Math Test Revision – Unit 2

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1. Calculate the following

a. 9 x 645

b. 366 divided by 3

2. Prove this sum is wrong

415 x 84 = 4562

3. Sarah had 273 marbles and was sharing them between herself and two friends. How many marbles do they each get?

4. Work out the following problem using the split strategy.

a. 15 x 355

5. Kim earnt $200 for each of the first three weeks of the holidays. She then earnt $234 for the following three weeks. How much money did she earn for the entire holidays?

6. What are unit fractions? Can you list 5?

Calvin and Hobbes Comics

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Mrs K introduced the ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ comics to the class today. We all thought the following cartoon was very funny.

Mrs K also showed 5SK the different types of clues that can be found in comics to deliver the main idea of the strip.
Action processes – doing (actions eg. firing the dart gun)
Verbal processes – saying (speech bubbles eg. Don’t forget to kiss Hobbs goodnight)
Thought processes – thinking (physical appearance eg. facial expression)

Challenge:
Find some comic strips that clearly show doing and thinking processes.

Rainforest and Desert Schema Posters

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Year 5SK were asked to make schema posters for the rainforest and desert this week. Mrs K and myself are so impressed with the level of effort put into the posters. WOW! Well done boys and girls. Over the next couple of days, we will place a few here on the blog. Stay tuned…..

Shahnti has created these two lovely posters with PoewrPointl.

The following two posters have been created by Georgie using Publisher.

Developing Our Spelling Skills

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Over the next few weeks, we will be adding spelling videos to encourage you all to think about the spelling choices you make when writing.
During the proofreading stage of your persuasive, we would like you to circle words that you are unsure of then write them in your have-a-go-folder. From there, it is important that you reflect on its parts.
* What spelling choices do you know? (often the beginning and endings are easier to solve)
* What are your spelling choices for the part/s you are unsure of?
* Is this word formed from a base word? (run – running)
* If so, what do you need to do to the base word? (cvc – double the last letter and add -ing)
* Is this word made up of a stem? (bi-, dis-, mal)
* Will breaking the word up into syllables assist?
* Does this word rhyme with another that you can spell?
* Can you stretch the word out?

Word Study – Lesson 1

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The Three Sounds of ‘ed’.

My son came home last year and told me that he had jumped over an obstacle in the Prep play are. When he pronounced the word he put a great deal of emphasis on the end of the word and used the ‘ed’ sound. So it really sounded like jump – ed. I explained to him that some words that end in ‘ed’ don’t always use that sound. There are actually three different sounds that can be used. Words Their Way has a wonderful sort for this rule in Syllables and Affixes, Sort 5. (Extend version found in the teacher book, page 12)

‘ED’ = Past Tense Verbs

 It would be very useful to complete Sort 5 first, then introduce the concept of more than one sound. The following video shows the original sort.

 Once you have an understanding of this rule, try sorting your words by their final sound. You will notice that the words will end in a ‘t’, ‘d’ or ‘id’ sound.

Early Settlements of Australia

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Secondary Colonies and Settlements

During our lessons this week we have looked at why secondary settlements were established in Australia by the British. We now know that there were three main reasons – social, political and economic.

Social

* Growing population

* Improving the chance of survival

Political

*Increase British control

* Stricter control of convicts

* Fear of French settlement

Economic

* Producing goods and services to make money

* Greater wealth for Great Britain

We also had the opportunity to look at maps of early Australia. We noticed many differences to our current map. List some of the differences we found. Include information on what happened to these secondary settlements.

 

Split Strategy

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We have been working on split strategy today. The students and I have even been multiplying numbers in the thousands by two digit numbers. Very exciting.

Here are two to try at home.

1. 1426 X 12 (remember to split the 12)

2. 2354 x 7

 

Remember to look at the You Tube video as the teacher demonstration is very helpful.