Today we read and took notes on food chains and did a graphic to show the flow of energy from the sun through producers, composers, and decomposers.
Students then sorted 12 organisms into groups of producers, composers and decomposers.
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Today we finished our metric unit with units of capacity (1000mL = 1 L). Students practiced in class and most turned in the "homework".
Homework tonight: page 881-882 CHAPTER 11 TEST ON TUESDAY We are continuing our energy journey and have moved from the sun to producers and how they are located at the bottom of the food chain. We watched a Brainpop video about food chains to show the flow of energy from plants (producers) to herbivores (primary consumers) to comnivores (secondary consumers) to carnivores (tertiary consumers) and finally to decomposers before the process starts again. Students filled out a worksheet classifying organisms into producers, consumers or decomposers and created a simple food chain with a set of animals. As a whole group we ended with a food chain game where students again created food chains.
Today we continued our work with converting metric units with a review of length and transferring that into units of mass (kilograms, grams and milligrams). We spent several minutes reviewing how to "move the decimal" instead of actually multiplying or dividing. Many students were able to finish their classwork and practice on IXL (skills Z8 and Z9).
Homework tonight: page 875-876 CHAPTER 11 TEST ON TUESDAY! Today we started our work with converting metric units. We started with length (kilometers, meters, centimeters, and millimeters). We talked about how it was similar to converting customary units because you divide to get bigger units and multiply to get smaller units but that this system was based on tens. We did out the work on a few problems to help students see the pattern of multiplying and dividing by powers of ten (move the decimal left or right).
Homework: page 861-862 Chapter 11 Test next Tuesday (June 5th) Today we continued our work with converting customary units, this time working with capacity (fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, gallons). We review again using division to convert to larger units and using multiplication to convert to smaller units. We also looked at using a "ladder" method to covert very large to very small units (ex: gallons to fluid ounces).
Homework tonight: page 843-844 NEXT WEEK: converting within the metric system JUNE 5th: Chapter 11 test (all measurement conversions---students will be given a sheet with all necessary conversion numbers, they need to know how to complete the conversions) Students worked with converting customary units of weight (tons, pounds, ounces). We reviewed using division to go from small units to big units, and multiplication to go from big units to small units. Each student practiced in their math books and many worked on IXL to continue practicing.
Homework: page 829-830 Students are taking the final round of NWEA testing to so that we can look at the growth that they have made in math and reading throughout the year. Students will resume working on converting units of measure with customary units of weight on Wednesday.
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