Welcome to Week 9 of online learning. I hope you are all well and have a wonderful week ahead. Email anytime with questions or thoughts.
Class meetings next week:
Monday at 10:30am
Friday at 10:30am
Math Focus
Monday/Tuesday
I can relate decimals to fractions and fractions to decimals (to tenths, to hundredths).
To build on your understanding of fractions and decimals here are some practice questions for you to try. Pick and choose which ones you’d like to complete each day over the next 2 days. Submit when you are finished.
Practice Time!
Decimal Tenths
- For each of the following:
- Write each as a fraction
- Write each as a decimal
- Show each on the grid (use an X, highlighting or paint format)
- Three tenths:
- Ten tenths:
- One tenth:
- Zero tenths:
2. What comes next in this counting pattern? How do you know?
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
I know ______ comes next because:
Decimal Hundredths
This grid is divided into 100 parts.
1 part is one hundredth of the grid.
I write the fraction as 1/100 and the decimal as 0.01
Choose 1, 2 or both!
- Using these pictures, select at least 2 and identify the fraction and decimal for each colour represented on the grid.
A. B.
C. D.
OR
- Use this blank grid to colour in each square. You must use at least 3 colours. You could make a pattern or maybe a picture! Then, identify the fraction and decimal for each colour represented on the grid.
Wednesday
I can estimate sums and differences with decimal tenths and hundredths.
Estimation is a valuable skill to master, especially when it comes to money. When estimating, you may find it most useful to use whole-dollar amounts that are close. Take a look at the chart below and note how the dollar values have been rounded to the nearest dollar (either higher or lower). Complete the chart with the correct estimation.
Let’s get to work:
After working hard on your online learning for the week, you decide to take a much needed lunch break. The only place open that is in walking distance to your house is Penny’s Pitas. You gathered your entire family and headed out for a lunch break. Using the menu provided, answering the following questions:
- Your mom ordered a pita and soup. Your brother ordered yogurt.
- Estimate the cost of your mom’s order.
- About how much more money did your mom spend than your brother? Explain how you know.
- Your dad brought $3.50 to spend on his lunch. He would like soup, milk, and a pita. Does he have enough money? Explain how you know.
- Choose 2 items from the Penny Pitas menu for your lunch.
- Estimate the difference in cost.
- Estimate the total cost of both items.
- Create your own estimating problem about the menu. Show how to solve your problem.
Thursday
I can add and subtract decimal tenths and hundredths.
Adding and subtracting decimal numbers follow the same rules as adding and subtracting whole numbers. The trick is to be sure that the place values line up!
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Let’s practice adding and subtracting decimals. For each question:
- ESTIMATE the sum/difference for each question
- RECORD the correct solution for each addition/subtraction question
- CHECK your work to ensure it is correct
- 5.1 + 6.2 = 6. 0.58-0.22=
- 4.4 + 2.8 = 7. 0.95 - 0.59=
- 1.3 + 3.4 = 8. 7.3 - 3.8 =
- 3.49 + 2.82 = 9. 9.0 - 6.1 =
- 5.50 + 1.25 = 10. 0.38 - 0.18 =
Friday
Choose 3 of the story problems to complete. For each question:
- Provide an ESTIMATION first
- Create a mathematical EQUATION to match
- SOLVE the equation
- Write a WORD SENTENCE that answers the initial question.
1. An African elephant was 0.90m tall at birth. It grew up to be 3.17m tall.
How much did it grow?
2. Julie had $9.00 to spend at a yard sale. She bought a hockey stick for $7.75.
How much change did she get in return?
3. A giraffe’s neck can be about 2.5m long. If a giraffe is about 5.4m tall, how tall is the rest of its body?
4. There are 19.3 cups of flour in a bag. The chef uses 2.9 cups for making cookies. Then, he uses 1.2 cups of sugar and 5.1 cups of flour for making banana bread. How many cups of flour are left?
5. Miley buys an assorted box of chocolates that contains 18.61 ounces of dark chocolate and 37.23 ounces of milk chocolate. How much do the chocolates weigh in total?
6.Ken and Joe attend a health camp at school. Their heights are noted as 4.01 feet and 3.71 feet respectively. What is the difference in height between Ken and Joe?
Literacy Focus
Monday
Bill Nye: Optics
✓ I can make an inference based on what I observe.
✓ I can answer questions using a variety of sources such as articles and videos.
