This week in math we have started our Patterns unit. Students should understand the concept of input pattern and output pattern. We have been practicing finding patterns by looking at tables and at figures, students should be able to write a pattern from looking at table of values.
This week in science we started our last unit; Sky Science. We introduced the unit with understanding the difference between emit and reflect. We also went through rotation of the earth. Students should understand the reasons for day and night, seasons and what a revolution and rotation are. The visual journal illustrations of reasons for seasons, reasons for day/night, rotation, revolution, emitting light and reflecting light are due on Tuesday April 30! In Humanities, we have been focusing on the writing process for short stories. This includes planning, writing, editing, and revising. Good copies of stories were due earlier this week with marks coming back next week. We have been working on identifying and describing the three pillars of Athenian Democracy and how the compare to the four pillars of Modern Democracy. On Friday, students were introduced to their final project in the Ancient Athens unit: "Democracy or Not, You be the Judge!" We will have lots of class time in the coming week to work on solidifying understanding of Athenian Democratic Structure and the issues of fairness and equity. Scratch Tutorial Logbooks for Computer Science are due on Friday, May 3rd. Students can access their Scratch accounts online with their usernames and passwords and logbooks are on Google docs.
This week in math we have looked at interpreting graphs. We did an experiment, collected data with ice cubes melting and graphed the data. We went through choosing appropriate graphs for the type of data we are representing. Students should be able to describe why they would use a certain type of graph over another for different types of data.
This week in science we have continued with our evidence and investigation stations. Students should be done every station except footprints. Students need to understand how these types of evidence are used to solve crimes. Don’t forget to bring in the field trip forms as we are heading to the police interpretive center on Wednesday, April 17th. This week in Humanities, we began our unit on Ancient Athens. So far, we have done some independent reading comprehension and research on the roots of democracy in Ancient Athens. Our first PAT is on May 8th, so we have been busy preparing for that, as well. We did a review of short story writing which we have been building on by practicing story planning. We have looked at a number of story prompt pictures and practiced describing characters, setting, and possible conflicts. For homework, students are to create a good copy of the story plan they did on Friday. On Monday, they will be giving the plan to another student for them to write a story- it needs to be as detailed as possible! The good copy exists to ensure that it is readable and changes have been made based on suggestions from Friday. Below are the prompts for the stories! This week in math we have started the data and probability unit. We have been finding ways to collect data and are working on ways to best represent it. We have been looking at graphs and interpreting what the data is telling us. Students should understand the difference between discrete data and continuous data and when to use a line graph or scattered points to represent them.
In science, we introduced the Evidence and Investigation unit. We have been working through stations looking at different types of evidence to solve a crime. We are going to the police interpretive centre April 17th, students need to bring back their forms and payment asap! |
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