We have been practising metric conversions (ex. 3.4m = ___cm) all while spiralling back to our previous work on multiplying decimals by powers of ten (it's the same thing with a twist! Let's practise this skill again!).
Some students have requested extra practise. Here is an EASIER practise sheet and here is a HARDER practice sheet. Answers are provided. I'm impressed with a lot of the problem solving happening in class... By golly, I think they've got it! We've also been practising making our work NEAT as a favour to me (it's so much faster to mark when answers are circled, etc). Take a look at the work below - these are just a few of the MANY great examples I saw. WOW!
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The Gr 5s are working through some math center rotations to practise their measurement skills - see below! The Gr 6s are moving forward on their measurement skills - it might be a good idea to review the formulas for rectangles, parallelograms and triangles (and which 'height' to use for the parallelograms/triangles). Composite ShapesWe've done a lot of work on composite shapes - finding the total area (add up all the small areas) and total perimeter (Beware! You can NOT add up all the small perimeters - you just need to add the outside measurements). Below are some examples: We're now building a composite shape city... it may look like arts & crafts, but really it's a FUN way to practise a pretty 'dry' skill. So far we have skyscrapers, houses, airplanes, a mosque and some pretty cool mansions. Stay tuned for our final GeoVille (by @JorgensenCorp). See a quick video of our finished product HERE.
This week we have started to learn about 2D Measurement, and how this relates back to the number sense concepts we have learned so far. Just to give you an idea of what we are learning about, here is a section of my long range plans for Gr 6 (Gr 5 plans are similar, but don't include the area of a parallelogram/triangle, and do include elapsed time). You will see how when teaching 2D measurement, I'm going to spiral back to the number sense concepts we've already learned in order to solidify them even deeper. To begin 2D measurement, I needed to determine what students already know about some of the topics we are learning about. Boy were there some misconceptions!! I'm so glad we did this activity. If teachers do all the talking, then we might miss the misconceptions that students have... and the opportunity to clear them up and move forward with a clear understanding of vocabulary terms, past concepts from previous years and any new connections. Next week, the Gr 5s are working on fun centers to solidify the area/perimeter of a rectangle, while the Gr 6s will reinforce the area of a parallelogram and be introduced to the area of a triangle. We continue to do Daily Math or Number Talks to investigate core math concepts. See the two below - these two ten minute activities brought out so many higher math concepts: prime/composite numbers, infinite numbers, rounding applications, place value, even/odd numbers, and more. WOW! Way to go crew! Don't worry - we do traditional practise as well. We are learning to be NEAT in our math and make our answers clear.
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