✓ I can recognize that light can be reflected and refracted (bent).
Answer the following questions from the attached video. You may want to review some of the scientific terms used in previous weeks to help you out.
Questions
- Give a definition for each of the following scientific words as they relate to light. Rewatch the sections of the video where these terms are explained and write the definition in your own words.
- Reflect:
- Refract:
- Absorb:
- Draw a diagram or take a photo and describe an example of a material (from the video or from your home) that will:
- Reflect light:
- Refract light:
- Absorb light:
Tuesday
Bill Nye: Optics 2
✓ I can make an inference based on what I observe.
✓ I can answer questions using a variety of sources such as articles and videos.
✓ I can recognize that light can be reflected and refracted (bent).
Answer the following questions from the attached video. You may want to review some of the scientific terms used in previous weeks to help you out.
Questions
- Fill in the blanks on the following:
- Light travels in ___________.
- When light waves slow down they change _____________.
- Draw a diagram to show the difference between the white and black paper when the light from the remote was aimed at each. Be sure to use the applicable science words from yesterday in your labels (“reflect”, “refract” and/or “absorb”). Which paper allowed the kids to change the channel on the tv? How?
Wednesday
Learning Intentions
- I can revise a piece of writing so that it makes sense
Task:
Paragraphs and Punctuation
1. Try reading the paragraph below. Can you find all the mistakes? You probably ran out of breath trying to get through it! There are lots of things missing like quotation marks, periods, question marks, commas, and capital letters!!!
2. Rewrite the following passage “Rainbows” in paragraphs adding punctuation and changing small letters into capital letters where necessary.
Remember: Paragraphs need an introduction, body and conclusion (Hamburger format.)
rainbows
my heart leaps up when i behold a rainbow in the sky wrote william wordsworth the famous poet and most of us share his feelings when we are lucky enough to see a rainbow there is an old saying that a pot of gold is buried at the end of the rainbow but have you ever tried to reach a rainbows end of course its impossible because a rainbow is really just the result of the raindrops refracting and reflecting light from our sun there are seven colors in the rainbow red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet
Thursday
Learning Intentions
- I can identify and explain the connections among events, settings and main characters in things I read, see and hear.
- I can rewrite information in my own words to show I understand.
First Nations peoples, tell stories to teach about the land and culture. In this task you will listen to a story called “Okatok.”"Okatok" is based on an old Blackfoot legend about Napi and Big Rock, which offers an explanation about how a giant rock wound up in the middle of a prairie miles away from the mountains. This giant rock (scientific word is glacial erratic) is found very close to us…..Okotoks. The story is read in Blackfoot so be prepared to read the captions. After you have read the story, make a reflection by answering 2 of the questions below.
Choose 2 of the following reflection questions:
- The beginning of the story showed an old man giving a blanket as a gift to the mountain out of gratitude. Why would he be thankful to a mountain? What do mountains give us?
- How did the author show that the Big Rock is actually split into 2 rocks?
- The end of the story you saw the real “Big Rock” in Okotoks. Do you think the story matched the real rock? Why or why not?
- In your own words write a paragraph telling the legend of “Okatok .”
Friday, May 29th
✓ I can share my feelings about something in my writing
✓ I can make connections to my own experience
✓ I can share an opinion based on an experience
Each Friday you will be asked to write a letter to your teacher about your past week of learning. You can select how you would like to make your learning visible (ie. Google Docs, video, slide show) depending on the events that took place that past week. During some weeks, you will be asked to respond to specific questions while other weeks will be more open ended.
This week, you can write about any reflection of this week that is meaningful for you. How has school work been? How is life at home? Do you have any interesting projects you are working on? Perhaps you’d like to write about a pet. Or a friend that you are missing. You choose :)
Extensions: (Optional and Not Assessed) section
Science: Interesting Article and Experiment
Experiment: Light refraction in water
Article: Why do things look darker when they are wet?
- What happens to light when it hits water?
- When light strikes any object, some of the light is reflected and some is refracted or absorbed by the object. Which object reflects more light?
- A mirror or jeans?
- Dry jeans or wet jeans?
- What is an effect of an object getting wet? Draw a diagram to explain how the water in the object changes how light interacts with it.
Social Studies Extension:
How did the Big Rock get there? What is it made of? How long has it been there?
To learn more about “Big Rock” in Okotoks read the following article:
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