Fractions and Decimals - by Denisse, Dylan, Hailey M., Joey, and Michael from Jeff Hoeppner on Vimeo.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Watch our fractions and decimals videos!
So, between writing report cards and getting ready for student-led conferences, it's taken me waaaaay too long to post the fractions and decimals videos that the class worked so hard on. However, I've finally finished uploading them, so here they are - enjoy, and please leave a comment on what you think of them!
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
WSO!
Today we went to go see the symphony, and it was a really big place with lots of stairs. My favourite song of the day was Star Wars. - Cameron
We went to the concert hall. On the way there, my bus partners were Erika and Braylin, and Braylin and I passed by the planetarium, and we wanted to go in it. My favourite song that the symphony played was Under The Sea. - Kyra
On the way to the symphony on the bus, Kyra and I were singing, and same with on the way back. My favourite song that they played was Under The Sea. - Braylin
This morning at 9:00 AM, we went on the bus to go to the symphony orchestra. When we got there, it took about 15 minutes to wait, so they could start playing. My favourite song was... all of them! - Joey
On the bus, my partners were Cameron and Dylan, and when we were driving, it took us about 20 minutes. When we came in there, we went downstairs, then we went super-duper high, but not the highest, in the concert hall. When we were walking, we looked down where the hole was (between the stairs), and we felt like it was super-duper high. My favourite song was... all of them! - Gal
This morning, all of the Grade 4 and 5 students at Radisson (along with their teachers) were fortunate enough to get to travel downtown to the Centennial Concert Hall. Ms. Evans, our music teacher, arranged for all of us to attend Bach To The Future, performed by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. The students or Room 18 were very well behaved, both on the bus and at the concert - bravo! As for my favourite selections, being a science fiction fan, I definitely approved of the WSO performing the main theme from Star Wars (although if they had also performed Darth Vader's Imperial March, it would have been even better!). However, the highlight for me was that the show started off with the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey - an unexpected surprise!
We went to the concert hall. On the way there, my bus partners were Erika and Braylin, and Braylin and I passed by the planetarium, and we wanted to go in it. My favourite song that the symphony played was Under The Sea. - Kyra
On the way to the symphony on the bus, Kyra and I were singing, and same with on the way back. My favourite song that they played was Under The Sea. - Braylin
This morning at 9:00 AM, we went on the bus to go to the symphony orchestra. When we got there, it took about 15 minutes to wait, so they could start playing. My favourite song was... all of them! - Joey
On the bus, my partners were Cameron and Dylan, and when we were driving, it took us about 20 minutes. When we came in there, we went downstairs, then we went super-duper high, but not the highest, in the concert hall. When we were walking, we looked down where the hole was (between the stairs), and we felt like it was super-duper high. My favourite song was... all of them! - Gal
This morning, all of the Grade 4 and 5 students at Radisson (along with their teachers) were fortunate enough to get to travel downtown to the Centennial Concert Hall. Ms. Evans, our music teacher, arranged for all of us to attend Bach To The Future, performed by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. The students or Room 18 were very well behaved, both on the bus and at the concert - bravo! As for my favourite selections, being a science fiction fan, I definitely approved of the WSO performing the main theme from Star Wars (although if they had also performed Darth Vader's Imperial March, it would have been even better!). However, the highlight for me was that the show started off with the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey - an unexpected surprise!
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Student-led conferences; book fair
I'm a few days behind in posting this, but we had student-led conferences last week Thursday evening, and Friday morning and afternoon. It was great to see everyone come out, and it's always a joy to see my students excited to share their learning (and enjoy a snack!) with their parents and grandparents. Thank you again to everyone who came out - your children greatly appreciate your time, interest, and support of their learning!
We also had a book fair running in our library at the same time, with all of the proceeds helping to further stock our wonderful library. As teachers, we are asked by the librarian to make a wish list of books we'd like to have added to our classroom library, and then if parents and students wish, they can donate one of those books to our room. I was absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity of the students and their families this year, as ALL of the books on the Room 18 wish list were donated to our room! As we have many more fiction books in library than non-fiction, I put only non-fiction books on the wish list this time. The students were very excited to see all of the new books for the classroom. Thank you to all who donated books - your generous contribution to our class is appreciated by everyone in Room 18! Check out the awesome additions to our classroom library below...
We also had a book fair running in our library at the same time, with all of the proceeds helping to further stock our wonderful library. As teachers, we are asked by the librarian to make a wish list of books we'd like to have added to our classroom library, and then if parents and students wish, they can donate one of those books to our room. I was absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity of the students and their families this year, as ALL of the books on the Room 18 wish list were donated to our room! As we have many more fiction books in library than non-fiction, I put only non-fiction books on the wish list this time. The students were very excited to see all of the new books for the classroom. Thank you to all who donated books - your generous contribution to our class is appreciated by everyone in Room 18! Check out the awesome additions to our classroom library below...
