MATH
We're learning how to multiply decimals, and it's quite easy if you follow these steps.
1. Multiply the numbers just as if they were whole numbers. Line up the numbers on the right - do not align the decimal points.
2. Starting on the right, multiply each digit in the top number by each digit in the bottom number, just as with whole numbers.
3. Add up how many decimal places IN ALL
4. Start at the right and jump to the left the number of decimal places. Not enough numbers? Add zeros.
Complete the practice sheet handed out in class.
HUMANITIES
If you didn't finish it in class, write me a letter telling me about your reading progress this year.
How many books have you read?
Do you think you put in a good effort?
What was the best book you read?
Did you read from different genres?
What would you like to read next year?
What are you currently reading?
Write all letters in friendly letter format.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Wednesday, December 16
MATH
Today, we learned to multiply decimals using a model. Use the hundredths grids passed out in class today to finish up the practice sheets.
SCIENCE
Study ! Study! Study! Science quiz tomorrow on PLANETS!
Science Fair proposal sheets are also due tomorrow. Think hard about the project you want to do!
Today, we learned to multiply decimals using a model. Use the hundredths grids passed out in class today to finish up the practice sheets.
SCIENCE
Study ! Study! Study! Science quiz tomorrow on PLANETS!
Science Fair proposal sheets are also due tomorrow. Think hard about the project you want to do!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Tuesday, December 15
MATH
We did a quick review of line graphs in class. Show what you know on the homework tonight.
SCIENCE
Please think about your science fair project. Ask me if you need ideas, or want to know how to proceed with it. The proposal sheet is due on Thursday.
You're quiz is on Thursday. It will be on planets -- use the comparison chart we created in class!
MUSIC
A reminder from Ms. Forster: Study the words to the songs for the Annual Dinner. Song packets were handed out in class today!
We did a quick review of line graphs in class. Show what you know on the homework tonight.
SCIENCE
Please think about your science fair project. Ask me if you need ideas, or want to know how to proceed with it. The proposal sheet is due on Thursday.
You're quiz is on Thursday. It will be on planets -- use the comparison chart we created in class!
MUSIC
A reminder from Ms. Forster: Study the words to the songs for the Annual Dinner. Song packets were handed out in class today!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Thursday, December 10
MATH
Today we learned about ordered pairs. They look like this:
(5,7)
The first number in the pair tells you to go horizontally across the x axis.
The second number in the pair tells you to go vertically across the y axis.
Tonight, finish the mystery puzzle we started in class.
SCIENCE
Start thinking about your Science Fair projects. Get your agreement forms signed!
Reminders:
Monday - Quiz on capital letters and commas
Thursday - Science quiz on planets and birth of a universe
Today we learned about ordered pairs. They look like this:
(5,7)
The first number in the pair tells you to go horizontally across the x axis.
The second number in the pair tells you to go vertically across the y axis.
Tonight, finish the mystery puzzle we started in class.
SCIENCE
Start thinking about your Science Fair projects. Get your agreement forms signed!
Reminders:
Monday - Quiz on capital letters and commas
Thursday - Science quiz on planets and birth of a universe
Science Fair Timeline
Science Fair Timeline
Our science fair will be held on Friday, February 12, 2010.
Each student is responsible for choosing and completing a project. Each project should be done by an individual student.
Projects will be evaluated on:
• Evidence of knowledge gained
• Use of scientific method
• Originality
• Validity of information
• Tabulation of results
• Conclusions drawn
• Visual/oral presentation
An experiment must be included in every project.
Important dates
Return Agreement Form, December 11, 2009
Choose a subject and a purpose, December 17, 2009
Write a paragraph describing your project, January 7, 2010
Give progress report, January 21, 2010
Research, write the first draft of the report, January 28, 2010
Revise report, February 2, 2010
Set up display materials in class, February 8, 2010
Give formal presentation to class, February 8-9, 2010
Science Fair, February 12, 2010
Our science fair will be held on Friday, February 12, 2010.
Each student is responsible for choosing and completing a project. Each project should be done by an individual student.
