Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Thursday May 31st

Math: Chapter 9, Lesson 6 - Exploring Triangles and Parallelograms (Pages 358-361)

Learning Goals: The area of a triangle is one-half the area of a parallelogram with the same base and height. The formula for the area of a triangle is: A = (b x h) ÷ 2

Classwork: Practice Questions 1-8

Homework Book: Pages 140-141

Probability Re-test Monday now

Saturday, May 26, 2012

EQAO

Don’t forget EQAO is Monday-Wednesday each day until lunch. I will have calculators, pencils, erasers and protractors for each of you.

Enjoy your weekend!

Friday, May 18, 2012

I hope you had a great long weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather!

Don't forget tomorrow is Monday’s schedule and we are having a Math test on Probability.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Friday May 11th

Math: Chapter 11, Lesson 3 - Tree Diagrams (Pages 416-419)

Learning Goals: A tree diagram can be used to list and count the total number of outcomes when an experiment consists of 2 or more events.

Classwork: Practice Questions 1-5

Homework Book: Pages 160-161

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Thursday May 10th

Math: Chapter 11, Lesson 2 - Probability and Percent (Pages 412-415)

Learning Goals: Probabilities can be represented by words, fractions, decimals, and percents. The word “chance” is often used to describe a probability written as a percent.

Classwork: Practice Questions 1-6

Homework Book: Pages 158-159

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Wednesday May 9th

Math: Chapter 11, Lesson 1 - Describing Probabilities (Pages 408-411)

Learning Goals: Experimental probabilities are determined from data collected in an experiment. Theoretical probabilities are determined by mathematical analysis without the gathering of data. The more times an experiment is repeated, the closer experimental results usually get to theoretical predictions.

Classwork: Practice Questions 1-4

Homework Book: Pages 156-157

Friday, May 4, 2012

Friday May 4th

Language: Tuck Everlasting final project due Tuesday May 8th

Math: Study for unit test on Monday. Do extra practice package for extra help.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Thursday May 3rd

Math: Chapter 8, Lesson 11 - Exploring Rates (Pages 328-331)

Learning Goals: A rate is a ratio that compares two items measured in different units. Rate problems can be solved with pictures, tables, and graphs.

Classwork: Practice Questions 1-12

Homework Book: Pages 130-131

 

Review tomorrow and UNIT Test will be on Monday

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Social Studies–From Mrs. Landsberg

In Social Studies we are studying the explorers that came to Canada. Your child has chosen an explorer to do a project on. We have been working in class gathering our research. The projects are due May 11th, 2012. The Final project can be done on Bristol Board, a Power Point or another method of their choice meeting teacher approval.