Today students took the Unit 4 test. When finished most students studied for the social studies test that they will be taking next week.
Next week, we begin unit 5. Students will be taking home their Math Journals (volume 1) as we will be using volume 2 for the remainder of the year. Students do not need to keep them.
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Today we had our much anticipated class where students were able to taste our solutions. We started our work on solution concentration by making 4 different "recipes" of soft-drink (koolaid) solutions. We looked at the ways that they are different and ways that they are the same. We will use the observations gathered during this activity to start our conversation about what concentration is and ways to determine if one solution is more concentrated than another.
Today students got back their Unit 4 practice tests. We looked them over and talked about common errors and then I worked with a small group on one specific skill. Students wrote down the specific IXL skills that correspond to each type of question that will be on the test. In addition to the skills on the practice test, students should review expanded form (skill G5).
UNIT 4 TEST TOMORROW Today students took the Unit 4 practice test. We will use the information from this test to celebrate how much they have learned and mastered since they took it as a pretest and to focus any extra practice/extra help needed before the assessment on Friday.
Homework tonight: study for Friday's test using -completed math pages -IXL G 1-10 H 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 U 1-4 Today we reviewed our work from before break about saturation. We discussed how increasing temperature of the solvent can sometimes increase the amount of solute that can be dissolved (increased solubility). We also talked about different ways to identify materials. Students also took notes on our "Mystery Chemical" which we discovered was Epsom salt. We added this to our chemical notes in our STEM notebooks.
Today students worked on either an addition or subtraction of decimals worksheet which asked them to add or subtract then round to the nearest whole number. We reviewed lining up the decimal when setting up problems so that the places were lined up. Students then created an ordered pair with their rounded answer to be used on a graph. Students worked all class period and will be bringing home what they did not complete to do as homework.
HOMEWORK TONIGHT: SPEEDY TRAVELER (ADDITION) OR HOMEWORK HELPER (SUBTRACTION) STUDENTS MUST SHOW ALL WORK We had our Mindfulness lesson during science today. Mrs. Marcus lead us through a discussion of what students have heard is "good" about the physical body and how that can make people feel if they don't have that image. She talked students through a "body scan" where they focused on the sensations that they felt. Mrs. Marcus then talked about feeling gratitude for what our bodies allow us to do instead of feeling guilt for not matching the perception of "good".
Today students took the Unit 5 pretest. We will continue to practice adding/subtracting decimals, rounding to the nearest whole number and graphing tomorrow. On Wednesday we will take the Unit 4 practice test and use the results to do some focused review on Thursday. We will have the Unit 4 Test on Friday
No Homework Tonight Today we did a double block of science working with solubility of different chemicals. Students continued their work on the Gizmo to test how temperature affected two different chemicals and then they put their learning into practice by making supersaturated solutions with Borax soap. Students took home their crystals (and glass jars) today thanks to some seriously cold air outside allowing us to cool the solutions down enough to create the crystal effect on pipe cleaners. Overall a great way to spend the last day before break! Today we started a "Gizmo" on solubility and temperature. This is an online simulation where students can change conditions to see how temperature affects how much of a solute can be dissolved into a solution. This builds upon our concepts of saturation and being able to identify if a solution is saturated or not and also introduces the idea of concentration (how much solute is in a given amount of solvent) which we will begin discussing after break.
Tomorrow we will have a double-science block to continuing to work on the gizmos and do our supersaturated solution activity. Students will bring home their Borax crystals on Friday. Thanks to the students (yay parents) who brought in Borax today. We are all set on the Borax but please remember to send a glass jar (no lid needed) in with your student. They will be bringing them home on Friday with their crystals. |
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