-Explored using cuisenaire rods to represent decimal numbers to tenths. We will be continuing this work next week, comparing and ordering decimal numbers using the rods.
Hello NLS Families! Today was an exciting day as we went on our Field Trip to TELUS Spark! We had a chance to have a lesson about electricity where we got to test out many different devices, circuits, etc. We also got a chance to explore around the various indoor/outdoor exhibits, which was really amazing! Thank you so much to our volunteers! - we truly appreciate you! See some of the fun we had below! Photos Reminders: May 3 – SPIRIT DAY: Hats on for Mental Health – Students may wear any hat they wish in school that day. May 3 – Little Caesars Fun Lunch (orders due by April 28 through healthyhunger.ca) May 5 – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS (Non-instruction day)
In writing we finished our ending of our wetland story. Next class we will type our good copies. In math we had a decimal and large number check in that included place value, different forms of the number, number lines and rounding to the nearest million, hundred thousand, ten thousand, thousand, hundred, ten, one, tenths, hundredths, thousandths. Today a permission form is going home to be signed to participate in a hot chocolate science experiment. If you DO NOT wish for your child to drink the hot chocolate please fill out the slip below and return it as soon as possible.
Hello! We sure have been busy! On Tuesday we: Finished our math fraction art by adding our fractions together - see photos below Did reading and literacy centres Had a PRACTICE fire drill Did our final words their way assessment Did our final power of ten check-in Continued our social research - see photos below Practiced finding symmetry On Wednesday we: Continued to practice adding and subtracting fractions in a variety of ways Read part of our read aloud novel, The City of Ember Continued to work on finding symmetry Continued our social research project had read to self time and literacy centres Reminders: No school Friday! Remember to bring in a WHITE T SHIRT FOR TIE DYING! ALL GRADE 5 STUDENTS WILL BE DOING THIS! Photos: