Talking about place value

We have been talking about place value, how to write different numbers (standard numbers, expanded form and written form). The students have been using the smart notebook to order and compare numbers, they have been playing games to order, create and compare whole numbers to 100,000. Ask your child about the math centres.

Geometry Diagnostic

Today, we did a diagnostic activity involving 2D shapes and 3D figures. The students were asked to create a picture using 2D shapes and a building using 3D figures. Then, they had to describe what shapes and figures were used in their creations (trying to describe the faces, edges, vertices and the names). To help your child in this unit, consider helping them identify 2D shapes and 3D figures by names, describe 2D shapes by their vertices and edges and extend that thinking to describe 3D figures by their faces, vertices and edges.

The junior students have updated their work on their bloggers

Below are some of the creations the students in the morning class made:

measurement

We have been working on conversions and calculating perimeter. Please ask your child to show you the anchor charts on their Google Classroom

Mindomo

Today we used mindomo to create a mind map about units of measurement collaboratively
Here is our mind map. Ask your child to show you how to use mindomo

Measurement is all around us

Today, the juniors investigated how measurement is a part of our everyday environments. We examined different units of measure we could use to measure things in our environment. Please visit the students webpages to see what they found

Introducing Measurement

Today we created a chart brainstorming what we know about measurement. This is what we did

Interactive Measurement Diagnostic Chart

Terms/Words you know about measurement	Items you can use to measure	Units of measurement you know
length width height area perimeter	calculator scissors pencils ruler measuring tape	centimeter (cm) meter (m) kilometer (km) millimeter (mm) decimeter (dm)
Michael length, area, perimeter, width, height.	measuring tape, scissors, pencil, your finger, marker.	cm, m, km, mm, dm.
Zachary height area length perimeter width wide	calculator scissors pencils ruler measuring tape	cm km mm dm
Shervin length height area perimeter weight	ruler caulter pencil scissors marker	mile meter cm km decimeter
Artin length area perimeter with height	calculater finger measuring tape ruler scissors	cm m mm km dm

Please visit the students individual bloggers to see what they have measured with standard and non-standard units.

Morning Class is starting measurement today

This morning we were showing what we know about measurement. The morning math group was showing how to measure using non-standard units.