Projects will be evaluated on:
• Evidence of knowledge gained
• Use of scientific method
• Originality
• Validity of information
• Tabulation of results
• Conclusions drawn
• Visual/oral presentation
An experiment must be included in every project.
Important dates
Return Agreement Form, December 11, 2009
Choose a subject and a purpose, December 17, 2009
Write a paragraph describing your project, January 7, 2010
Give progress report, January 21, 2010
Research, write the first draft of the report, January 28, 2010
Revise report, February 2, 2010
Set up display materials in class, February 8, 2010
Give formal presentation to class, February 8-9, 2010
Science Fair, February 12, 2010
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Wednesday, December 9
MATH
Yesterday we looked at choosing a reasonable scale for graphs, and today we put it into practice. You will be drawing three more graphs for homework tonight in your Math notebooks. Refer to worksheet 8.2.
HUMANTIES
Oh, why does English have to have so many rules? We learned about three more ways commas are used.
1. To set off the name of a person when addressing them
Roger, can you please get me that book?
2. To set off words like yes, no and well at the beginning of a sentence.
Yes, we have no bananas.
3. To set off an appositive, the extra description of a noun.
Dr. Chen, our family doctor, is moving to a new clinic this fall.
Practice these rules for commas tonight with the worksheet handed out in class.
Yesterday we looked at choosing a reasonable scale for graphs, and today we put it into practice. You will be drawing three more graphs for homework tonight in your Math notebooks. Refer to worksheet 8.2.
HUMANTIES
Oh, why does English have to have so many rules? We learned about three more ways commas are used.
1. To set off the name of a person when addressing them
Roger, can you please get me that book?
2. To set off words like yes, no and well at the beginning of a sentence.
Yes, we have no bananas.
3. To set off an appositive, the extra description of a noun.
Dr. Chen, our family doctor, is moving to a new clinic this fall.
Practice these rules for commas tonight with the worksheet handed out in class.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Tuesday, December 8
MATH
12, 20, 34, 42
If you were to graph these numbers, what would be a reasonable scale? Well, you scale would need to go from 0 - 42, at least so all the numbers could fit. And then you would need to think of what interval you would use. Since most of the numbers have a difference of 10 between them, you could reasonably use intervals of 10 to count them
Finish worksheet 8.1 to practice this concept for tonight's homework.
HUMANTIES
This week, we're taking a closer look at punctuation. Today's mark was the infamous comma. How and when do we use this wonder of written mechanics?
1. Between words or groups of words in a series
Be sure your business letter is brief, courteous, and correct.
2. Before a conjunction in a compound sentence.
Neal sketched the cartoon, and Claire wrote the caption.
Remeber you would not use a comma for the following sentence because it is not compound:
We stayed in for recess because of the rain.
12, 20, 34, 42
If you were to graph these numbers, what would be a reasonable scale? Well, you scale would need to go from 0 - 42, at least so all the numbers could fit. And then you would need to think of what interval you would use. Since most of the numbers have a difference of 10 between them, you could reasonably use intervals of 10 to count them
Finish worksheet 8.1 to practice this concept for tonight's homework.
HUMANTIES
This week, we're taking a closer look at punctuation. Today's mark was the infamous comma. How and when do we use this wonder of written mechanics?
1. Between words or groups of words in a series
Be sure your business letter is brief, courteous, and correct.
2. Before a conjunction in a compound sentence.
Neal sketched the cartoon, and Claire wrote the caption.
Remeber you would not use a comma for the following sentence because it is not compound:
We stayed in for recess because of the rain.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Friday, December 4
HUMANITIES
Imagine that you are living in the 1600s, in a country that has started a colony in North America. Your job is to persuade settlers to come to the new colony. Write an advertisement describing where it is located, why it was founded, and what life is like there. Organize you ideas, and support your position with evidence.
Step One - Choose a colony to write about, such as New Netherland, Jamestown, Plymouth or a colony in New Spain or New France.
• Advertisement outlines at least four benefits of the colony
• Images that would persuade are included
• Copy that would persuade people to come to colony
• Spelling
• Capitalization
Imagine that you are living in the 1600s, in a country that has started a colony in North America. Your job is to persuade settlers to come to the new colony. Write an advertisement describing where it is located, why it was founded, and what life is like there. Organize you ideas, and support your position with evidence.
