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Today we enjoyed a great presentation courtesy of Dr. Batten.  I will have one of the students write about it and post their thoughts here next week.

Math Test Outline Multiplication Outline Distributed to Students: Friday, March 23 Test:   Tuesday, April 3 The key problems to review in this chapter are: ·          #8 p. 179 ·          #4 p. 182 ·          #5 p. 186 ·          Practice Page 193 (all numbers except #8) ·          #5 p. 195 ·          #4 p. 199 ·          #8 p. 205 ·          #5 p. 207 Remember to spend some time reviewing your facts.   The 6’s, 7’s and 8’s can be quite tricky. Use your duo-tang to review some of the key concepts.   We did not complete all of the worksheets for this chapter since we focused on learning how to multiply with Math games.   Make sure you bring home your du...

Well today I went with the second half of the class to The Rooms .  Daniel will post something on his visit to The Rooms tomorrow. 

March 19, 2012 Dear Parents and Guardians, The quest to make my students better Math multiplication students continues this week.   The students are telling me that they have really enjoyed playing the Math games that I have been sending home.   Special thanks to all the Nans and Pops who helped the students learn their facts.   I have tried to reiterate with the students that it is important to commit their facts to memory.   This week I am sending home some good practice.   The students have learned to solve problems the traditional way (i.e. the way you would have done it in school) so this is the method I would like them to try to perfect this week. The curriculum outcome for Grade 5 states that the students should be able to multiply two digit by two digit numbers.   Your child has 4 sheets to complete this week.   One page should be completed each night as it is better to work 15-20 minutes each night rather than complete all the work in one nigh...

We've got a few presentations over the next several weeks.  Here is a list of the presentations you will hear over the next couple of weeks: Joey's mom will be here to talk about French Culture tomorrow Luke's dad, Dr. Batten, will come to present to all the Grade 5 students on Dental Health. Grace's mom is going to present to the Grade 5 English classes on the respiratory system. We are also going to hear a presentation at MQP Church about Christian beliefs. As you can see we will be pretty busy.

Today the students heard a presentation about climate change and how they are responsible to help save our planet.  Each child received a book and magnet from the Conservation Corps.  It was a very informative presentation.  My class just finished creating an acid rain poster so the timing of this presentation was perfect!

Today is the day after a snow day. I had soo much fun . I drank hot cocoa and ate brownies. I took food colouring and made a cool painting on snow, it was purple. About the Author     Laura is 10 years old. She loves the colour purple. By :  Laura Byrne

We are currently working on multiplying one digit by two digit numbers as well as two digit by two digit numbers.  I am showing the students how to multiply in the traditional way (the way parents would have learned when they were in school).  You will see some review sheets coming home next week on multiplication.

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