Monday December 3, 2018

Marvelous Monday!!

We began the day with math. 

Students learned about using variables in measurement formulas to find the area and perimeter of a square and rectangle. Students were reminded of the word formulas for the perimeter and area of a squares and rectangles that they learned last year:

What does the area mean? (the number of congruent square units that fit in a figure)

What does perimeter mean? (The distance around a figure in units)

Students recalled that the area of a rectangle is base times height. Students needed to understand that the base of a rectangle is the side perpendicular to the height and, when we say “base times height,” we mean the length of the base multiplied by the length of the height.

Perimeter measurements are in units.

Area measurements in square units.

We reviewed some examples as a class. Students understood the term variables, perimeter of a square, and that perimeter can also be written P=2b + 2h = 

perimeter is double the plus double the height 

Both formulas give the same answer 

P=2b + 2h = we double the base and height, then double the sum 

Today’s Success Criteria:

I understand that the perimeter and area of a rectangle and a square can be expressed using formulas

I know that the perimeter of a rectangle is P= 2 (b+h) or P = 2b + 2h

I know that the perimeter of a square is 4s

I know the area of a rectangle is A=bh

I know that variables in a formulas can represent different numbers 

I know that perimeter is written in unit and area is written in units squared 

Then we had French.

After first recess and lunch we moved onto our new novel study, Tuck Everlasting! We went through the prologue, chapter 1 and chapter 2.

We also began our new UOI: To bravely go where no one has gone before. Central Idea:

Exploration has changed and will continue to change people’s lives.

Line of Inquiry:

-      First Peoples and their interaction with the environment

-      Early explorers 

-      The various groups and communities that make up Canada’s identity

We worked on a diagnostic about our first unit and reading and answering questions related to our novel study. 

After second recess and lunch we had physical education. 

Homework:

1.    Math textbook page 96: Questions 1-6 (most students finished in class)

2.    Math sheets

3.    Novel Study: Read Prologue, Chapter 1, and chapter 2

4.    Pages 1-12 competed for the Novel study package

5.    Set up Powtoon account: Powtoon.com

6.    Last page report card