Marvelous Math and Sensational Science

Last Week in Math We:

• worked on multiples (2, 5)
• did basic operations
• division by LEGO!
• Mathletics - you were assigned some modules to work on.

Last Week in Science We:

• Talked about CONCENTRATION, SOLUBILITY, and SATURATION
• Started a Lab activity on SATURATION
• How is your Mix and Flow of Matter Booklet going?

Math Science and a little Trickery!

This week in Math we

• worked on some challenging arithmetic for our daily math minutes
• did some basic operations with Cuisinere Rods - the colourful rods of different sizes
• you should all have put something new into Iris, if not, we'll do it on Monday
• talked about measuring, proportions, and estimating
• check your folders to be sure you have your workbook up to date
• check your visual journal to make sure you documented/recorded examples of what you have been working on
• Next week:  MULTIPLES!  Yay!

This week in Science we

• looked at pure substances and mixtures
• talked about how everything is made of particles
• did an activity to help us classify substances and mixtures

Week Wrap Up

We made macaroni and cheese with chicken wieners, and cucumber and strawberries on the side.

You all were successful:

• working in your teams
• making a solution-salt and water
•  making a mechanical mixture-macaroni and chicken dogs
• using a colloid & dissolving a solute-milk (colloid/solvent) & powdered cheese packet (solute)
• measuring the correct amount of ingredients
• identifying changes of state-butter melting, water boiling
• and DIVISION - yes DIVISION - dividing up the meal for everyone to enjoy fair amounts and then DIVIDING it again when we had more guests than expected.

Well done inviting guests and cleaning up the foods room. 

You are good hosts and good sharers.

Hello Everyone!

This week we have returned from a week off for thanksgiving. I hope that everyone enjoyed their time away from school and are ready for a solid run until winter break.

This week we have continued our routines and practicing essential skills in reading, critical thinking and writing.

We spent much of this week working on critical reading and writing in relation to texts. We discussed the structure and society in medieval Europe. We talked about the feudal system, and manor system and where the majority of people fell within the class system.

We discussed the black death, the impact of disease and how it started to change the world that the medieval people knew.

Next week we will continue to explore the medieval world and its sociality. We will explore some of the major factors that make up its worldview such as religion and geography and we will introduce one the of leading factors of the Renaissance, The Silk Road.

Have a great weekend.

Math & Science

Hi 8-1, Just some friendly reminders of what we have done so far and where we are going!

VISUAL JOURNAL & LEARNING FOLDERS

• We use our Visual Journals for both Math and Science.  A link will be available soon that will list all of the items you should have in there so far.
• You have a folder in the classroom to keep any or all of your work in the classroom. 

MATH

• You all have Mathletics Accounts, please use them!
• Math Minutes Duotangs - keep yours up to date, we are up to #28
• Numeric and Word Forms
• Odd and Even
• Place Value
• Whole Numbers
• Estimation
• Add, Subtract

SCIENCE

• Safety (we will use all year)
• Skills & Scientific Method (we will use all year)
• Mix and Flow of Matter (Classifying Matter, Fluids, Particle Theory, vocabulary)

COMING SOON

• Links to Mathletics and assignments