Announcements:
- Winter break begins after school Friday until Thursday, January 10th, 2019 - Happy Holidays!!
Math:
We have finished the Fractions Unit. Students are practicing their fractions skills using a Jeopardy Game and white boards. From home Khan Academy can be an excellent resource. The skills that will be assessed this week are:- using divisibility rules to determine factors
- reducing fractions (using greatest common factor - GCF)
- converting improper fractions to mixed numbers
- converting mixed numbers to improper fractions
- comparing and ordering fractions using number lines and common denominators
- adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators
- using multiples to determine common denominators
- adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
- adding and subtracting mixed numbers
- modeling / representing adding and subtracting fractions using number lines, fraction strips, pizza, or pattern blocks
Science:
This week students have begun studying rocks, minerals and the rock cycle by doing an independent research project reading the Interactive Rock Lab.Students who missed this activity would benefit from taking notes on each of the topics such as three types of rocks, drawing the rock cycle, etc. and completing the interactive activities as well as the quiz at the end.
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