Two Horses and two Riders

Today Charlotte brought in this problem the class tried but eventually Charlotte showed us the solution. Which required some out of the box thinking.
Here it is
Try to get the two  riders to sit upright on the two horses without cutting any of the three pieces of paper.

November 29th, 2018 Science/ Mono Cliffs Packing/ Vocabulary

Science Assignment - Due the week of December 17 - 21, 2018





Mono Cliffs





Vocabulary Chapter 8

November 28th, 2018

Science
Today we picked numbers for choosing science project topics.
Below is a list of possible topics. We are just at the selection phase. This is not a finite list if you have an idea for another topic you would be interested in presenting, talk to the teacher about it. 

November 27,2018 Language/Math

Language Chapter 7 Questions and Vocabulary







Math - Area (Rectangles)

November 26th, 2018 Language/ Health/ Math

Language / Health

Chapter 6 - Radio Fifth Grade
Answer Question 5




Vocabulary for Chapter 6 (write down the sentence in which you find the word and then write what you think it means)



Health


Math
Today we looked at Perimeter and Area
Ask your child if you are given 36 Squares, how would you arrange those squares to get the lowest
perimeter and how would you arrange the squares to get the highest perimeter. Why?

November 23,2018 Math/Language

Math
Review the metric staircase. On a previous post.

Problem of the Week Problem A Backpack Limit

Selma is going on a trip with her family. The airline allows each person’s
carry-on luggage to have a maximum mass of 10 kg. The clothes she wants
to bring have a mass of 1.5 kg. She has three books that she wants to read.
Two books are the same size, and each has a mass of 2 kg.
The third book is 1500 g. She wants to bring her laptop and tablet as well.
The laptop’s mass is 2.3 kg.Her tablet’s mass is 800 g.
The shoes she needs for the trip are 1200 g.
Her personal toiletries kit is 0.6 kg.

Can Selma bring everything she wants for the trip in her carry-on? Justify your answer.

Strands Measurement, Number Sense and Numeration

Language

We read Chapter Five today \Questions to be completed 3 and 4

Vocabulary below

belligerently pg 53

indignation pg 56

commentary pg 51

The die was cast. pg 60

Math Measurement November 22, 2018

Questions to complete are circled.
Use the staircase to help.

November 22, 2018

Language , Science

Chapter 4, Questions 1,2


Vocabulary


Science - Digestive System

November 20th, 2018

Language
Chapter 3 - Radio Fifth Grade
Questions 6 and 7  and Vocabulary

Today we met an Olympian - see pic below

Language / Math November 19th - Due tomorrow

Language
Read Chapter 2 of Radio Fifth Grade
Answer Question 3,4,5 and Vocabulary




Math -Metric Staircase, conversion practice

November 15th,2018 Language and Math

Language
Started reading Radio Fifth Grade by Gordon Korman
I will be reading aloud to students, each student has a copy of the book.
As we go through the chapters I will assigning comprehension and opinion question, and with each chapter there will be vocabulary enrichment words. The students have to write down the sentence in which the word is used and without looking at the dictionary decide what the word means. We will look at the formal definition the following days.
Following I have included a picture of the cover of the book. Questions, students are to only complete question 1 and 2 as they refer to the first chapter. Vocabulary enrichment words for Chapter 1.
If you have a chance please discuss the words with your children and see if their definition is correct.













Math

Measurement
Looking at non standard measurement and standard measurement.
Measured items in the classroom using both.
Converting from one unit of linear measurement to another  m to cm and cm to m.


Practice Questions

30 cm  =    _____m
458cm  =  ______ cm
5 m = ______ cm
7.45m = ________  cm

Dash Robots

Today we worked with the Dash Robots. Coding to move them around a grid, avoiding obstacles and collecting numbered cards and completing a mathematical operation. 

Field Trip Tomorrow, Nov. 13, 2018

Be at school on time, we want to leave quickly.
Reminder for those who go home for lunch, do not forget your waste free lunch tomorrow.
Bring a waste free lunch and water bottle.
Dress a appropriately we will be walking outside part of the day.
We will taking the subway down to College St. then Street cart West to Bordon St.

Book Talk

Today we discussed the message in this book.
Great book, great message for our youth.
Thanks Charlotte for sharing the book.

Circulatory System

Math Problem Nov,7,2018

Solve the weight of both cats.

Nov. 6, 2018 Math

Question 1

Using the numbers 1 to 9 only once, place them in the grid so when they are multiplied together the following products in yellow are achieved horizontally and vertically. 

Note: You cannot use a number twice.

			15
			108
			224
144	8	315

Question 2

A baseball bat and a baseball cost one dollar and ten cents in total. The baseball bat costs a dollar more than the baseball. How much does the ball cost?

Cursive Handwritting

Practice Pages

Permission Forms T.U.S.C and Mono- Cliffs

Hello,
Please sign and return permission forms as soon as possible.

Mono- Cliffs trip forms were handed out today.

Thanks

Math November 1st

Coded Hundred Square
Cut out the pieces put it together like a jigsaw puzzle and reveal what symbols represent the numbers.
Then figure out the questions below by converting the symbols back to numbers.
Have Fun

Science - Respiratory System