Week of May 20th

Blog Entry –May20^th

Information for Parents on Dream Box

http://www.dreambox.com/parent-video

   

  

Students will be coming home with a note about Dreambox this week that has the link to where they can access the class site. They can access the site from a computer at home or download the free app and use the program on an Ipad. 

   

LANGUAGE

READING

        

         Students have been getting weekly feedback on their Literature Circle Work. This Friday in their Friday Folders they will get a sheet that has all feedback from the four weeks.

MATH

Students have been using their problem solving skills and knowledge of fractions to determine the probability of certain outcomes in a variety of probability experiments. We will be finishing up our probability unit this week. The quiz will be on Friday, students will receive their review on Wednesday. 

Grade 4 Probability

- predict the frequency of an outcome in a simple probability experiment, explaining their reasoning; conduct the experiment; and compare the result with the prediction (Sample problem: If you toss a pair of number cubes 20 times and calculate the sum for each toss, how many times would 75 you expect to get 12? 7? 1?

- determine, through investigation, how the number of repetitions of a probability experiment can affect the conclusions drawn (Sample problem: Each student in the class tosses a coin 10 times and records how many times tails comes up. Combine the individual student results to determine a class result, and then compare the individual student results and the class result.).

Grade 5 Probability

– determine and represent all the possible outcomes in a simple probability experiment (e.g., when tossing a coin, the possible outcomes are heads and tails; when rolling a number cube, the possible outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6), using systematic lists and area models (e.g., a rectangle is divided into two equal areas to represent the out- comes of a coin toss experiment);

        

- represent, using a common fraction, the probability that an event will occur in simple games and probability experiments (e.g., “My spinner has four equal sections and one of those sections is coloured red. The probability that I will land on red is 14 .”);

– pose and solve simple probability problems, and solve them by conducting probability experiments and selecting appropriate methods of recording the results (e.g., tally chart, line plot, bar graph)

E-Text pages

Grade 5 pages p. 378 - 399

Grade 4 pages p. 398 - 419

A reminder, Math Help is every Wednesday and Friday and is open to all students in my Grade 4 and Grade 5 class. As well after any quiz if a student would like a re-quiz they should be coming to math help and asking for help in order to do the re-quiz.

Reminders

Friday Folders need to be handed back in on Mondays. Some students have not returned their Friday Folders in a long time.