Ruth King Division 3

Hello!

Our first full week in a while, it was nice getting a fill 5 days in. We had the Halloween dance on Thirsday, and it sounds like it was a lot of fun. It was great tonsee so many students take part in twin day, though seems like no one took me up on my offer to shave their head to match me.

In math we started off with a quiz on standard form, expanded form, and word form. Most of the students did very well with the quiz. We then reviewed rounding and adding, played some games with it, and had another quiz. Again, most students did very well, and I worked with those who were still a little confused about rounding.

In language arts we started our own Goosebumps novel study.  Students are reading through, and recording the events and their predictions as they read 2 to 3 chapters at a time. A couple of students have finished, and are starting to write their synopsis.

In science we finished off our solutions unit with a jeopardy review game and final test. Many students did well with the test, while some mixed up either mixture and solutions, solute and solvents, dissolve or dilute,  or ways to separate a solution.

In social studies we started our natural resource unit by learning about renewable and non renewable resources. We then learned about the booklet we will be creating, showing our understanding of 4 of BC’s natural resources. This week we focused on energy resources: oil, natural gas, coal, solar, wind, and hydro. Students then created a mini project, sharing what they researched and learned.

In art we learned about Symmetry by creating pumpkins

We also started working on our home folders. These will be for transporting our work from school during reporting periods.

Next week in language arts we will learn about the origins of Halloween, review and finish off our grammar unit with a test, and hopefully finish off the Goosebumps books. In math we will continue our rounding work, but also review subtraction. In social studies we will look at minerals and mining as a resource,  and work on a new mini project.  In science we will start our simple machines unit, looking at the 6 types of simple machines that help make work easier. We will also be creating our Art Cards. Should be another good week, especially with Halloween on Tuesday!

Have a good weekend, and see you Monday.

Hello!

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving weekend.

In math this week we started our whole number unit, learning about multiplication and division of large numbers with zeros. So when we multiplu 500 x 7000, we move the 0s over, and multiply what’s left, so move the 00 and 000, and then 5 x 7 is 35, and we get 3500000. With division we cross out zeroes, so 500000 divided by 1000, you cross three 0s on the 1000, then cross off three 0s on the 500000, to get 500.

In language arts we learned how to do mad libs, to help us practice using nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. We came up with some very silly fill in the blank paragraphs.

In science we learned more about mixtures and solutions. First we went through some experiments, mixing two ingredients together, and trying to separate them using a filter. Dirt and water is a mixture, while chocolate milk is a solution. We then looked at different liquid densities,  and attempted to make a rainbow in a bottle,  by dying liquids different colours, and layering them. None of the bottles became true rainbows, as our predictions were off, but one got pretty close.

We spent most of the week researching a specific Canadian region, and creating a brochure to show off its features.

Next week we will finish off regions with some review and a quiz, learn about saturation levels in science, place value and different forms (standard, expanded, word) of numbers in math, and completing a Goosebumps novel study. Going to be another busy week.

Have a good weekend, and see you Monday.