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We are starting a new unit about patterns in space. We will be looking at the changes caused daily and yearly on our planet. We will start by looking at the causes of day and night and then look more deeply into how this changes over the course of the year. We will also look at how seasons change throughout the year and why that happens. Lastly, we are going to look at why stars only appear during certain times of year.
For today's lesson, students are going to watch the "Study Jams" video linked in classroom. When they are finished, they will answer the questions on the google form attached to the assignment. Today students will continue their work with dividing fractions. In today's lesson they will work on dividing whole numbers by unit fractions (fractions with a numerator of 1). In the video that I created I teach about making the models to show the process and the algorithm. If students work quickly, they will likely just write the same answers that they found last week. Unfortunately, this is the opposite of what their answers will be, so if they keep getting stuck, encourage them to slow down.
There is one page that is mandatory in the assignment on google classroom. I have also posted 3 additional pages for practice with answer keys and the corresponding IXL skills. When you are finished watching the video, please complete 20 minutes of IXL skills in the N column- New! Divide unit fractions by whole numbers using models, 1 Divide unit fractions by whole numbers, New! Divide unit fractions and whole numbers using area models (these are the three highlighted in the IXL screenshot). When you finish, please submit a screenshot of what you finished (for example the progress for each skill that shows in the top right corner) to complete the assignment.
You are going to log into your explore learning account (explorelearning.com or on the app). I have sent usernames/passwords to your email accounts in case you do not have them.
You will need to click "launch gizmo" then on the left side of the screen click on "normal setup" and "label reactants". Your job is to click through the reactants and determine whether a chemical reaction has taken place and identifying your evidence. There is a chart to fill out with your findings- do this AS YOU WORK. You will want to use the clickables (thermometer, magnifying glass, nose, etc) that will be under the "lab table" to help you decide if something has changed. At the bottom of the assignment doc are 4 scenarios that you need to read through and determine if a chemical reaction/change has taken place and what evidence you are using to make your determination. This doc will be uploaded and turned back in through Google Classroom. You MAY choose to work through the whole gizmo if you like. I will include the pdf of the worksheet as a "material" for those who want to keep exploring. Today there is a video follow-up to the first part of the Fizz Quiz lesson. We talk about the idea of "conservation of matter" and how when mixing chemicals, there is nothing created (added in) or lost (removed) when a chemical reaction/change takes place- only the particles are rearranged to make something new.
I JUST updated the Google Classroom folder with the picture of the precipitate in bag three and the evaporation dish with the mysterious salt (I promised it would be there!) There is ONE page marked MANDATORY that you will need to fill out. I have found the best way is to simply use text boxes over where the text belongs. Today's lesson has two parts- one is to work on reducing fractions down to simplest form (lowest terms). In the video, I show two different ways: cross-cancelling which only works for multiplication (but is really helpful when we multiply mixed numbers) and reducing after computation. This last strategy is what you parents will be more familiar with and it works for ALL operations, not just multiplying.
The other skill is multiplying whole numbers by fractions without using models. There is ONE page that is marked as MANDATORY. You will need to complete this, including reducing/simplifying. The remaining materials are for extra practice. Hi kids! So beginning this week, you will only have official STEM "assignments" from me on Mondays and Wednesdays and you will get Humanities assignments from Ms. Newton on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
MATH: A new lesson will be posted via video on each STEM day. The lesson will likely cover 1-2 skills that go together: example rounding and estimating. There will be ONE page that is marked "Mandatory Assignment Sheet". This is the ONE page that must be resubmitted for me to check over. I will also provide extra practice and possibly IXL skills, but unless they are marked "Mandatory" it is not required. SCIENCE: A new lesson will be posted via video on each STEM day. There may be notes that accompany the lesson or activity pages for you to fill out while the lesson is taking place. These will be provided for you to download or fill-in digitally. There will be a link to your "assignment", most likely through Google Forms that will automatically send it to me when you are done. FUN FRIDAY: On Friday's I plan to do some virtual get togethers with each homeroom- it will be a time when we can check-in with one another - I will send out an invitation for that later this week. So far only 16 of you have responded to the Exit ticket from my video on Thursday. Please make sure that you have watched the video- it is about 22 minutes long- and answered the exit ticket link. Both are on the Thursday blog post.
Hi all- Sorry for late post, but my internet was not cooperating last night.
Just one page to review the work from yesterday. Please turn it in by emailing me a picture |
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