Division Methods and Ecological Footprints

Announcements:

• Bring in your 2L pop bottles!
• Have a wonderful October Break!!! See you back on October 15th

Math:

Reviewed modeling decimal multiplication using area models. 

Practiced long division and the big seven model for division. 

If you missed, make sure to watch the video linked above or come in for extra help at lunch of after school.

Questions of the week: 

a) Solve 105 divided by 7 using Big 7 or Long Division

b) Draw an area model for 2.1 x 3.2

Science:

Students continued working on the Ecological Footprint project. Anyone who missed Tuesday's class had an opportunity to take the quiz to determine their footprint (refer to Tuesday's post). Students generated 10-15 ideas for how they can reduce their ecological footprint (e.g. turn the lights off, have shorter showers, buy local ...)