Reminders for Field Trip Tomorrow

Tomorrow we will be going on our field Trip to the Water Festival. The following is a list of things to know about for students going with us:

-It is an all day field trip so students will need a backpack with supplies for the morning and afternoon.
-Students are asked to bring a litter-less lunch with them so that there is no garbage.
-Students will not be able to purchase food or drinks at the festival
-students should bring a refillable water bottle. There is a station which provides clean drinking water where students will be able to fill up their bottles.
-There is candy sold at the site if students wish to bring a small amount of money.
-Students should be dressed in appropriate clothing and footwear )and bring spare clothes if necessary): running shoes are a must, hats and sunglasses. Students may be getting wet, but should not be dressed in swimsuits.
-students should have sunscreen as we will be outside for the entire day
-bug spray is a good idea as we will be close to wooded areas which tend to have more insects.

We are hoping to have a very nice day tomorrow, with lots of great activities for the students! We will be leaving the school at 9:15 am tomorrow. Please have students come prepared!

Geometry Quiz Monday

The students will have a quiz about 3D shapes on Monday.

Grade 4 students will need to be able to:
-identify pyramids and prisms
-describe pyramids and prisms
-classify pyramids and prisms by their properties (faces, bases, edges, vertices)
-draw and describe nets of rectangular prisms and triangular prisms

Grade 5 students will need to be able to:
-identify pyramids and prisms from their nets
-construct nets of pyramids and prisms
-distinguish between prisms, pyramids, and other 3D figures

3D skeletons

The students used nibs and toothpicks to construct skeletons of different 3D figures. Needless to say, the figures did not last long after these photos were taken 😉

Homework for Wednesday, May 24

Students have a sheet on 3D solids to work on tonight.

A reminder to make sure that the field trip forms and money are passed in ASAP as we will be going in one week!

Making Nets

Students are learning about 3D solids and their nets in geometry, so they are creating their own figures from nets.

Math Test Review

Gr. 4 students will need to:

- Match fractions with their words (ie: 1/2 = one half, 3/4 = three fourths or three quarters)

- know which number in a fraction is a numerator, and which is a denominator

-identify the denominator as the number of pieces in the whole, and the numerator as the number of pieces being referred to (or talked about)

-Compare fractions using >,<, or = and order them from least to greatest or greatest to least (including improper fractions and mixed numbers)

-Compare fractions to the benchmarks of 0, 1/2, or 1.

-Write the decimal based on a picture (for tenths or halves)

-compare decimals using >,<, or = and order them from least to greatest or greatest to least (including    Whole numbers with decimals)

-Count forward by tenths from a given decimal (ie: 1.7, ---> 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2)

-Change given fractions into decimals and change given decimals into fractions using halves and tenths (including Whole numbers with decimals, improper fractions, and mixed numbers)

Gr. 5 students will need towork with improper fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals to the hundredths including whole numbers with decimals to:

- Write fractions based on given picture representations

-Compare fractions using >,<, = and order them from greatest to least or least to greatest

- Identify equivalent fractions

- Identify equivalent decimals

- Count forward by hundredths (1.87--> 1.88, 1.89, 1.9, 1.91, 1.92)

-Solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of decimals in the tenths and hundredths.

- Multiplying decimals by 10, 100, or 1000.

Math test Monday

Due to the busy week with the play "Annie", the math test has been moved to Monday in order to give students more time to practice and review.

Math test

There will be a math test on Fractions and decimals at the end of this week (Friday May 12). Students should be reviewing the practice they have been doing on fractions and decimals in preparation for the test.

Homework for May 5

Students are using their textbooks to work on adding decimals.

Gr. 4 p. 303 #4, 7, 8, 9, 10

Gr. 5 p. 132 #4, 5, 7, 8, 9

Prodigy Website

The students were introduced to the Prodigy website for math today. This is a game that the students will enjoy, where they have to practice math concepts. Right now it has been set to fractions to help them with this unit. I have given each student a sheet of paper with their username and password, as well as the website address, so that they may work on this at home. I asked that the students keep this piece of paper in the front pocket of their agendas for home and for school. Students had a little time to use this site today.