Ruth King Division 3

Hello!

Wow that felt like a long week, must have been because we were so busy.

In math we reviewed our place value unit and took a test of Friday. Students did very well with the final, with 3 students getting everything correct, and over half the class getting 90%.

We were busy in language arts this week. First students wrote about their Halloween or their weekend.  Then we learned more about Remembrance Day, and wrote a couple of paragraphs about that.

In social studies we learned about the forestry industry,  specifically clear cutting. We learned about the pros and cons of this method of logging. We also started to look at fish farms, and today learned about the benefits and negative impacts they have. Most students have finished their mining project, with half the class finished their forestry one.

In science we worked more on kinetic and potential energy by creating paper roller coasters. Almost all the students finished,  but I will make a video next week for those few students still finishing theirs.

Im art we created some giant poppies for our Remembrance Day display.

Next week we have our assembly on Monday, Tuesday will be a day off, and back on Wednesday.  We will finish off our mini resource projects and write an essay in social studies.  We will review single digit multiplication strategies (array, skip counting, break up) in math. We will also start our simple machines unit in science. Twin day is also on Thursday, I am trying to convince everyone to shave their head, we will see. Going to be an interesting week.

Have a good weekend, and see you Monday.

Hello!

A short one this week, with no school for students tomorrow.

In math we worked on rounding and addition. Students learned how to round numbers to the nearest thousand, hundred, ten, etc, where 5 6 7 8 9 round up to the next number, and 0 1 2 3 4 round down and stays the same. We then worked on addition, and students remember their strategies well from last year.

In language arts we started our own personal Goosebumps novel study. Some students have already finished the book. We are also still practicing our grammar using mad libs.

In science we finished off our solutions unit with a jeopardy review game and a final test. Students did pretty well, where some showed confusion in certain areas. We also checked out our evaporated salt solution.

In social studies we started our new unit on natural resources. We learned the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources,  and learned what imports and exports are. We then went over our project for the unit, a booklet with different types of projects.

Next week we will be learning about subtraction in math, finish off our novel study and have a grammar test in language arts, learn about energy and mining in social studies, and review grade 4 energy in science. Photo day is on Monday, and halloween is Friday. Going to be a busy week.

Have a good weekend, and see you Monday.

Hello!

We had a nice full week, learning lots and working hard.

In math we started our place value unit. We learned how to multiply or divide large numbers, when zeros are involved. With multiplication,  40000 X 2000, we move the 0s over, then multiply the rest, so 0000000, then 4×2=8, so 80000000. With division, you are canceling 0s out on each side, so 5000000 ÷ 10000, you cross out four 0s on each side, leaving you with 500÷1, which is 500. Some students did very well with these strategies,  though others showed some confusion about when to multiply and when to divide.

In language arts we learned about adverbs and synonyms.  We practiced using a thesaurus to find more interesting words. We then used adjectives, nouns, verbs, and adverbs to make some silly sentences using alliteration.  Angry alligators arguing aggressively,  beautiful bears boxing boringly, clever caterpillars cleaning carefully.

In social studies we created our Canadian region brouchures. They turned out great, and very informative.

In science we learned about the densities of liquids by making a rainbow in the bottle.

We also learned about 3 ways to separate solutions: evaporation, crystallization, and distillation.

In art this week we used our acrostic poems from last week and created posters.

Next week we will learn and practice mad libs in language arts, and listen to a novel study on Wednesday.  In math we will learn about place values up to a million, so 374,873 = 300000+70000+4000+800+70+3 = three hundred seventy four thousand eigh hundred seventy three. In science we will learn about concentration levels and the difference between solute vs solvent. In social studies we will finish off our regions unit. Going to be a busy week.

Have a nice long weekend, and see you Tuesday.

Hello!

For such a short week, we sure were busy. Beach day was very successful, lots of fun and learning.

In math this week we introduced algebra and the relationship between operations and equations. It was a little challenging for students, but everyone improved by the end of the week. We focused on labelling our addition, subtraction, multiplication,  and division equations with the terms ‘small’ and ‘big’ numbers. So with addition and multiplication, it is small number (4) + or × small number (6) = big number (10 or 24). With subtraction and division,  it is big number (24) – or ÷ small number (12) = small number (12 or 2). We can change addition equations to subtraction equations (4+7=11 to 11-7=4) and multiplication questions to division (3×7=21 to 21÷7=3). We can also swap the small numbers (14-6=8 or 14-8=6). This helps us solve algebra questions such as 8+H=20, where you rewrite it as 20-8=12. Students were still having some difficulty with how to rewrite their equations, but they are getting better.

In language arts we learned about Orange shirt day, and our own identity. We created shirts showcasing our own identity, and discussed how we would feel if those shirts were erased. Our display board will be up next week. We also wrote a paragraph about Orange shirt day.

In social studies we reviewed the grade 4 concept of the Canadian Regions. We colored a map, and started researching the different regions of Canada.

In science we reviewed the grade 4 concept of the phases of matter, and how each state of matter can phase and change into a different state.

Next week we will be started to research a specific region of Canada to make a brochure. We will review our pattern work for our final test of our first unit.  We will be starting our grammar unit, learning about nouns, adjectives, and verbs. We will start learning the difference between mixtures and solutions.

Emergency forms went out this week, try to get them in ASAP. Have a good weekend, and see toy Monday.

Hello!

We finished off our first full week of grade 5. It went pretty well, our class seems to have a good amount of hard workers, with only a few needing reminders. I sent out Online Consent emails on Friday, we need those sent in ASAP so we can start getting started on some of our projects.

In math this week we did a quick 3 day review of grade 4, and completed the math assessment to see where students are at. There seems to be a good range of learners this year.

In language arts we learned the parts of a paragraph: topic sentence, 3 to 5 ideas, and conclusion. We used this, and a word web, to help organize our writing. We then write about our summer vacation. From the few I have read so far, sounds like a lot of fun summers trips.

In science this week we looked at the scientific method; observe, research, hypothesize, experiment, record, and share info. We practiced this with a skittles melting experiment. We also played “Whats in the box” game, where students used describing words and their sense of touch to guess what in the box.

In French we learned how to say Hello, How are you, respond, and goodbye. The intro to French conversation. Students went around the room conversing with each other.

For art we created our personalized puzzle piece. I put our class puzzle together on Friday.

We got most of our beach day forms and agenda money in, keep it up!

Next week we will be focusing on Terry Fox and writing another paragraph. We will start our pattern unit in math (4, 7, 10, 13, 16), and label a Canadian map for social studies. In science we will experiment more with the scientific method.  Should be a good week.

Have a good weekend, and see you next week.