Mental Math

We began our in-class time by taking up yesterday’s math homework. Students wrote a quiz to show what they understand about the work we have been doing in class this week. Some students worked on correcting our first quiz. Our new math lesson was about mental math strategies. We reviewed that changing the order of numbers when multiplying or dividing will not change our answer. Bearing this in mind, students practiced changing the order of numbers in a problem in order to group compatible numbers. They also used breaking numbers apart when multiplying numbers that are not easy to compute. Ask your child to explain what compatible numbers are. Students then worked independently on practice problems on p. 51 - 52 of the MMS textbooks.  For questions 1, 2, 3 and 9, students are asked to only complete parts a, c, and e. Students who did not get done in class are asked to complete all questions for homework. A number of students asked to stay in during recess to work on their math homework. That shows dedication … or a desire for a homework-free weekend. J

 We worked on report writing next. Students read another sample of student writing. Most agreed that it deserved a level 3. Students identified many strengths in this piece. These have been added to our checklist on How to Write an Awesome Report: Interview.

During our UOI time, some students took up yesterday’s challenge to research ways to improve our electrical fruit station experiment. They were rewarded with house points for their effort. We hope to collect the additional materials and try the experiment again next week.

Some students requested changes to groups and topics for their power generating project as follows:

Cayden & Zain: Water Power

Ibrahim & Rohan: Hydroelectricity

Gurjas & Bhoovi: Nuclear Power

Rachel: Solar Power

Bhavya: Hydro Power

Dev: Hydro Power

Siheon & Calvin: Wind Power

Carter & Adam: Nuclear Power

Justin & Audrey: Wind Power

Abel & Titus: Thermal Power

Wave Power: Alika

We continued working on electricity stations while students use devices to research their topics and work on their PowerPoint or Prezi.  Devices will be needed for these times.

Grade 6s attended French and Gym class this morning.

Look out for a letter about Karate coming home today.

Homework & Reminders

·         MMS p. 51 & 52

·         Bring devices for the next week

·         September 25: October hot lunch forms due