Monday, March 18, 2013
The Inuit People
Today in Social Studies, we watched a video about what is the same here and what is different between us and in Nunavut. A difference is that we don't break ice to get water - we get it from a tap. We both have snowmobiles to travel in snow (if we want to). - Joey
We both have boats, but we don't hunt polar bears and caribou to eat here. - Braylin
In Social Studies, we were talking about the North, and we were talking about Nunavut - what are differences, and things that are the same to here. One of the same is we hunt for animals, and they hunt for animals, too. Something that is different is that they have to hunt to their food, and we can either hunt or get food from the market - we get most of our from the market, and they get most of their from hunting with rifles. - Gal
Today we did Social Studies, and we watched a video about what life in Nunavut is like. Something the same here as the Inuit is that we both fish, and something different is that we have a bunch of electronics, and it doesn't look like they do. - Evan
We continued our study of Canada's North in Social Studies today, by watching a film produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) called People of the Ice. The students' job was to compare and contrast the lives of the Inuit people featured in the film to their own. And while some were joking that the weather here today (with the blizzard that has blown in) made it feel like there wasn't that much difference between life in Nunavut and life here, there definitely are huge differences. I've embedded the video below, for any who'd care to see it - enjoy!
We both have boats, but we don't hunt polar bears and caribou to eat here. - Braylin
In Social Studies, we were talking about the North, and we were talking about Nunavut - what are differences, and things that are the same to here. One of the same is we hunt for animals, and they hunt for animals, too. Something that is different is that they have to hunt to their food, and we can either hunt or get food from the market - we get most of our from the market, and they get most of their from hunting with rifles. - Gal
Today we did Social Studies, and we watched a video about what life in Nunavut is like. Something the same here as the Inuit is that we both fish, and something different is that we have a bunch of electronics, and it doesn't look like they do. - Evan
We continued our study of Canada's North in Social Studies today, by watching a film produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) called People of the Ice. The students' job was to compare and contrast the lives of the Inuit people featured in the film to their own. And while some were joking that the weather here today (with the blizzard that has blown in) made it feel like there wasn't that much difference between life in Nunavut and life here, there definitely are huge differences. I've embedded the video below, for any who'd care to see it - enjoy!
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Pizza party and snow goggles
Today we made snow goggles from a really long time ago. We made them out of rubber bands and some cardboard paper, and you had to put holes really tiny. My design said 'Gangnam Style rocks!". - Cameron
After last recess, we were talking about the North, and how they're outside all day, and what they would use to see outside with the sun. We were guessing what we think they would use, and Kurt drew it up on the board, and then Mr. H. showed us an actual picture of what it looked like. Then we made our own, and went outside and tried them out. - Jenna
At lunch, we had pizza, and I had three pieces of pepperoni. We had carrots and peas, and we had some in Science and Social Studies, too. It's a congratulations gift from Mr. H. for doing fractions to get the pizza. - Alexandra
Today at lunch, we got to have pizza from Pizza Pizza, and I had pepperoni. Me and Kurt wanted meat lovers, but we got pepperoni. I had three pieces, and Mr. H. also got some veggies, and there were carrots and peas. We had the pizza because we were doing fractions and decimals, and we had to do fractions with the pizza to figure out how much we needed. - Evan
Thanks to the hard work of the students, through their real-world use of adding and subtracting fractions, we had our fractions pizza party today. Fun was had by all, and I'm pleased that they've learned how Math isn't just something we just use in school, but a tool they can and will use today, and for the rest of their lives.
The students also got a chance to make and use snow goggles. We have been talking about light in Science, and we're talking about Canada's North in Social Studies, so it was a perfect tie-in. The class discussed and tried to problem-solve how the Inuit of long ago would have protected their eyes from the sun and the glare off of the snow and ice, without the benefit of sunglasses. They were impressed by how well some of their snow goggles worked when we went to try them out (especially the ones who were really careful to only cut very thin eye slits).
After last recess, we were talking about the North, and how they're outside all day, and what they would use to see outside with the sun. We were guessing what we think they would use, and Kurt drew it up on the board, and then Mr. H. showed us an actual picture of what it looked like. Then we made our own, and went outside and tried them out. - Jenna
At lunch, we had pizza, and I had three pieces of pepperoni. We had carrots and peas, and we had some in Science and Social Studies, too. It's a congratulations gift from Mr. H. for doing fractions to get the pizza. - Alexandra
Today at lunch, we got to have pizza from Pizza Pizza, and I had pepperoni. Me and Kurt wanted meat lovers, but we got pepperoni. I had three pieces, and Mr. H. also got some veggies, and there were carrots and peas. We had the pizza because we were doing fractions and decimals, and we had to do fractions with the pizza to figure out how much we needed. - Evan
Thanks to the hard work of the students, through their real-world use of adding and subtracting fractions, we had our fractions pizza party today. Fun was had by all, and I'm pleased that they've learned how Math isn't just something we just use in school, but a tool they can and will use today, and for the rest of their lives.
