We learned how to conduct a survey in math today. We
followed these steps. Check how many of these steps your child can remember:
1. Choose a topic
2. Compose a question
3. Generate 4 possible answers/options to your question
4. Predict the most and the least expected answer to your question
5. Create a chart to collect your data (in tally marks)
6. Conduct the survey
7. Create a bar graph to show your results
8. Make statements about your results and compare them to
your prediction
Later in the day, we used Microsoft Excel to create
pictographs of data. It was frustrating at first, but after a few tries, everyone
felt very comfortable with the steps required. Ask your child to explain to you
how to create pictographs in Excel.
In arithmetic, students learned to add and subtract mixed numbers.
They understand that a fraction is a smaller place value than the ones place
because it is part of a whole and should be added and subtracted first when
solving these problems.
In language, students continued working on their list 15
spelling words. We continued writing using our senses to create imagery in our
minds. Students listened to each other's writing and were inspired by ideas of
their classmates. We read E. B. White's "The Pond" to appreciate the
way a master writer uses senses to create imagery in the reader's mind.
In our inquiry time, we reflected on our favourite part of
the storytelling unit. Students drew and wrote about a part of this unit that
was their favourite. They also reflected on how they were inquirers during this
unit. We also spent time working on our IB Portfolios and organising our storage
binders.
Homework &
Reminders
- Review list 15 spelling words
- MMS p. 86 & 87
- Arithmetic p. 83 & 84
- Remember your library card (if applicable for you) for tomorrow's trip to Streetsville Library
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