.00 ÷ 5 = $0.40 OR 40¢ for 1 bagel
If 1 bagel is 40¢ then 6 bagels are 6 x 40¢ = 240¢ or $2.40

Both grades have practice questions to finish in their MathUP duotang. Grade 5 you were given a game to practice unit rates. Keep the game to play over the weekend.

We will be having a math test on multiplication and division NEXT WEEK. You will NOT HAVE A MUlTIPLICATION CHART to use for the test. LEARN YOUR FACTS!

Reminders:

• Ticket / best wishes/ t-shirt orders for "The Little Mermaid"
• Check out Mathletics to see if you can access the site
• PRACTICE YOUR MULTIPLICATION FACTS
• Remember to have your INQUIRY question for Genius Hour / Passion Project tomorrow

Thank you to all students who wore a jersey to honour the victims of the Humboldt Broncos Junior Hockey Team.

Math
Today we talked about unit rates. We can think of unit rates in terms of multiplication or division. For example:
Carter read 9 pages of his book each evening. If he read for 6 evenings, how many pages would he read?
9 pages each evening X 6 evenings = 54 pages

Ava bought 7 identical t-shirts at the store. She spent $42. What was the cost of each t-shirt?
$42 ÷ 7 t-shirts - $6 each t-shirt

The grade 5 lesson was similar, just involved more calculations.

Science
Yesterday we talked about the environmental impact of making paper. Do you remember some of the ideas you wrote in your book?



Reminders:

• Tomorrow is our trip to the Discovery Centre. Please make sure to dress appropriately for walking. If it's raining, bring an umbrella, rubber boots and a rain jacket. We will be taking our indoor shoes along and a snack. We will be there for most of the morning.
• Complete your Mathletics assignments and study your multiplication facts.
• Jersey day tomorrow in honour of the Humboldt Broncos Junior A hockey team.

Reminders:

• Permission forms for upcoming field trips.
• Jersey day on Thursday
• Trip to the Discovery Centre on Thursday. DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR WALKING. Rain or shine, we must walk!
• Try to get on Mathletics, let me know if you have any difficulties.
• Think about your inquiry question for Friday. Some students already have a good question to start.
• Practice your word sorts

     long o (6)                      oi (12)                  oi_e  (3)                            oy (4)

Literacy
We did not have our word test today because many students had not completed their word work. It was a busy week last week! Make sure you complete all exercises for tomorrow. The sentences are VERY important. I am looking at good word choice, sentence structure, punctuation and of course spelling.

Math
Grade 4
Do you understand the different kinds of division problems? There are grouping, sharing and comparing division problems. In a grouping problem you know the total number, the number in each group, but you don't know the number of groups. In a sharing problem you know the total number, the number of groups, but you don't know the number in each group. In a comparing problem you know that the larger number is so many times larger than a smaller number or the smaller number is a fraction of the the larger number.

Try writing the three kinds of problems using the following numbers:
4, 6, 24

Grade 5
Everyone seemed to understand how to show division problems as fractions. For example, a number is 1/3 of 30. What is the number? If you were to divide 30 into 3 equal groups:

XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX

1/3 of the group would be 10.

Complete your MathUP practice questions. Let me know if you are having any difficulties.

KEEP STUDYING YOUR MULTIPLICATION FACTS!
There seems to be some technical difficulties with Mathletics. I'm looking into it.

Religion
Today we listened and watched the second Easter story.
Where: Upper Room
When: Evening of Easter Sunday, week after Easter
Who: Disciples, Jesus (Thomas absent in first part)

Make sure you complete your summaries of the first and second Easter stories. If you have a Bible:
#1 John 20: 1- 18
#2 John 20: 19 - 29

You can also watch the video clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3hMWqazP5Y
#1 Start at 1 minute and watch to 4 minutes 20 seconds
#2 Start at 4 minutes 20 seconds and watch to 7 minutes 47 seconds.

Science
A few people are done their insulating device assignment. Please make sure you finish tomorrow. Most have completed the broken line graph.

