It was a very short week with no school on Thursday and Friday. Students celebrated Valentine’s Day on Wednesday by handing out valentines to their classmates. We also watched the movie “Shaun the Sheep” which has no real dialogue and had the students work on the literacy skills of inferencing and making connections to construct meaning. Students really enjoyed the movie as they lounged in their pajamas and ate their treat from home—a fun way to end our shortened week!
In math this week, we have continued to practice our multiplication strategies. Students learned how to multiply numbers ending in zeros, which is an important skill to know when estimating products. We also spent some time on “Prodigy” and multiplication websites. Students are encouraged to keep practicing their basic facts over the long weekend so we can continue to see progress in their “Mad Minute” bar graphs. In science, students learned about another useful simple machine—the lever! Students learned about the components of a lever (the fulcrum, load and effort), and the three classes of levers and how they work. A first-class lever has the fulcrum in the middle between the load and the effort (ex. a seesaw & a balance scale); a second-class lever has the load in the middle between the fulcrum and the effort (ex. a wheelbarrow & a bottle opener); and a third-class lever has the effort in the middle between the load and the fulcrum (ex. a shovel & tweezers). We worked on some fun “Machine Pictograms” (see below) in our table groups. We also watched a Bill Nye video and students needed to listen carefully to complete their fill-in-the-blank questions about simple machines. Next week we will continue to look at levers and do some in-class experiments. Enjoy your extra long weekend—see you back in class next Tuesday! —Ms. Jagger
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Patterns and Algebra Reading and Representing Whole Numbers Addition and Subtraction Multiplication and Division Time Length, Perimeter & Area Fractions “Math Makes Sense” Practice and Homework Book: Can be found at the Virtual Learning Commons under “Student Links”: http://nckodiaks.ca/lc/ Username: kodiakstudent Password: M@th15fun! Practice Problem Solving Questions Math Dictionary Math Websites: Demolition Division Multiplication Games Multiplication Interactive Games Subtraction Games Hour of Code Prodigy Abcya.com Math Facts Games Math Fact Fluency Activities & Games Plant Growth & Changes: Plant Growth and Changes Glossary of Important Terms Seed Survivor Plants for Kids Easy Science for Kids Plants Elementary Science Wheels & Levers Resources: Wheel and Levers Glossary of Important Terms Simple Machine Facts Simple Machines Interactive Sites Light & Shadows Resources: Light and Shadows Glossary of Important Terms BBC Light & Shadows How We See Things Light & Shadow Activities Interactive Tutorials Waste & our World Resources: Waste and our World Glossary of Important Terms Recycle City Game EekoWorld |