The students also got a chance to make and use snow goggles. We have been talking about light in Science, and we're talking about Canada's North in Social Studies, so it was a perfect tie-in. The class discussed and tried to problem-solve how the Inuit of long ago would have protected their eyes from the sun and the glare off of the snow and ice, without the benefit of sunglasses. They were impressed by how well some of their snow goggles worked when we went to try them out (especially the ones who were really careful to only cut very thin eye slits).
Monday, March 11, 2013
Grade 4/5 class comes to share
Before lunch, we watched videos from Mrs. Steinhoff's class. They were doing the play 'The Three Little Pigs', and one of the videos used props made out of paper, and one was made out of clay. They were very funny. - Jenna
On the second French Three Little Pigs video, it was hilarious. Mostly everyone laughed, and some of the characters heads came off and there was a giant eye on one part of the video. - Alexandra
After recess, we went to the library to look at the book fair. There were posters and a whole bunch of different books, and my favourite poster was the Gangnam Style poster. - Cameron
We were lucky enough to have Mrs. Steinhoff's class come in today and share the videos that the students made for their French class of Les trois petits cochons, and we were suitably impressed! This is the project we are hoping to do by the end of the year in our French class, so it was great to start seeing some of the Grade 4/5 videos as inspiration. We only got a chance to see two of them, so we will watch the other two with their class later this week. If you want to check out the awesome work that Mrs. Steinhoff's class has done on these videos, you can check them out on their classroom blog here.
On the second French Three Little Pigs video, it was hilarious. Mostly everyone laughed, and some of the characters heads came off and there was a giant eye on one part of the video. - Alexandra
After recess, we went to the library to look at the book fair. There were posters and a whole bunch of different books, and my favourite poster was the Gangnam Style poster. - Cameron
We were lucky enough to have Mrs. Steinhoff's class come in today and share the videos that the students made for their French class of Les trois petits cochons, and we were suitably impressed! This is the project we are hoping to do by the end of the year in our French class, so it was great to start seeing some of the Grade 4/5 videos as inspiration. We only got a chance to see two of them, so we will watch the other two with their class later this week. If you want to check out the awesome work that Mrs. Steinhoff's class has done on these videos, you can check them out on their classroom blog here.
Friday, March 8, 2013
More pizza math, and a new book!
We started off the day by continuing the work we started yesterday on using fractions and decimals to help us plan our pizza party. Today, we looked at how many pieces of each we needed, and the students had to do some problem solving when the initial totals didn't add up to whole pizzas for any of the flavours - kudos to the class for doing some problem solving of using some of their second choices to come up with totals that resulted in whole pizzas. Next, they used what they've been learning about decimals to figure out what the total cost of the pizza (minus tax, which I talked to them about) would be. Check out our work (they did the math - I just wrote it down!) underneath...
We also got a surprise in the mail today, as my friend Mrs. Malkoske from Dr. F.W.L. Hamilton school sent us a book for the class - it's called An Awesome Book (by Dallas Clayton). I read it to the class today, and they agreed - the title suits the book! It has a great message about dreaming big, and how healthy it is - a great message for kids and adults alike. If you want to find out more about it, check it out on our Shelfari, at the bottom of the blog page.
We also got a surprise in the mail today, as my friend Mrs. Malkoske from Dr. F.W.L. Hamilton school sent us a book for the class - it's called An Awesome Book (by Dallas Clayton). I read it to the class today, and they agreed - the title suits the book! It has a great message about dreaming big, and how healthy it is - a great message for kids and adults alike. If you want to find out more about it, check it out on our Shelfari, at the bottom of the blog page.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Real-world fractions and testing 3D glasses
In Math, we were doing fractions, and we we're getting a pizza party from Pizza Pizza. We're getting 6 pizzas because 23 people wanted pizza, but some people wanted more than just one piece. - Logan
Today we watched a movie in 3D, and it was called Shark Boy and Lava Girl. We made 3D glasses, and we watched the movie with them. - Kyra
After lunch, for afternoon, we were watching Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3D, to try out our 3D glasses that we made. My glasses worked really good. - Hailey M.
