I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! As usual, we have been quite busy here at school!
Last week I sent out a permission slip which required students to decide if they wanted to take home an SRB for the remainder of the year. Student Reference Books can be helpful in a variety of ways which are outlined in the sheet that I sent home.
You may have noticed that students have had more homework in math lately. Students will now get homework every Monday and Wednesday in math (except if they have a test on one of those days). I've started to give more homework so students can find a routine at home and continue to have more responsibilities. I've offered students all year extra support before school and I will continue to offer that for homework help or any other support.
Here is an update as to what the 5/6 students have been doing in math and what is coming up!
5th:
We are in full swing with fractions! Students have learned how to add and subtract fractions using God Fairy #1. Please ask your student to explain who GF #1 is and how to use him/her when adding fractions with unlike denominators.
Looking ahead we will be moving into "fraction-of" problems which require students to make models to solve. Here is an example of a "fraction-of" problems:
6th:
Students just took their unit 2 assessment today. They will have those back by Monday to bring home to make corrections and get it signed by someone at home. I ask parents to sign student's test in hope that you will have a conversation with your child about their success in math class.
In our next unit we will be working with decimals and percents. We will review how to add, subtract and multiply decimals. I will teach students how to divide large numbers using the U.S. Traditional method. We will then move into operations with percents!