Step One - Choose a colony to write about, such as New Netherland, Jamestown, Plymouth or a colony in New Spain or New France.
Step Two - Look at your textbook to find information
- Use maps and the text to find the colony’s location List some possible advantages of that location.
- Identify some cultural or political advantages of your colony, such as freedom of religion or self-government..
- Analyze some economic advantages of the colony, such as natural resources, cash crops, or trade opportunities.
Step Four - Create an advertisement that will make settlers want to come to your colony.
Step Five - Review your work to make sure that your advertisement includes all the information you want and that all your facts are supported. Also check to make sure that you used correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization.
Step Six - Make all the necessary changes or additions to complete your advertisement.
Due on Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Grading Criteria
• Colony is named• Advertisement outlines at least four benefits of the colony
• Images that would persuade are included
• Copy that would persuade people to come to colony
Copy includes correct use of
• Grammar and mechanics• Spelling
• Capitalization
Weekly Update
HUMANITIES
Jamestown, Plymouth and Louisiana were all early colonies in America that we’ve been studying over the past couple of weeks. Students learned about why settlers were motivated to move from their homelands, as well as the hardships they faced once they arrived in their new settlements. We read literature that brought one of these early villages alive, and met the people who were vital in providing the goods and services needed for these early neighborhoods to thrive. Instead of a test, students are now working on putting together an advertisement for one of these colonies. They will tout the location, the cultural, political and the economic advantages of the colony. This is a great way for students to show what they know by using analysis, images and creative writing.
The bigger news this week, though, is the scrapbooks. Students turned in beautiful products that I am sure they will want to save for years to come. During Friday’s class, Mrs. Goldman Brown and Mr. Epstein joined us as each student presented one page from their scrapbook, before showing off their whole project. Great job, everyone! You should be proud!
SCIENCE
Did you know that Jupiter nearly has as many moons as Saturn? Or that Venus has clouds made of sulfuric acid? Students have been looking at each of the planets in depth this week. We made a chart to compare the number of moons, the atmosphere and temperature of each planet, as well as the number of years it takes for the planet to make one revolution around the sun. Unfortunately, none of us would make it “one year” on Neptune. It takes 164.79 years for it to revolve once around the sun!
MATH
We’ve continued to work with graphs this week, strengthening our skills with mean, median and mode. Students were put into challenge groups with a limited number of “question cards,” forcing them to rely on each other, rather than the teacher, to find the answers. The experiment worked well, and most groups even surprised themselves when they teamed together to check one another’s work.
Work also continued on our stock competition. The teams were disappointed to find that most stock prices went down this week, probably on news of a weak start to the holiday shopping season last week in the states. Students created charts in Excel to track their progress, even using formulas to take away the “hard math” and minimize mistakes. Team CASH – Rubin, Ariella and Nini – took the smallest hit this week, only losing $43.99. However, Barack, Joanna and Linnea had the largest loss, down $401.85. Better luck next week, teams!
JEWISH STUDIES FOR ES
From Mora Epstein
• Phonetic reading practice
• Learned about the mission of Moshe and his conversation with Ha-shem
• Worked on our pesukim by heart.
• Vocabulary quiz
• Parashat Hashavua
Thank you to all the parents who are taking the time to learn the Daf with their child.
Next week we will begin preparing for Chanuka. Shabbat Shalom
Jamestown, Plymouth and Louisiana were all early colonies in America that we’ve been studying over the past couple of weeks. Students learned about why settlers were motivated to move from their homelands, as well as the hardships they faced once they arrived in their new settlements. We read literature that brought one of these early villages alive, and met the people who were vital in providing the goods and services needed for these early neighborhoods to thrive. Instead of a test, students are now working on putting together an advertisement for one of these colonies. They will tout the location, the cultural, political and the economic advantages of the colony. This is a great way for students to show what they know by using analysis, images and creative writing.
The bigger news this week, though, is the scrapbooks. Students turned in beautiful products that I am sure they will want to save for years to come. During Friday’s class, Mrs. Goldman Brown and Mr. Epstein joined us as each student presented one page from their scrapbook, before showing off their whole project. Great job, everyone! You should be proud!
