Ruth King Division 3

Hello!

Glad we got to have a full week back, and managed to catch up on our work from all those ‘snow days’.

In math this week we learned about the bar method of division, where we use multiplication, subtraction, and addition to solve 3 digit division equations. We focused on ‘magic numbers’ of 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, and 1, multiplies we are familiar with, which helped us lower the divided number.  By the end of the week, seems like almost everyone got it.

In language arts we wrote 3 rough copy mini stories, focusing on the secret reasons we have specific rules. It can be a little tricky, as we are writing fiction that kind of makes sense. So students have to really think about why something is the way it is in their story.

In social studies we learned about the provincial parties and their beliefs. We created posters as well. We also had a discussion on the left vs center vs right political ideologies.

In science we managed to finally finish our Rube Goldberg machines. We were down to the wire for some of them. Here is our video

We also started learning about the human body in science. We discussed how cells make cell tissue, which make organs, which then make organ systems. We then started our look at the digestive system,  and what happens when we eat food. We experimented with this, and modeled each step. The students were not happy with the small intestine step.

In french we started learning about Le Carnival de Quebec. We watched a bunch of videos on it,  learning about the main attractions, food, and activities that occur. We will be making a brochure to showcase the events.

In preparation for next week (Literacy week) we made tiny book reviews for our hallway.

Next week we will be learning long division in math, writing 1 good copy story in language arts, having a quiz on political parties in social studies, learning about the respiratory system in science, finishing our brochure in french, and participating in Literacy week activities. All this and swimming on Thursday! It’s going to get busy.

Have a good weekend,  and see you Monday.

Hello!

It was good to see everyone after the break,  it sounds like most had a great time. Pretty short week, with us mostly doing catch up and review.

In language arts we wrote about our holiday break, practicing more paragraph writing and proofreading.

In math we reviewed our multiplication strategies for larger numbers.

In science we started building Rube Goldberg machines, with the purpose of popping a balloon. We are in the initial stages of building, and next week will be finished.

In social studies we learned about the history of how Canada got the right to vote, and how long it took for every Canadian be able to vote. We created a timeline of the most important events to us.

In art we started painting some winter landscapes. Some are not finished yet,  so a picture will be posted next week. Here is what we have so far.

Next week we will finish our Rube Goldberg machines, learn about the Federal election parties, start division by learning the array and repeated subtraction strategies, and start our creative writing project about secret reasons to grown up rules. It will be a busy week.

Have a good weekend,  and stay warm.

Hello!

We are now 1 week away from our winter break, and the students are pretty excited about it.

In math we worked on 2 by 2 digit multiplication, so 64×34, using the standard algorithm. We took a quiz and it seems about half got the strategy,  so we will review more next week. We also played Prodigy using our Google Learns accounts, which are available for home use as well.

In language arts we looked at perspective writing and role playing with RAFTS, where we wrote from the role of a specific person or thing, to a specific audience. One of my favourites was the pencil writing a love letter to an eraser.

This week we looked at different types of governments, with each day trying a different one. Monday was Direct Drcomcracy, where we votes on everything. Tuesday was oligarchy day, where our points rich students got their chance to try and make classroom students. Wednesday was my favorite with dictatorship day, where I was the dictator, students worked hard, and it was very quiet. Thursday was Mondarchy day, and our queen did such a good job that no one wanted to overthrow her. Friday students voted for others to represent them,  and they will lead for the next 3 days, with a relection on Tuesday. We also researched countries that used each government.

We finished up our simple machine work with a scavenger hunt, class review, and test. Most students did very well with their test. We will be working more on machines in January.

Friday we visited the Christmas Store, and it seems like everyone got their gifts. The Art cards went home today, and we put the pieces on our wall.

A reminder about the White Elephant gift exchange, to start bringing in the wrapped $5-10 gifts, if you are participating,  by Wednesday. Have a good weekend, and see you Monday.

Hello!

Good to see everyone back for another full week, we started a couple of units, while almost finishing others.

In language arts we focused more on descriptive writing and Proofreading. We wrote about our weekend, focusing on the who, what, where, why, when, and how. We then practiced proofreading our own work using highlighters.

In math we practiced using the box method for multiplication, separating our place values, cross multiplying, and adding our numbers back up. Students did pretty well with this, though there seemed to be a little confusion about how many zerosnthey needed to move.

In science we learned all about the pulley. We practices using a pulley to lift a load, and then built our own pulleys to take home. Students seemed to really enjoy playing with their pulley.

In social studies we started our look at government, focusing on the levels of government in Canada: municipal,  provincial, and federal. We learned that each level has their own jobs and duties, as well as specific leaders and members. We created posters to represent each job.

In art we looked at some Ted Harrison landscapes, and created our own, showcasing a natural resource.

In french we looked at numbers 1 to 60, using a guide to complete a worksheet, and do some basic addition and subtraction.

Next week we are going to learn long multiplication to practice more 2 by 2 digit equations, continue adding more details to our wiring in language arts, have a quiz in levels of government and start learning about types of government in social studies, investigate the wheel and its benefits while also building win cars in science, and.play some french bingo. Going to be a other full week.

Have a good weekend, and see you Monday

Hello!

I hope everyone had a nice long weekend. I have gotten almost all of the folders back. If you haven’t returned your folder yet, and would still like an interview, send me an email to arrange one.

In math this week we reviewed three strategies to multiply single digits. The first takes ‘groups of’ amd makes arrays. So 3×5 is 3 rows of dots, and 5 columns. We then practice my favorite strategy, which is to break up harder numbers into easier ones, and multiply. So 7×6, break 7 into 5 and 2, multiply both pieces by 6 (5×6=30, 2×6=12), then add the pieces back to make 42. We turned this strategy up a notch by doing numbers like 14×7 (10×7 and 4×7). We finally learned how skip counting can help multiply,  so 6×4 is 6, 12, 18, 24. We will have a quiz Monday afternoon on these strategies.

In social studies this week we learned about what aquaculture and fish farms do. We discussed the positive and negatives of fish farms, and students worked on their project. We also learned about the thre Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle. Students spent some time reflecting on how they can use the three Rs at home. Finally we started to write our natural resource essay on a specific topic: clear cutting, oil pipelines, mining, and fish farms. We will work on these more next week.

In science we learned all about lever and fulcrum. We experimented with the placement of a fulcrum, and how it makes it easier to lift when it is closer to the load. Students were quite amazed at the change in effort needed to lift an object. We then played around with the most popular lever and fulcrum, according to grade 5 students, which is the catapult. We spend the rest of the week building catapults, and practiced shooting them Friday. We will have one more test shoot on Monday before they come home.

In french this week we needed to do a little catch up, so we learned about the days of the week, months of the year,  how to say our name, and age in french. We practices Je m’appelle our name, je suis our gender, and j’ai our age.

Next week we have a short one, with Thursday being a half day, and Friday a Pro D. On Monday we have the Book fair, and students will be given $10 credit for books once again. We will review multiplying with 0s, and estimate multiples in math, write our resource essay and do a resource test in social studies, learn about the screw and wedge in science, and practice numbers to 10 in french. Should be a busy week finishing off our socials unit, here is hoping we can get it done.

Have a good weekend, and see you Monday.