The students have been very busy finishing up various work from the past few weeks.
LANGUAGE: Students have finished their first Guided Reading Story.
Yellow Group: The Loch Ness Monster (non-fiction )
Green Group: The Story of Sojourner Truth (non-fiction)
Activities included: Vocabulary, Use of Vocabulary, Responses During Reading (using the text to support your opinion), Making Connections
New stories:
Yellow Group: Stars in His Eyes (non-fiction)
Green Group: The Story of Sitting Bull, Great Sioux Chief (non-fiction)
MATH: Fractions - definitions
1 Numerator
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4 Denominator
Numerator - the part of the fraction that tells how many equal parts to count. It is the top number. In the fraction 2/3, the numerator is 2, and we count two thirds of the whole.
Denominator - the part of the fraction that tells how many equal parts are in a whole. It is the bottom number.
Proper Fraction - 5/7 describes an amount less than 1. The numerator is less than the denominator.
Improper Fraction - 17/5 describes an amount more than 1. The numerator is more than the denominator.
Mixed Number - 3 2/5 has a whole number part and a fraction part.
Equivalent Fractions - fractions that are equal
3/3 = 4/4 = 1 1/4 = 3/12
Students will be completing individual classwork.
SOCIAL STUDIES / GEOGRAPHY
Students have learned latitude and longitude and how to find places on maps using this. Their application of skills continues with mapping associated with various articles read in class.
Gr. 6's completed: On Alert! Canadian Forces Station in Nunavut's Ellesmere Island
Gr. 8's completed: The Zika Virus
Upcoming Articles:
Gr. 6 - Article TBD, as we are awaiting the release via TDSB. (will happen this week)
Gr. 8 - An Historic visit to Cuba
