Today we finished watching a crash course video on constellations and took some guided notes. After the videos, we went over the notes as a class so students could correct their notes if needed. Students also got a study guide with vocabulary and big ideas from the unit. Our test will be on Thursday. One student, Wendell, created a quizlet for this (search "Patterns in Space")...Thanks Wendell! Test on Thursday
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Today we talked about area of rectangles and squares. Students applied their multiplying decimals and whole number skills to solve area problems. All work was done in class, so only a few have some problems to finish up.
Work to complete: Practice 4-4 problems numbers 1-12 EXCEPT 4 and 6 Today we applied our learning from adding decimals and whole numbers to find the perimeter of different shapes. We reviewed student understanding of perimeter and characteristics of shapes (ex: opposite sides of rectangles are congruent). Students completed their work in class today with only a few exceptions.
"Homework" practice 4-1 We are finishing up with our patterns in Earth and space unit with some fun videos before our test on Thursday. We watched a "Crash Course" video and took some guided notes. We will watch a second pair tomorrow and then review on Wednesday before the test. Study guides will go home tomorrow afternoon.
Crash Course Video 8.1 Crash Course Video 8.2 Guided Notes Worksheet End of Unit Test on Thursday Today students did an informal assessment on division. We will be starting next week so I wanted to know where our student skills are at. Students then worked on a review of multiplying decimals, and using powers of 10 to prepare for the test tomorrow. Students can continue to work on this sheet (2 sided), use their book (chapter 6) or IXL (I.1- I.6).
Homework: study for test on multiplying decimals (powers of ten, properties, using traditional method to multiply whole numbers and decimals) We wrapped up talking about the pattern of day and night caused by Earth's rotation and the seasonal changes that happen throughout the year as the tilt of the axis points the Northern or Southern hemisphere towards the sun. We spent some time really focusing on the difference between rotation and revolution. We watched a fun video on constellations and how they change with the seasons. Ask you children about their "Universe in a Box".
Sorry all, I was locked out of the site last night when I got home (holiday overload maybe??) but I wanted to post about what we have been doing. On Monday we did a chapter check in. Students are doing well and I will be meeting with a few small groups/individuals to clarify some concepts. Students also worked independently to review the multiplication properties (almost identical to addition properties from chapter 2) but many got stuck in the application part. As a result, I changed homework from the book page (427-428) to C.6 IXL which was identification of the property.
Tuesday we talked about and practiced using "powers of 10" to multiply decimals mentally. Students were quick to pick-up on the pattern and were able to apply it to not only similar problems but more challenging ones involving decimal powers of 10. Students were assigned IXL I.2 last night or for a challenge 6th grade H.6. Today we reviewed the powers of 10 and used them to see how the properties of multiplication could be used to make mental calculations easier. Homework tonight: page 427-428 (must show work on problems 1 and 2) Today we watched a BrainPop video on the equinoxes/solstices. We took notes and then began a "brain-dump" of what students gleaned from the video. This allowed us to collect all of our new knowledge and share it as a group. We will finish with our collective notes and complete an activity page on Monday.
Today we spent our class constructing the shapes from our multiplication. They came out awesome! Students will be able to bring their shapes home before vacation...fair warning, I have heard rumblings of wanting to put the on Christmas trees :)
We began talking about how Earth's rotation as it orbits the sun causes day and night. We used our viewers with "noseopolis" to test out a couple of theories and theorized that the sun could never appear to go down in the morning because that would mean that the Earth had stopped spinning and started spinning the other way!
Today we watched a video on day and night and seasons. We finished by taking notes on new vocabulary and the main ideas from the video, including that Earth's axial tilt works in tandem with the orbit to create seasons. |
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