Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Fractions and Continental Drift

Announcements:

  • There is NO SCHOOL Thursday and Friday this week (Nov. 22 & 23)
  • Sign up for Parent-Teacher Interviews will begin Monday Nov. 26 - Interviews are December 6th 

Math:

Monday students had the opportunity to write a divisibility and factoring assessment after reviewing both concepts and watching a Khan Academy video on how to organize factors to avoid forgetting any. These assessments were graded and handed back today.  

Students also learned why numbers cannot be divided by zero.

Today we introduced Fractions and students worked with pattern blocks to determine the numerator and denominator using different shapes and wholes.
 

Science:

Earlier in the week students worked on their earth's layers visual journal pages.
This project needs to include a title, diagram of the earth's layers (layers labelled) and five points per layer (crust, mantle, outer core, inner core) in their own words.

Due: Monday, November 26th (Any incomplete word posters are also due)

Today we watched Continents Adrift to introduce the theories of Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics.
Tomorrow: students will write 10 multiple choice questions to assess their comprehension of this video.

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