I hope you’re all having a wonderful week so far. A reminder that we have our trip to the Warplane Museum tomorrow, so students need to be here no later than 8:45 and bring a disposable lunch.
We have our annual book fair at the end of this month!
A few quick reminders:
· Tomorrow is a Day 5.
· Aftercare invoices for the month of October have come out and were due Friday, November 15th, 2019 (which is today). Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com
We started the day by rehearsing for the Christmas concert! It was great for a first run through. We will really be working and developing this over the next few weeks.
French – After this, we had French with Mme. Stella, which you can read about on her blog (https://stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.com).
After lunch, we did a rehearsal to work out how the scene will look on stage with Mr. Oliver.
Inquiry into Flight – The students presented their societal and environmental impacts of flying devices today. We heard some great presentations. Unfortunately, I was so captivated that I forgot to take pictures during the presentations.
Inquiry into Math – At the end of the day, we had math.
We started by looking at divided circles and understanding that there are different ways to express the same fraction.
· If it is divided into 12 and we shade 6 of the pieces, that is 6/12, which is equal to ½.
· If it is divided into 10 and we shade 5 of the pieces, that is 5/10, which is equal to ½.
· If it is divided into 8 and we shade 4 of the pieces, that is 4/8, which is equal to ½.
· If it is divided into 6 and we shade 3 of the pieces, that is 3/6, which is equal to ½.
These are called equivalent fractions. Equivalent fractions are fractions that have different numbers, but the same overall value.
After this, we looked at fraction strips. These are another manipulative we can use to model combining and subtracting fractions. Let’s take 2/10 + 3/10. We know this is 5/10, but we model it with fraction strips. This one is easier because the denominator is common.
But let’s take ½ + 2/5. We can’t look at it with a denominator of 2 or 5, but with one of 10 on a number line.
We can also subtract fractions. Let’s take 7/10 – 6/10. If we start on 7/10, we place the fraction strip for 6/10 on the number line and it takes us down to 1/10. That is our answer!
Homework (there is a lot today but none tomorrow because of our trip):
We do our best to complete work in class. In the event this is not possible, it will go home for homework.
As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.
Mr. Conte
