Good afternoon!

Our Gr. 5 students completed their Transformations Unit Test today. They will be moving on to Statistics and Probability. The Gr. 4 students started to work on estimating quotients today. We have been practicing rounding to the nearest multiple to help solve 2-digit by 1-digit division problems.

Eg. 46 / 5 = __

Well… 1 x 5 = 5, 2 x 5 = 10, 3 x 5 = 15, 4 x 5 = 20, 5 x 5 = 25, 6 x 5 = 30, 7 x 5 = 35, 8 x 5 = 40, 9 x 5 = 45!

45 is close to 46, so…

46 / 5 = about 9

We will be continuing to work with quotients next week.

In Science we have finished our discussions of interactions. Students are now starting to look at two different animals (frogs and ducks), and how these animals adapt to live in a wetlands environment. We have started with frogs. Today we watched a short National Geographic clip titled, “The Last Frog”. This program gave students some insight not only into frogs, but into some of the complications facing wetlands environments. Most of the complications are caused either directly or indirectly by us – humans! Students watching the video expressed their sadness, frustration, and anger towards humans after watching the video, and we discussed using some of the things learned through our Waste in Our World unit and the Amazing Waste Race to help alleviate some of the pressures on these unique ecosystems.

Please send students with signed permission forms tomorrow! If the rain holds off, we may be traveling to the storm pond tomorrow.

Homework: Read 20 minutes

Spelling Quiz – tomorrow

Math: Gr. 4 – pgs. 300-301 #1-10

Jump Rope for Heart – due tomorrow

Year book Orders (June 24th, $20)