MONDAY - Today students did a spatial awareness task where they needed to use logic and reasoning to build a skyscraper building out of blocks. Students interpreted the questions and information really well and were able to work with a partner to see success in the task.
TUESDAY - Today was a shorter day for us when it came to Math so we worked in pairs and played some dice game to work on our basic multiplication fact recall. I have stressed the importance of memorizing basic multiplication facts up to 9x9 to the students and have highlighted how it is linked to division. Understanding and this recall will help students HUGELY in division. WEDNESDAY - Be Brave Hitmen Game THURSDAY - Today we did some mental math, and boy was I proud a the success the students saw. We started small and talked about how 21 / 7 = 3, and that 210 / 7 = 30. Students practiced this concept to build understanding and see patterns that emerged. Then, we took it one step further. We did 215 / 7 = 30 5/7. Students rarely, if ever, respond using a remainder (R: 5).We had a great conversation around how using a fraction to represent the remainder will provide us with a more exact answer, which will be helpful as we progress into our Math learning in high Grades. Students worked on some practice questions to develop their overall understanding and confidence with this topic. All questions today were done using MENTAL MATH, and I have not yet taught the traditional algorithm for division. When I do, please be advised that I will post the two strategies students can use in class so that you are able to support from home if/as needed. FRIDAY - No school
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HOMEWORK - click the links below to find this week's homework. Students MUST be completing this to help support their classroom learning.
HW1 HW2 HM3 MONDAY - no school TUESDAY - we worked on division through the use of rulers and number lines (see picture below). Although we will eventually get to the standard algorithm, we have started with a conceptual understanding of division. WEDNESDAY - today we talked a lot about probability and chance. Students reviewed the vocabulary and wrote chance sentences to share with their classmates. THURSDAY - Thursday Morning Math Routine with Mr. Logan. Click here for problem #1. If you have time, click here for problem #2. Thanks! FRIDAY - we continued working on the Logic Problems from yesterday. Students worked with a partner to read through and rationalize their answers. MONDAY - Students took part in an interesting lesson about division. We used rulers to facilitate a different approach to division. We started small, for example 14/2. Students were able to skip count to find their answer. After practicing it a couple of times we made it a bit more complicated. For example 17/3. Students were able to find the exact answer using FRACTIONS (see, I told them fractions would come back into play!)! Students saw great success. We will continue to build on this idea.
TUESDAY - Mr. Arvaluk led us in a lesson about chance and probability today. in Grade 5 we explore the terms: very likely, equally likely, unlikely and certain to express the chance of an event occurring. Be sure to ask your son or daughter about this activity! WEDNESDAY - We continued to explore division today through student created word problems. THURSDAY - no school FRIDAY - no school Click here for the practice and review sheet for the FRACTION TEST coming up this week - Feb 7th.
This week during FLEX we will be doing a FRACTION FAIR!! We are super excited to introduce this real-life application of fractions to students. Students will get to work with all Grade 5 teachers and explore fractions in other ways: games, photography, recipes, money, music and art! It should be really fun!!! MONDAY - Today we reviewed some fraction word problems. Students worked in partners to read, understand and solve the problems. They did really well, and gained some confidence moving into Thursday's test. TUESDAY - Today we did our division, probability and chance diagnostic test. Students know this is a way for me to check-in and see what they know about division before we even start learning about it together as a class. This never counts for marks, but guides my teaching. WEDNESDAY - We did a fraction test review period today! THURSDAY - Fraction Test - you've got this 5A!!!! FRIDAY - We started talking about division on a very simple and conceptual understanding. Our math talk revolved around what is division and "de-bunking" some of the challenges with division. We also made a connection to division and fractions. MONDAY - Students worked on some fraction focused work on Prodigy today! This is something they can continue with at home to solidify the learning in class.
TUESDAY - Students worked on ordering fractions and decimals. We talked a little bit about percentages and how they are related to some of the work we are doing with fractions. It was good to see students make a connection between the topics. WEDNESDAY - We did a mini-low stakes test today in math. This is something we will continue doing throughout the year. It helps prepare students for some of the more high-stakes tests without the natural anxiety that is associated with it. We also looked at equivalent fractions. THURSDAY - Today we continued prepping for the test next week. Students worked through set-models and ordering fractions on a number line - this seems to be a tricky concept for students! We are getting there though :) FRIDAY - no school! |
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