- representing money amounts in bills and coins.
- making changes.
- converting metric systems and comparing and ordering them. (mL, L, t, kg, g, mg)
- measuring volume using centimeter cubes.
- time to the second, elapsed time, dates, SI notation.
- word problems requiring conversion.
- word problems for time and distance.
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Measurement Final Assessment
Students should review the following concepts at home this evening. They should reread their study guides and complete Show What You Know in the textbook. If they had some difficulty on the quiz, students should practice their trouble spots.
Unit 7 Transformational Geometry
5B students will be starting a new math unit on Tuesday. The unit is called Transformational Geometry and it fits into the Geometry and Spatial Sense strand.
Big Ideas:
- coordinate systems can be used to describe the location of a figure.
- translations (slides), reflections (flips), and rotations (turns) are transformations.
- figures have attributes, such as parallel sides, right angles, and line symmetry, that allow us to sort and name them.
These concepts help students to develop spatial awareness. Spatial visualization skills are important. Many everyday activities, such as map reading, giving directions, and following assembly instructions, rely on these skills.
Activities ideas to support this strand at home:
- draw a map of your neighbourhood on a grid and identify the coordinates of 3 different locations.
- play the game Battleship.
- search your home and yard for objects with symmetry.
- fold and cut paper to make paper snowflakes. Look for symmetry and holes with the same size and shape.
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Wonder by RJ Palacio
Have you heard? We are reading Wonder by RJ Palacio!
We are very engaged by the story of a 10 year old boy named August. He was born with numerous facial deformities and he is attending school for the first time ever.
The story is read aloud to us. Some of us have our own copies of the book and we follow along. We stop and discuss all the different themes within the book: kindness, bullying, grief, friendship, concept of normalcy, and perspective.
Sometimes we write about our thoughts and questions in our reading response notebooks.
We are very engaged by the story of a 10 year old boy named August. He was born with numerous facial deformities and he is attending school for the first time ever.
The story is read aloud to us. Some of us have our own copies of the book and we follow along. We stop and discuss all the different themes within the book: kindness, bullying, grief, friendship, concept of normalcy, and perspective.
Sometimes we write about our thoughts and questions in our reading response notebooks.
First Nations and Europeans
Starting on Monday, February 9th, students will be embarking on a journey into the past. Our new social studies unit is called First Nations and Europeans in New France and Early Canada.
The big ideas are:
The big ideas are:
- Application: analyse some key short- and long-term consequences of interactions among and between First Nations and European explorers and settlers in New France prior to 1713
- Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate aspects of the interactions among and between First Nations and Europeans in Canada prior to 1713 from the perspectives of the various groups involved
- Understanding Context: describe significant features of and interactions between some of the main communities in Canada prior to 1713, with a particular focus on First Nations and New France
Students will be involved in the inquiry process and a variety of different learning activities. They will be covering this unit for approximately 7 weeks.
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