PLEASE SHARE YOUR BROCHURE WITH ME. I KNOW THEY ARE NOT FINISHED. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I SEE YOUR PROGRESS SO FAR!

Thank you Vanessa, Leo, Domenic, Elliott, Natalie and Ava Y.

Math Test on Length Wednesday, January 24:

• measure using cm and mm on your ruler (e.g. measure the length of the line in millimetres)
• know the metric number line (names of the units)

• change from one unit to another (e.g. 700 cm =  ___ m)
• express a measurement in multiple units (e.g. 48 mm = ___cm ___mm)
• solve problems using the above skills (e.g. Max needs to walk 2 km to get to the park. He has walked 1500 m, how many more metres does he need to walk? Maxine wants to draw a line 1 decimetre long. She has drawn 8 cm. How many more millimetres must she draw?)
• identify and explain which units are most appropriate for measuring certain lengths and distances (e.g. What unit would you use to measure the length of a lady bug? What unit would you use to measure the distance to Air Canada Centre?) Hint: Always relate to a length that you know.... a car travels 100 km in one hour and I know it take 2 hours to get to Toronto so..... or the width of my finger is about 1 cm and I know a lady is smaller than that so....

Make sure you share your brochure with me over the weekend. Here are the steps:

• Go to London District Catholic School Board
• Scroll down to the bottom and you should see this:

• Click on Office 365 
• Log in using your e-mail address (student number@ldcsb.org)
• Type your password (most of you have the same one)
• Click Office 365

• Click your OneDrive

• Find your file
• Put the cursor over the file until you see 3 dots
• Click the three dots and then click share
• Type my name and press send

I have made a hand written copy of the brochure for students who are having difficulty completing the assignment on the computer. This will not affect your mark, but hopefully it will make this assignment easier!

Literacy
Today we focused on Mack, the keeper of the animals at the mall. Some students thought Mack was positive, determined and hardworking, while other students thought he was cruel. As long as you have proof from the novel to support your INFERENCE, both are acceptable. Remember a character is revealed through his/her WORDS, ACTIONS and THOUGHTS.

Word Study test tomorrow.
I will be giving you a list of words to make plural with your word study test. Remember the rules for words that in in y, ch, sh, x, s, o and irregular plurals.

Math
Please make sure your "Changing Units of Length" is done for tomorrow. I know it looks long, but most students finished the practice in 10 to 15 minutes.
This is what we will begin tomorrow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAY1bsazcgM&t=8s

Test on units of length will be NEXT WEEK.

Social Studies
Progress on the brochures is slow. Sometimes it is the computers, sometimes it is not using class time wisely. If you'd like to stay after school next week on Tuesday or Wednesday for an hour to finish up, you are more than welcome!

Complete your chart on the physical features of the Arctic. Before this unit, did you think of the Arctic as a highland region?

Climate and natural resources tomorrow.

Health
Some groups have finished their label comparison. Some groups have not due to illnesses in the class. Be patient, cold and flu season has swept into the classroom with a vengeance . Hopefully it will leave soon!

Learning Skills
As we approach the end of the term, we are working very hard to complete big assignments. It is important that you do not interfere with the learning of others. Persistent social talking is negatively impacting some groups in the class. BE RESPONSIBLE and SELF-REGULATE.

Reminders:

• Dress up as your favourite Disney character tomorrow. If you'd rather not, it's a regular uniform day.

Literacy
Practice your word sorts each evening. We will have our test on THURSDAY this week.
If your haven't written your simile, please take a moment to copy it onto the neon pink paper.
Today in our novel we saw how poorly the characters have been treated in the past and present. Sometimes it breaks my heart reading the novel. Ivan becomes very angry and calls the children spitting on the glass "slimy chimps". Even though the children are behaving awfully, Ivan is remorseful. When have you felt ashamed of something you said or did? Remember, when connecting with characters we write the part we connected with, details about your connection and then a connections with the character's feelings.

Math
Review exercises for units of length. Please have a parent check and sign your homework.
Test on decimals Wednesday. Check weekend post for test questions.

Health
Today we started comparing two food labels. With your partner, your job was to determine which food was healthier or if the two foods were equally healthy. Remember to look at the macro / micro nutrients, ingredients, calories and recommendations from Canada's Food Guide.

Social Studies
Slowly but surely the brochures are coming along. Now that you have a better understanding of the difference between natural resources and industries, your task is easier. Today we completed our chart on the different industries in the Interior Plains. Next stop is the Arctic. What kind of mine to you think the picture below shows?

The "Catching a Snowflake" art look absolutely beautiful. Everyone worked hard and should be proud of their masterpieces. If you did not finish, make sure you bring a spare shirt on Monday to complete your art. Chalk pastels are a pretty, but messy medium.

Literacy
Make sure you have your Word Study duotang and notebook at school for Monday. We still need a bit of work on making SINGULAR words PLURAL. Some words follow a rule and some do not. The exceptions you must memorize. Here are the links for practice:
https://www.slideshare.net/MsMax26/irregular-plural-nouns
https://www.education.com/game/irregular-plural-nouns-skirace/

Make sure you have your simile for Monday. We will add them to our literacy devices bulletin board.

Math
In grade 4 we practiced measuring in millimetres and using millimetres to solve problems. In grade 5, we practiced using different units to describe objects. Changing to different units was important in this lesson. For example, could someone be 1630 mm tall? It's very difficult to picture that many millimetres. In centimetres this measurement in 163 cm, which is 1 m 63 cm. If you think about that, most people are on average between 1 m and 2 m tall, so it makes sense.

