Math and Language for Thursday, January 12

After reviewing yesterdays homework about Mean, Median and Mode, and starting today’s lesson, we didn’t end up with a lot of time to get to work so I didn’t assign any homework.

For language we learned to use Gimp to edit photos for use in our Secret Knowledge of Adults assignment.

Finding the Mean, Median, Mode and Range

Download the spreadsheet containing all of today’s questions that you completed by hand by clicking here.

We will learn how to use spreadsheets to quickly calculate these values.

BBC Mean, Median, Mode and Range.  This is the website that had the game we played in class.

Thesaurus and Learning Goals

WordCentral – This is a great dictionary and thesaurus resource.  It also has a rhyming dictionary.

Learning Goals – You can check the learning goals for this task here.

This is a test

I'm here at the board office working with a group of primary teachers.

 

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Language for Monday, January 9, 2012

1. Bell Work:  Write a recount of your favourite experience over the holiday.
2. Work on your “Secret Knowledge of Adults” story.
3. Due date for “Secret Knowledge of Adults” is Friday, January 13, 2012

Guiding Ideas for your Secret Knowledge Paragraphs

I’ll use the example of the rule that we looked at today, Don’t bite your fingernails!

First Paragraph Should contain a brief explanation of your rule.	Because the fingernail bits will grow into fingers.
Second Paragraph Explains what happens.	The process of how finger nails grow into fingers is explained.
Third Paragraph Explains the consequences of what happens.	The author described the problems that these wayward fingers caused around the home.
Forth Paragraph Restate the rule and explain why to follow.	The author tells you not to bite your nails, but if you do, send the bits to an accordion factory where they can be put to work.

This would be a level three example.  To go for a level four, you would need to extend the details like the author does when he talks about how these individual fingers form gangs and then describes what the gangs do.

Math for Monday, January 9, 2012

Today’s Lesson: Chapter 5, Lesson 1 - Interpreting Data (Pages 168-171)
Learning Goals:
Data presented in graphs and tables can be used to make inferences and draw conclusions.
Different types of graphs can present the same data differently.
Classwork:  Practice Questions 2-5
Homework Book:  Pages 68-69

When you finish, check out Mean, Median, Mode and Range from the BBC Bitesize site.  There is a section to read, a game and a quiz that you can complete to ensure you are ready for the next lesson.