Happy Friday!
Reminders:
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Open
Minds is only 6 weeks away for 5-3! Please let me know if you are interested in
volunteering the week of May 27-31st, we will need multiple
volunteers per day.
Math/Science:
This week
in math we continued working on converting decimals to fractions and fractions
to decimals. Students were encouraged to use the place value chart to help them
understand and work through this conversion process. Students practiced
verbally assigning place values (tenth, hundredth and thousandths) to the
fractions and decimal number when reading them aloud to help identify how it
should be written in a different form. Next week we will wrap up fractions and
decimals and move into area and perimeter.
In science
students were tasked with identifying electrical hazards and explaining the
necessary safety procedures required for each scenario. In moving into Topic B within
our electricity unit (Current Electricity) students worked on a visual
dictionary page that described and gave examples of electrical conductors,
insulators and resistors. Using the online program, Phet Learning Lab, students
started making virtual circuits with different conductors, insulators and
resistors to compare differences in their circuits performance. We will
continue this exploration next week by looking at electrical circuit symbols
and key vocabulary before moving into circuit construction.
Have a
wonderful long weekend!
