Good afternoon!
We had a wonderful day today in 5N! We started our morning off with some Math. Students are continuing to work on division. We are working on 3-digit by 1-digit division strategies. Today we reviewed the base ten block strategy and the repeated subtraction strategy. We also introduced a strategy that while not in the book, students are welcome to use. We call it the traditional strategy. It looks like this:
Both this strategy and our repeated subtraction strategy require students to use their multiplication skills. This is where the majority of us are struggling at the moment. If anyone wants to improve their Math skills, practicing multiplication is my biggest recommendation. Why not try one of the games I posted a few weeks ago? Here they are again for those that missed them:
Multiplication (2, 5, 10, doubles)
These are a great way to start mastering those fundamental skills.
In French today we completed our quiz on the numbers from 1-100. Next week we will be sharing our “Ideal School Day” presentations, and then students will be moving on to learning about different parts of the school! Yay!
In Science, we have started to examine Simple Circuits. Today we wrote a rule about lighting up a light bulb with only a wire and a battery. We decided that:
- That the negative terminal and the positive terminal must be connected.
- That they must be connected by a conductor of electricity (eg. metal).
- That to light up the light bulb, the threaded base and the lead tip must be a part of the connection (so the electricity can enter and exit).
Tomorrow we will be creating more simple circuits only now we will be adding wires. We will also be learning to draw circuit diagrams of the circuits we create and start exploring the different vocabulary and symbols needed in order to draw a circuit diagram.
Today we used our GoNoodle account quite often. We played Airtime to help us relax before the quiz and we played Boogie Down to help get our energy back up before Science. GoNoodle is a website that has lots of different Brain Breaks and small exercises. It keeps track of our classes activity minutes (using the program), and we earn rewards for different activities (eg. postcards, puzzles, etc.). We even have a classroom trainer! Our trainer is named McPufferson. We started off on Level 1 and McPufferson looked like this:
Now McPufferson looks like this! We moved to Level 2 today and you can see that he is growing along with us!
We are going to be using this program to help keep us motivated throughout the day, and to help improve the amount of activity we do each day. You can find out more about this program by clicking on the link below:
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Reading Journal – tomorrow (optional)
Multiplication Quiz – tomorrow (6x and 7x)
Snack Shack – tomorrow ($1-$5)
Ski Day: February 6th
No School Friday – PD Day for Teachers
Book Orders – TOMORROW!
Winter Walk Forms – tomorrow (Walk is Feb. 5th)