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.

Math
We continued with solving problems using estimation. Think about the following problem:

A TV station shows 16 minutes of commercials from 8:00 am to 11:00 pm every day. About how many days would it take to air about 100 000 minutes of commercials?

The word "about" tells you the problem is an estimation problem.
The important numbers are 16 minutes and 100 000 minutes.
The question is "How many DAYS to air 100 000 minutes?".

You are trying to figure out how many blocks / groups of 16 minutes fit into 100 000.
If you had a calculator you could divide 100 000 by 16 and get an answer pretty easily.

100 000 minutes  ÷ 16 minutes of commercials per day = 6250 days

Check your answer: 16 x 6250 = 100 000

But if you don't have a calculator, 16 is not a particularly easy number to work with, so your first decision is to change 16 to a benchmark number that is easy to divide into 100 000. Magic tens are always easier to work with, so you might round 16 minutes to 20 minutes.

100 000 minutes ÷ 20 minutes of commercials per day = ?
 
Hmm....

100 000 ÷ 2 = 50 000 (half of 100 thousands is 50 thousands)

100 000 ÷ 20 = 5000 (100 thousands ÷ 20 is 5 thousands because 5 x 20 = 100)

 

So if you round 16 minutes to 20 minutes then the number of days to air 100 000 minutes of commercials is about 5000 days.

 

NOW here's the thinking part. Because you rounded the 16 minutes up to 20 minutes, is your estimate higher or lower than the actual answer?

 

To help with the division try these:

 

Figure out how many bills or coins make up $100,000.

• How many $100 bills are in $100,000?

• How many $50 bills are in $100,000?

• How many $20 bills are in $100,000?

• How many $10 bills are in $100,000?

• How many $5 bills are in $100,000?

• How many $2 coins are in $100,000?

• How many $1 coins are in $100,000?

• How many quarters are in $100,000?

• How many dimes are in $100,000?

• How many nickels are in $100,000?

Social Studies
So far we have discussed the landforms in the Cordillera and the climate. On Monday we will list the factors that affect climate and the factors that affect weather. Watch the video again to make sure you understand the difference between climate and weather. The factors affecting both are also listed in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHgyOa70Q7Y&t=2s

Next up.... natural resources in the Cordillera. How can we responsibly use the gifts from God?

Science
Test are done...phew! Please bring in your handout COMPLETED for tomorrow. I want to make sure everyone is on the right track for the project. Remember you make your animal at home. The habitat is created at school. If you do a GOOGLE image search "habitat diorama" you can get some cool ideas.

Media Literacy
Some students had some difficulty finding the message to the video. Listen to it again. What is the singer trying to tell you to do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_RjndG0IX8

Reminders:

• Bring material on Thursday, December 7th to construct your habitat. You must have a shoe box or a similar sized box.
• Permission form and money for trip to see "The Star" THIS FRIDAY. Many students have not submitted forms.
• Permission form and money for "Alice in Wonderland" next week. Only a few students remaining to submit permission forms and money.
• Mass on Wednesday @ 9:30 at St. George. Please practice your readings and how to bow to show reverence if you are reading.
• Many students forgot Word Study notebooks / duotangs at home. Bring them on Monday.

We have many things to finish and fun activities from now until Christmas. Please be responsible.