Place value, research, and electromagnets!
We are well on our way in this unit about place value, and multiplying decimals. We took a good bit of notes, that are pretty much required for doing tonight’s homework:
There is an example at the bottom, which shows how students should do their homework tonight. They have two multiplication problems to do. As they do these problems, they should be thinking about the example, and how we know where our decimal point goes based on what we are multiplying. For each ‘line’ in their problem, they should have an arrow and a sentence stating what decimal place they are beginning with.
The homework is these two problems:
In Language Arts we talked a great deal about our weather research, and how we should be organizing our notes. This is very much uncharted territory for many of our students, as they are unused to taking notes and being in charge of what information they must find. We talked about how making sure our notes are well organized will lead us to making better decisions about what kind of information we already have, and therefore what information we still need. Again this is brand new to many of our kids, so it will take a while and some real experience until this sinks in. When they must later organize their paper into sections, they will really see how organizing their notes and information will pay off.
We then watched a short video about how electromagnets are used in motors, and how almost any appliance in their house that spins in some fashion contains a motor, and therefore an electromagnet. This will help them to answer the final two questions on pages 255 and 256 in their motivation reading books. They must also answer the quick questions on pages 251-254. These six pages will be turned in tomorrow and GRADED, so make sure they get done!
In Science, we played around with electricity, metal, magnets, and all sorts of cool stuff! We saw how electricity traveling through a wire creates a magnetic field, and it made our compasses go crazy. We then built our own electromagnets out of wire, nails, and batteries, and had some fun picking up different stuff. I hope that good times were had by all!
so tldr;
Math homework is two multiplication problems, done using our strategies for determining place value
Language Arts homework is pages 251-254, and finish the last two pages on 255-256. THIS WILL BE GRADED! Do your best on it.
Have a good night, and I will see everyone tomorrow!
ALSO….
Friday is Field Day! It so happens this also coincides with us earning our first jewel. Therefore we will have a small celebration on Friday morning before Field Day. Students are invited to bring in a snack to share with the class, and their pillows/blankets. We are going to perhaps watch a movie and have nap time (No, seriously, this is what your fifth grade students decided to do….) before we go outside for the afternoon. It should be quite a relaxing morning.
See everyone tomorrow!
-Mr. Potter