Here's a sketch of a bed to help you with the last questions:

Decimal test on Wednesday. You should know how to:
Represent a decimal tenth (grade 4) or decimal hundredths (grade 5):

• on a number line
• standard form
• expanded form
• words (how it is read)
• place value chart
• base-10 blocks
• picture
• money (grade 5)

You should also be able to count forward and backward by tenths (grade 4) and hundredths (grade 5). Remember counting forwards is like adding and backwards is like subtracting. NO FRACTIONS ON THIS TEST.

Sample questions grade 4:

• Represent 1.7 five different ways (see above)
• How would you read 6.1?
• Place the decimal numbers on a number line 0.7, 1.2, 1.9, 2.4; labels the divisions on the number line
• What decimal is shown on the number line?
• Describe 3 things about 0.9 (e.g. it's more than half; it's less than 1; it would take 9 jumps of 0.1 to get there from 0.....)
• How many tenths if 3.6? (each whole has 10 tenths so it has 36 tenths)
• Count backwards 5 times by tenths (0.1) starting at 3.2

Sample questions grade 5:

• Choose a decimal hundredth between 2 and 3 and represent it five different ways
• How would you read 7.39?
• Count forwards by 0.01 5 times starting at 1.65
• What decimal is shown on the number line?
• What decimal does each representation show?
• Place the decimals on the number line 2.38, 2.45, 2.81, 2.13; label the divisions on the number line
• Leo counts forwards by 0.01 starting at 1.90, Joseph counts backwards by 0.01 starting at 2.13. When is the first time Leo's number will be greater than Joseph's number? Show the counting.

Social Studies

Think about possible different industries for the natural resources in the Interior Plains (Thursday's post). Be ready to complete your chart tomorrow. Your goal is to try to have your brochure done by the end of the week. This week we will begin discussing the Arctic. Brrrr..... feels like the Arctic here. Did you know the average daily temperature in January in the Arctic is about -35 degrees Celsius?

Literacy
Everyone came up with some wonderful words to describe Ivan. Remember, character traits differ from emotions because they don't change. When you are asked to write a trait of a character, you are thinking about what kind of person they are. Because you are stating your opinion, you are making an INFERENCE based on what you have read. Author's reveal the personalities of characters through their WORDS, ACTIONS and THOUGHTS. After you state your inference, you must use proof from the text to support your traits. Lastly, you must explain your proof using your own ideas.

We learn a lot about Ivan from his thoughts. He has a beautiful and unique perspective on life.

What is a simile?

Remember to write a simile about your character. Make your sentence as descriptive as possible.

Example:

The petulant little girl cried tears like water flowing over Niagara Falls when her mother wouldn't buy her a new doll.

Study your words for tomorrow!

Math

Today we reviewed decimal tenths and hundredths. Please review your mistakes in your green math notebook. Remember counting up is like adding and counting down is like subtracting. Please complete the MathUP page in your green math notebook. You can use a number line or hundred blocks to count forward and backward.

We will review units of length tomorrow:

kilometre      hectometre      decametre     metre     decimetre     centimetre     millimetre

   km                  hm                   dam           m             dm                 cm               mm

Each unit is separate by a multiple of 10

1 hop is 10

2 hops are 100

3 hops 1000

1 m = 1000mm

1 m = 100 cm

1 m = 1dm

1 dm = 10 cm

1 dm = 100 mm

1cm = 10 mm

1 km = 1000 m

Social Studies

We began our chart showing different industries in the Interior Plains. Think about possible industries for the natural resources below:

Natural Resource	Primary Industry	Secondary Industry	Tertiary Industry	Quaternary Industry
wheat (grains)	wheat farming	·       bread making factory (e.g. Wonder Bread) ·       cereal factory (e.g. Kellogg)	·       Superstore	research to develop a drought resistant seed
oil
potash
cattle

Reminders

• Math test on decimals on Wednesday

Literacy
Today we talked about making words plural. Below is the link to the slideshow with some of the rules for making words plural. Some of the rules are always true, while others rules are sometimes true. You just need to memorize some of the plural spelling
https://www.slideshare.net/MsMax26/irregular-plural-nouns
Here's a little game:
https://www.education.com/game/irregular-plural-nouns-skirace/

Please finish your alliteration ice cream scoops for tomorrow and your "The One and Only Ivan" responses.

Study your words!

Math
We counted forward and backwards by hundredths today. The problem today was a bit of a challenge for many of you so please review the different strategies on the YELLOW sheets in your MathUP duotang. No assigned exercises as we ran out of time.

Try these questions. They are very similar to the question today.

Grade 4:
Cole and Domenic are counting decimal TENTHS. Both students ended at 2.6. Cole counted up by tenths to 2.6 and Domenic counted backward by tenths to 2.6. Domenic said half as many numbers as Cole. List at 4 starting points.
Here are some blocks and number lines to help:

Grade 5:
Genevieve and Violet are counting decimal HUNDREDTHS. Both students ended at 3.16. Genevieve counted up by hundredths to 3.16 and Violet counted backward by hundredths to 3.16. Violet said half as many numbers as Genevieve. List 4 starting points. Make some starting points close to 3.16 and some far away from 3.16.
Here are some blocks and number lines to help:

Social Studies
Today we discussed the natural resources in the Interior Plains and the different levels of industries.


What were four natural resources in the Interior Plains?


What is a primary industry related to one of the four natural resources?
What is a secondary industry? tertiary industry? quaternary industry?
Look at the cotton example below:



Reminders:

• Math test on decimals next Wednesday

Sorry Erika, I forot!