SCIENCE
Did you know that Jupiter nearly has as many moons as Saturn? Or that Venus has clouds made of sulfuric acid? Students have been looking at each of the planets in depth this week. We made a chart to compare the number of moons, the atmosphere and temperature of each planet, as well as the number of years it takes for the planet to make one revolution around the sun. Unfortunately, none of us would make it “one year” on Neptune. It takes 164.79 years for it to revolve once around the sun!
MATH
We’ve continued to work with graphs this week, strengthening our skills with mean, median and mode. Students were put into challenge groups with a limited number of “question cards,” forcing them to rely on each other, rather than the teacher, to find the answers. The experiment worked well, and most groups even surprised themselves when they teamed together to check one another’s work.
Work also continued on our stock competition. The teams were disappointed to find that most stock prices went down this week, probably on news of a weak start to the holiday shopping season last week in the states. Students created charts in Excel to track their progress, even using formulas to take away the “hard math” and minimize mistakes. Team CASH – Rubin, Ariella and Nini – took the smallest hit this week, only losing $43.99. However, Barack, Joanna and Linnea had the largest loss, down $401.85. Better luck next week, teams!
JEWISH STUDIES FOR ES
From Mora Epstein
• Phonetic reading practice
• Learned about the mission of Moshe and his conversation with Ha-shem
• Worked on our pesukim by heart.
• Vocabulary quiz
• Parashat Hashavua
Thank you to all the parents who are taking the time to learn the Daf with their child.
Next week we will begin preparing for Chanuka. Shabbat Shalom
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Thursday, December 3
MATH
You all are off to a great start at reviewing mean, median and mode. Figure out the few questions remaining on your challenge sheets!
HUMANITIES
I'm so excited to see your projects tomorrow. Hope they are in tip-top shape! Please also make sure you study the vocab words and people that will be important in your test tomorrow.
You all are off to a great start at reviewing mean, median and mode. Figure out the few questions remaining on your challenge sheets!
HUMANITIES
I'm so excited to see your projects tomorrow. Hope they are in tip-top shape! Please also make sure you study the vocab words and people that will be important in your test tomorrow.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Wednesday, December 2
HUMANITIES
Make sure you are studying for your test on Friday. Look at the organizers and also know ther terms, people, main ideas and concepts from the study guide.
Scrapbooks are due on Friday. Do you have all of the news for It Happened on This Date? You need information for:
Wed, Nov 18
Thurs, Nov 19
Fri, Nov 20
Sun, Nov 22
Didn't get an article from the newspaper on the bus? Look at Google News.
MATH
In class, we worked on some challenge sheets to review range, mode, mean and median. We'll pick up in our groups tomorrow. No homework tonight!
Remember:
Your Science Lab is due tomorrow!
Make sure you are studying for your test on Friday. Look at the organizers and also know ther terms, people, main ideas and concepts from the study guide.
Scrapbooks are due on Friday. Do you have all of the news for It Happened on This Date? You need information for:
Wed, Nov 18
Thurs, Nov 19
Fri, Nov 20
Sun, Nov 22
Didn't get an article from the newspaper on the bus? Look at Google News.
MATH
In class, we worked on some challenge sheets to review range, mode, mean and median. We'll pick up in our groups tomorrow. No homework tonight!
Remember:
Your Science Lab is due tomorrow!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Tuesday, December 1
HUMANITIES
Continue working on your scrapbook project. Poems were handed back today. Make sure they are up to snuff.
MATH
Complete the Analyzing Graphs Worksheet.
SCIENCE
In class, we completed a lab activity that had us figure out the best times to look for planets in our sky. Finish up the sections of this lab for Thursday's class.
Upcoming
Continue working on your scrapbook project. Poems were handed back today. Make sure they are up to snuff.
MATH
Complete the Analyzing Graphs Worksheet.
SCIENCE
In class, we completed a lab activity that had us figure out the best times to look for planets in our sky. Finish up the sections of this lab for Thursday's class.
Upcoming
- Friday - Humanities Quiz
- Monday - Math Test
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