I hope you had a wonderful day! Tomorrow is day 4 (Summative due). Tomorrow summatives are due and presentations will begin. On Friday we welcome you to our Museum of Ancient Civilizations from 2:30-3:15pm.
Polar Expressions is back again this year and they are looking for students to have the chance to publish poems and short stories in an upcoming book. Information sheets have been sent. Students who are interested in this competition can do so on their own time, as class time will not be given. The deadline for poems is November 29th and the deadline for short stories is December 6th
Join us on Friday, November 29th for our Museum of Ancient Civilizations:
Our Christmas Concert rehearsals are well underway. We are dancing to Deck the Halls Rap. Please see the link below for our song and the opening song, ‘So Good to Be Bad’
Deck the Halls Rap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsxGxgwWEwc
Good To Be Bad
Inquiry into Language
Today students worked on their student-led conference package.
Inquiry into Mathematics
Today students explored how to estimate the sums and differences of different masses. When finding the sum we can use 3 different strategies to help us. We can round the decimal to the nearest whole number, round only 1 decimal to the nearest whole, and round the decimals to the nearest tenth or hundredth. When finding the difference we can use 2 different strategies. We can round the decimal being subtracted to the nearest whole, and rounding both decimals to the nearest tenth or hundredth.
As of right now our test well be Friday, December 13th.
Points to Remember
Most large numbers are written in short form instead of having to write the large number in standard form. For example, 5 ½ million is written in standard form as 5, 500, 000. 42, 400, 000 can be written as the decimal 42.4 million. Keep in mind the rounding rules; 0-4 round to the floor, 5-9 round to the sky.
Exploring thousands and writing them as fractions and decimals. We used a place value chart to help us.
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Ones
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Tenths
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Hundredths
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Thousandths
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We also used base ten blocks to help. Please see picture below. A fraction is written as 314/1000. We say it as three-hundred and fourteen thousandths. The decimal would be 0.314.
Comparing and Ordering Decimals: There is 3 different ways that we can order decimals. The first way we can order decimals is by using base ten blocks, the second way is using a place-value chart, and lastly we can use a timeline.
Rounding Decimals: we can round decimals to the nearest whole number, nearest tenth and the nearest hundredths. To help us round we can use a number line or use our rounding rules. If its 0-4 we round down and if its 5-9 we round up.
Rounding Decimals: we can round decimals to the nearest whole number, nearest tenth and the nearest hundredths. To help us round we can use a number line or use our rounding rules. If its 0-4 we round down and if its 5-9 we round up.
Unit of Inquiry
Today students continued to work on their Ancient Civilization summative. Tonight students are to complete their artifact, the good copy of their written component and presentation if they have not already done so. Please join us on Friday, November 29, as we open the Grade 5 Museum of Ancient Civilizations from 2:30-3:15 PM. This will allow Grade 5 parents the opportunity to view the students hard work. Please see flyer posted below and the one that was sent home.
For our Ancient Civilizations summative students will be recreating an ancient artifact from one of the civilizations we studied. As of now, we will be beginning the summative the week of November 18th with a due date of Friday, November 29th. A kind reminder that all summatives are to be done in class only, and to not be done at home unless otherwise stated.
Homework/ Reminders:
- MMS pg. 52-53 due tomorrow
- Complete artifact, written component, and presentation due tomorrow
- Summative due tomorrow
- Spelling lesson #12 due tomorrow
- Museum of Ancient Civilizations on Friday
- Complete artifact, written component, and presentation due tomorrow
- Summative due tomorrow
- Spelling lesson #12 due tomorrow
- Museum of Ancient Civilizations on Friday
Important dates/items:
Thursday, November 28 - Ancient Civilization Summative due
Friday, November 29 Report Cards Sent Home and Museum of Ancient Civilizations from 2:30-3:15pm
Monday, December 2 Term 2 Begins
Thursday, December 5 Student-Led Conferences
Tuesday, December 10 Christmas Concert (JK – Grade 2)
Tuesday, December 17 Christmas Concert (Grade 3 – Grade 8)
Wednesday, December 18 Casual Day
Thursday, December 19 Spirit Day: Red, Green, & White Dress Up
Friday, December 20 Christmas Holiday (No School)
Friday, December 20 - January 7 Christmas Holidays (No School)
Have a great night!
Ms. Cass
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