Good afternoon!

We started our morning off with some Math. On Monday we started to discuss some of the different attributes of different shapes. In particular we focused on the length of the sides, parallel sides, and the vertices of a shape. Today we added perpendicular sides as well as a shapes diagonals to the list? Want to see what we know so far?

 

Students are starting to build up a familiarity with these attributes and are looking for shapes that share or differ in their attributes. For example, we know that a square has 4 equal sides, 2 pairs of parallel sides, 4 vertices, 4 perpendicular sides, and that it’s diagonals intersect at right angles as well. A rectangle on the other hand has 2 pairs of equal sides, 2 pairs of parallel sides, 4 vertices, 4 perpendicular sides, and that it’s diagonals do not intersect at right angles. We can see that some of the attributes are shared by both squares and rectangles (2 pairs of parallel sides) and that some differ (eg. 4 equal sides vs. 2 pairs of equal sides).

In Social Studies today we focused specifically on the Fur Trade. We looked at the coureur de bois and the voyageurs in particular. Students discovered that after the Governor of New France passed a law that would only allow individuals to trade with his approval, the coureur de bois’ positions were somewhat threatened in New France. They were unable to do their job. If they were caught, they could be jailed, whipped, or even hanged. The traders that were lucky enough to gain the Governor’s permission came to be known as the voyageurs. Like the coureur de bois, they had a difficult be adventurous life. We looked at some of the songs and traditions developed by the voyageurs. Check out the two videos below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElXjBUnfWfQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zDTdKRqZ9g

Then we decided to write our own song. We wanted the song to be relevant to our lives and hard working conditions. We decided to set the beat to a student tapping a pencil on a desk (vs. the paddle in the water that the voyageurs used), and to write about some of our difficulties and hopes about our work. Check out our song below:

5N’s Voyage

We have to do a lot of Math,

In this wretched school of death,

This is a Social thing,

We’re waiting for the bell to ring.

We are bored of our homework,

We want to go home,

We only want some work,

and like the history of Rome.

We’re doing Math, we may not make it back!

We’re doing our best, how do we do this!

We have to go to Recess, we have to go to Recess!

Doing math is so bad it makes my puppy mad,

and I am so glad it’s almost home time,

but I do like Recess, it is fun,

I get to play with my friends in the sun. 

Science is cool,

Math is drool, 

We have to go home…

So we can do our homework!

(and play video games!)

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math – pgs. 228-229 #1-5, pgs. 232-233 #1-5

DOGONews Forms – ASAP