Reminders

• Ticket and t-shirt orders for "The Little Mermaid"
• Word test tomorrow
• Permission forms for class trips. Two students do not have permission to visit the "Discovery Centre" on Thursday. You cannot go if you do not have permission. It is free.
• Jersey Day on Thursday in  honour of the Humboldt Broncos Junior A Hockey Team

Reading

Shared reading was done in reading groups on Friday. It is very important that you read the book carefully at home. Most informational texts have challenging vocabulary and information that you have to think about to understand completely. This book was much easier than the last book. Two students answered all the multiple choice questions correctly! When you identify and explain the features of informational texts, you must give a specific example from the text. Just writing there is a caption on page 5, isn't specific. You must write the actual caption. For the most part, everyone understands the features. Time to add a few inference questions. We will have another reading test in two weeks.

Genius Hour

Friday was the launch of Genius Hour! Our class along with Mrs. VanOirschot's class will be working on these passion projects. Share the video clips below with your parents:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEQzKH7v0-Q

If you haven't chosen a topic yet, think about the following questions:

• What are some of your current loves? Likes?
• How do you like to spend your time when you're not in school?
• If you could read/learn about anything in the world, what would it be?
• What do you wonder about?

The most difficult part is formulating the critical thinking question. Most, but not all, critical thinking questions are "why" or "how" questions. When we visit the intermediate heritage projects tomorrow, ask the students their inquiry questions. Some students have the question on their display boards. 

Check out the "Wonderopolis" website:

https://wonderopolis.org/

Although you may present your project using any medium e.g. poster board, slide show, model, movie, what you will be assessed on is the RESEARCH and the PROCESS. That is  how you found the answer to your critical thinking question. By Friday you must have your critical thinking question. I will chat with you throughout the week to help you develop your question if you are having difficulty. Next Friday a letter will be going home to explain the expectations to you and your parents. 

My all-time favourite video clip is Caine's passion project. Show it to a parent....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U

Need some more inspiration? Watch "Kid President".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o

Math

Grade 5's finished their action task quite easily. Grade 4's found formulating the word problems challenging, so we will complete part 2 of the task together tomorrow. Keep studying your multiplication facts to 12 x 12.

The rest of Friday was spent as a "ketchup" day:

• 9 students need to finish athlete biographies (most just need to edit)
• 4 students have not completed mind maps
• 10 students have not submitted or coloured their Easter booklet

When the play starts, you will be very busy! 

Reminders:

• Word test on Monday
• Tickets for "The Little Mermaid"
• Permission forms for "Anne of Green Gables" and "Discovery Centre".

Science
Everyone worked so well constructing their insulating devices. How did your device perform? By how much did the temperature of the water drop? Tomorrow you will be given time to finish your results and conclusions.

Literacy
Don't forget to read your book on States of Matter. Focus on the non-fiction text features.

Math
We will finish the Action Task tomorrow. I can't believe how much faster most students completed the 100 multiplication questions. Keep practicing your facts!

We talked about division today. When you solve a problem, it is important to write the meaning of the numbers in the math sentence. For example:
Nathan has 72 hockey cards. He has 8 times as many cards as Jameson. How many cards does Jameson have?

First ask yourself, does Jameson have more or less cards than Jameson. If Nathan has 8 times as many, than he has more cards. So your answer must be smaller than 72. Multiplying gives a LARGER answer. You must divide even though the "8 times as much" sounds like multiplying.

72 hockey cards ÷ 8 = 9 hockey cards

Similarly...

Vanessa has 56  photographs. She wants to put 8 photos on each page. How many pages does she need? (grouping problem)

56 photographs ÷ 8 photos on each page = 7 pages

Elliott has 36 photographs and 9 pages in her scrapbook. She wants to put the same number of photos on each page. How many photos should she put on each page? (sharing problem)

36 photographs ÷ 9 pages = 4 photos on each page

Reminders:

• Please remit permission forms for "Discovery Centre" trip (free) and "Anne of Green Gables" performance ($6.00) as soon as possible.

Here's a famous scene from the movie....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdglss_WHjU