Our Future Careers, Digestion Diagrams & Place Value…

Hello, 5B families!

Ready to feel inspired? This week in Career Ed., our students enjoyed discussing their dream jobs! It was very special to be in the room hearing their exciting and noble plans.

We established criteria for writing a well-structured paragraph, and then students got creative communicating their big visions.

I was so pleased to see so much determination and clarity of purpose at this young stage in life!

The students also practiced their public speaking skills while reading their “Dream Job” pieces aloud to partners and small groups. We proudly present to you this learning showcase of some of our great young leaders…

A Teacher

A Hockey Pro and Gamer

A Teacher and Author

A Marine Biologist

This week in Math, we continued reviewing how to write numbers in standard form, expanded form, and word form.

We have been learning this content through a variety of methods, including direct instruction, sorting games, hands-on math manipulatives (base ten blocks), small group practice, math songs, and tutorial videos. *The next important step is for students to reinforce this learning with practice at home. Mastering an understanding of place value is a vital building block in the grade 5 math program.

Each student has now brought home a “Check-in Quiz”. It is very helpful if you can please review this quiz and ask your child how he/she is doing with identifying and writing numbers in standard, expanded, and word form.

HOW CAN I HELP MY CHILD PRACTICE MATH? There are many video tutorials online (such as the one below) that may be helpful in supporting students to study place value concepts at home. Please visit this link to see some of my recommended math tutorials: scroll down to look under the category of Place Value and Standard, Expanded, and Word Form:
https://inquiryninja.com/math-tutorials/

Also, there is a free website some teachers and families like to use to create an unlimited number of math worksheets on a wide variety of topics. Check out www.commoncoresheets.com and search under “Value & Place Value” for dozens of versions of worksheets and answer keys.

We have been reinforcing our understanding of basic math facts and place value through inventing our own flash card games and other open-ended math challenges. Students have many ways to enrich and challenge themselves in math, including electing to do advanced problem solving, logic puzzles, and work though grade 6 content as desired.

In Science class, we continued to learn about the digestive system. Today we reviewed our study guides and this TED Ed video on digestion, then students were invited to illustrate their own diagrams of the digestive system as a study tool. As well, we watched a brief excerpt from “The Magic School Bus”, an episode about journeying inside the digestive system. Families who wish to continue watching the show, can find the link here.