Weekly Updated

Hey Everyone,

I am so impressed how everyone is handling the “Secret Santa” activity. The random acts of kindness are so impressive and are spreading throughout our room. Remember, it doesn’t have to be something tangible. It might be some sort of encouragement, a note, including someone at recess or just saying or doing something kind. I am so proud of the acts I have seen so far, we have such kind and caring students in our classroom.

The Week Ahead:

 Agenda Items:

Don't forget to send in an unwrapped toy, canned food items, hats or mitts for the Christmas for Kids campaign  

Monday- Van Go art activity

Presentation @ 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday – Science Review coming home- Test will be the Tuesday, December 13^th

Math- Patterning Test was sent home on Friday for signing

-       We have started our measurement unit- This week we will focus on metric conversions, perimeter of regular and irregular shapes

Literacy- We are finished our novel Ghost Ride- students will be finishing up their summaries and doing a book trailer in small groups

We will beginning our unit on procedural writing this week –Students will be preparing a Santa Manual

Science- We will be wrapping up our biodiversity unit- We will be exploring the fungi and bacteria kingdoms this week – We will also be continuing to investigate human benefits and impact on biodiversity 

Science Review

Biodiversity Review Sheet

Classification of Living Things: The purpose of most classification system is to organize members into similar groups

Characteristics of Life:

1. Cells- all living things have cells
2. Metabolism- all living things eat, drink, breath, excrete
3. Growth- all living things take material in to enlarge
4. Reproduction- all living things are able to produce copies of themselves
5. Irritability- all living things are able to react to change in their environment
6. Adaption – all living things are able to compete with each other for food and space to survive
7. Movement- all living things are able to move

Structural Adaptations: Is the way plants or animals look in their habitat. The plant/animal uses its structural adaption to survive. For example, speed, camouflage, teeth, eyes, fur, hair, paws claws, hoofs, legs, long necks, noses.

Behavioural Adaption: Is the way plants and animals act in their habitat. The plant or animal uses its behavioural adaption to survive. For example, protection of young, feeding young, building nest or den, finding a mate, hiding predators

Review characteristics of the animal kingdom (notes from kingdom presentation)

Review five groups of the five kingdoms

Review the classification and the animal kingdom (vertebrates and invertebrates)

List and describe 2 benefits of biodiversity (will be covered this week)

List and describe 2 threats to biodiversity (will be covered this week)

List and describe 3 ways we can protect biodiversity (will be covered this week)

Math Challenge Round 2 :)

38÷ 10= 32 ÷ 0.001= 36 ÷ 0.1= 78÷0.1= 72÷0.1= 96÷10= 76÷0.001= 20÷10=

45 x 100= 3.45 x 10= 4.1 x1 000= 78.6 x 0.1= 432.1 x 0.001= 988.7 x 0.01= 12.5 x 0.001= 32 x 100=

Math Challenge

a)    4.68 x 1000 =                                              b)   0.001 x 483=                                                         c)    47.5  x 10=                                                   d)   10 000 x 3.7=                                              e)   43.2 x 0.01= f)    27.3 x 10= g)   10 000 x 0.14=

h)   4 530 x 0.01= i)     1 157 x 0.001= j)    456 x 1 000= k)   5 280  x 0.001= l)     779  x 100= m)  310 x 0.001= n)    88.8  x 1 000= o)    4.568 x 10 000=

PJ Day Tomorrow

Good evening,

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is pajama day. Also, bring a dollar if you want a mustache :)

Have a good night!

Mrs. Breau

Patterning Review -Due Thursday, December 5th

Patterning Review
1. Write the rule for each t-table. each rule involves only ONE operation

Input (n)	Output
5	25
3	15
2	10
4	20
10	50

Input (n)	Output
77	11
21	3
70	10
14	2
7	1

                 

2. Write the rule for each t-table. Each rule involves TWO operations.

Input (n)	Output
10	6
16	9
4	3
8	5

Input (n)	Output
2	7
4	11
5	13
1	5

Input (n)	Output
6	16
7	18
3	10
18	40

            

3. Identify the pattern rule for each pattern below.

     a)      12, 15, 18, 21….

     b)     65, 62, 59, 53….

     c)       81, 72, 63, 54…..

d)      56, 49, 42, 35………             

4. The same number is added in the pattern to get the next value. Below are the fourth, fifth and sixth terms in the pattern.

         106, 109, 112

 What are the first, second and third term in the pattern?

5. Use the explicit patterning rule to answer the questions below 
Term Number= first term + ({term #-1} x common difference)

a)14, 17, 20, 23.....
find term 55

b) 21, 26, 31, 36.....
find the 34th term

c) 99, 96, 93...
find the 22th term

6. Each question involves an operation (multiplication, division, addition and subtraction) between columns 1 and 2 and then an additional step. So these are multi step questions.
                                                                                     

2	8	21
8	9	77
7	3	26
2	3	11

25	5	3
49	7	5
60	10	4
18	2	7

7. Darren and Angelique create two different patterns.

Identify the pattern rule.

Darren’s Pattern

37, 41, 45, 49

Pattern Rule:

Angelique’s pattern

22, 30, 38, 46

Pattern Rule: 

Which pattern rule will be the first to reach a term over 100. Justify your answer.