Hello!
Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving weekend. It’s starting to get colder and wetter, so dress appropriately.
In math we went over place value, there where is a ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, and a million onwards place. We learned to separate standard form numbers into expanded form (738,749 = 700,000 + 30,000 + 8,000 + 700 + 40 + 9). We also practiced saying and writing large numbers in word form. We then looked at greater than and less than relationships (56>24).
In language arts we listened to a Goosebumps story, and wrote a synopsis about it. Students were guided through the steps, and given a cheat sheet on how to write their synopsis. Students will learn quickly how to summarize.
In social studies we used a venn diagram to compare different regions. Students worked in pairs to research each region, and compare it with another. We then reviewed and took a quiz on the regions. Most students got perfect.
In science we learned the difference between a solvent (does the dissolving) and a solute (gets disolved). We then experimented with concentration levels, where an unsaturated solution allows us to continue dissolving solute, and a saturated solutions no longer dissolves solute.
We logged into our computer accounts today. Students have their own email and password. The district is switching programs this year, so students have their old accounts @sd62learns.org, as well as their new one @sd62.bc.ca. Logging in at home may require both logins, but the password is the same.
Next week we have another short one, with Friday bring a Pro D. We will learn about rounding and addition strategies in math, starting our own novel study and practice more mad libs in language arts, reviewing our mixture and solutions information for a quiz on Wednesday in science, starting our BC resource unit in social studies, and learning some French halloween vocabulary. Going to be a busy week.
Have a good weekend and see you Monday.