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5H Math: This week students will get their unit 2 tests back. We've been working really hard on division. We've talked about what division means (breaking something into equal groups or pieces), practiced the algorithm for long division, as well as written and solved division story problems. Today we thought about the pattern we notice when solving word problems where the divisor is larger than the dividend (3 divided by 4= 3/4). This helps us to meet the standard 5.NF.3: Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers.
For the rest of this week, we will work on deconstructing word problems. So often, students have trouble with understanding multi-step word problems: knowing what the question(s) is asking, knowing where to start, and determining if their answer(s) makes sense...and isn't that the most important part? We spend some time understanding how to compute using different operations, but students having the ability to read problems, make a plan, and evaluate their answers is so important. Students will also need to think about what the remainder represents in each problem and the best way to show it (fraction, whole number, leave it off, round up or down).
If we have time we will get into division with a decimal number as the dividend and a whole number as the divisor (e.g. 24.76 divided by 3).
We'll have a division quiz (whole numbers not decimals) this Thursday. Kids will need to be able to solve division word problems using the standard algorithm.
Language Arts:
We started analyzing a poem today, Students are working on understanding the figurative language in the poem and will be applying the message from the poem to their own novels. We are constantly looking for connections between pieces of writing.
I have started to read aloud a memoir to the class. We are using this text as a model for how to write a memoir. Students will begin to brainstorm and write rough drafts for their own memoirs this week. Memoirs are a snapshot of someone's life, about a specific event or time in their lives.
Word Study: We took our homophone quiz today, and we will continue working with open syllables. We will practice marking a few more words with open syllables (single and multisyllabic), then we will learn about the different vowel sounds y can make (long i and long e). When a y is at the end of the first syllable in a word, it usually makes the long i sound (e.g. sky); when a y is not the first vowel (not at the end of the first syllable) it usually says the long e sound (e.g. baby).
Science
We are finishing up our science unit this week. We will do a few experiments to illustrate some of the concepts we've been learning about. Tomorrow we'll think about how water vapor in the air affects air pressure and what type of weather typically comes with high and low pressure.
We will take our weather test this Friday. Students should use their notes to prepare for the test. They should use the essential questions below in order to study.
Essential Questions
5H Math: This week students will get their unit 2 tests back. We've been working really hard on division. We've talked about what division means (breaking something into equal groups or pieces), practiced the algorithm for long division, as well as written and solved division story problems. Today we thought about the pattern we notice when solving word problems where the divisor is larger than the dividend (3 divided by 4= 3/4). This helps us to meet the standard 5.NF.3: Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers.
For the rest of this week, we will work on deconstructing word problems. So often, students have trouble with understanding multi-step word problems: knowing what the question(s) is asking, knowing where to start, and determining if their answer(s) makes sense...and isn't that the most important part? We spend some time understanding how to compute using different operations, but students having the ability to read problems, make a plan, and evaluate their answers is so important. Students will also need to think about what the remainder represents in each problem and the best way to show it (fraction, whole number, leave it off, round up or down).
If we have time we will get into division with a decimal number as the dividend and a whole number as the divisor (e.g. 24.76 divided by 3).
We'll have a division quiz (whole numbers not decimals) this Thursday. Kids will need to be able to solve division word problems using the standard algorithm.
Language Arts:
We started analyzing a poem today, Students are working on understanding the figurative language in the poem and will be applying the message from the poem to their own novels. We are constantly looking for connections between pieces of writing.
I have started to read aloud a memoir to the class. We are using this text as a model for how to write a memoir. Students will begin to brainstorm and write rough drafts for their own memoirs this week. Memoirs are a snapshot of someone's life, about a specific event or time in their lives.
Word Study: We took our homophone quiz today, and we will continue working with open syllables. We will practice marking a few more words with open syllables (single and multisyllabic), then we will learn about the different vowel sounds y can make (long i and long e). When a y is at the end of the first syllable in a word, it usually makes the long i sound (e.g. sky); when a y is not the first vowel (not at the end of the first syllable) it usually says the long e sound (e.g. baby).
Science
We are finishing up our science unit this week. We will do a few experiments to illustrate some of the concepts we've been learning about. Tomorrow we'll think about how water vapor in the air affects air pressure and what type of weather typically comes with high and low pressure.
We will take our weather test this Friday. Students should use their notes to prepare for the test. They should use the essential questions below in order to study.
Essential Questions
- What are the three main types of clouds and what weather do they indicate?
- What are the layers of the atmosphere and what happens in each layer? (which layer does weather occur in?)
- How do molecules react in different temperatures?
- What are the three states of matter?
- Understand the water cycle.
- What tools/technology do people use to measure/predict the weather?
Students should also be able to recall information relating to classroom experiments.
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