After morning recess, Mr. H. told us that we're getting pizza. We've been working with fractions, and dividing them equally, and deciding what type of pizza to get, and adding them up in decimals and putting the number of slices all together in fraction version. - Jenna
Wanting to have the students see the application of fractions in the real world, we are having a pizza party. The students, having been doing lots of work with adding and subtracting fractions lately, as well as converting fractions to decimals, had to put their learning to use. After a lot of discussion, the students realized they needed to each figure out what fraction of a pizza they would eat, and then add those totals together in their table groups. Next, as a class, they had to add together the totals of all of the groups, in order to get a classroom total. They also successfully converted the fractions in their number sentence into decimals. They have now figured out that I need to order 6 pizzas. Tomorrow's jobs include figuring out how many pizzas we need to order of each of the flavour choices, and to come up with a total cost of all of the pizzas (they're really going to have to put their knowledge of adding decimals to use for that!).
In the afternoon, I surprised the class by informing them that I had bought a 3D movie for the class to watch, in order to test out their 3D glasses they had made in Science over the past few weeks. The movie was 'The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3D', which we watched in the Music room, where we could block out almost all the light (a big thank-you to Ms. Evans for letting us use the space!). I'm pleased to report that everyone's glasses worked, and I definitely heard some ooooo's and ahhhhhh's during some of the 3D special effects. Bill Nye said it best: "Science Rules!"
Today we watched a movie in 3D, and it was called Shark Boy and Lava Girl. We made 3D glasses, and we watched the movie with them. - Kyra
After lunch, for afternoon, we were watching Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3D, to try out our 3D glasses that we made. My glasses worked really good. - Hailey M.
After morning recess, Mr. H. told us that we're getting pizza. We've been working with fractions, and dividing them equally, and deciding what type of pizza to get, and adding them up in decimals and putting the number of slices all together in fraction version. - Jenna
Wanting to have the students see the application of fractions in the real world, we are having a pizza party. The students, having been doing lots of work with adding and subtracting fractions lately, as well as converting fractions to decimals, had to put their learning to use. After a lot of discussion, the students realized they needed to each figure out what fraction of a pizza they would eat, and then add those totals together in their table groups. Next, as a class, they had to add together the totals of all of the groups, in order to get a classroom total. They also successfully converted the fractions in their number sentence into decimals. They have now figured out that I need to order 6 pizzas. Tomorrow's jobs include figuring out how many pizzas we need to order of each of the flavour choices, and to come up with a total cost of all of the pizzas (they're really going to have to put their knowledge of adding decimals to use for that!).
In the afternoon, I surprised the class by informing them that I had bought a 3D movie for the class to watch, in order to test out their 3D glasses they had made in Science over the past few weeks. The movie was 'The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3D', which we watched in the Music room, where we could block out almost all the light (a big thank-you to Ms. Evans for letting us use the space!). I'm pleased to report that everyone's glasses worked, and I definitely heard some ooooo's and ahhhhhh's during some of the 3D special effects. Bill Nye said it best: "Science Rules!"
The template for the groups' sheets.
You need fractions in the real world - who knew?!
Pepperoni and cheese were the most popular choices.
Some of the calculating the class was doing. The 40-23 equation was after a student suggested 4 pizzas would be enough for everyone... until they saw how little pizza that really would leave for everyone.
Immersed in the world of a 3D movie!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Fractions videos: lights, camera, action!
Today we started making our videos about fractions and decimals. All of our groups made more than four takes. My group watched our videos, and our best one was number three. - Joey
Today we made our fractions videos. My group was Erika, Evan, and me, but Erika wasn't her to make the videos. It was kind of hard for just three people, because Erika was supposed to be sliding the papers in. - Kyra
In the videos, we practiced, and then we went in the before and after room. Lexi was the narrator, Gal was the slide-in person, Jenna was the slide-out person, Mikayla was the camera girl, and I was the director. We tried it five times. - Alexandra
All of the groups filmed their fractions/decimals videos today. For the most part, I was very impressed with how well the groups worked together - they put a lot of preparation into the slides and their rehearsing, and were very excited to finally get their efforts captured on video. It'll take a day or two for me to post them, so until then, here are some photos of all the groups in action, to tide you over...
Today we made our fractions videos. My group was Erika, Evan, and me, but Erika wasn't her to make the videos. It was kind of hard for just three people, because Erika was supposed to be sliding the papers in. - Kyra
In the videos, we practiced, and then we went in the before and after room. Lexi was the narrator, Gal was the slide-in person, Jenna was the slide-out person, Mikayla was the camera girl, and I was the director. We tried it five times. - Alexandra
All of the groups filmed their fractions/decimals videos today. For the most part, I was very impressed with how well the groups worked together - they put a lot of preparation into the slides and their rehearsing, and were very excited to finally get their efforts captured on video. It'll take a day or two for me to post them, so until then, here are some photos of all the groups in action, to tide you over...
Monday, March 4, 2013
3D glasses: check them out!
Everyone is now done their 3D glasses (make sure to view the Haiku Deck slideshow below, to see them all!), and we tried them out the other day. I was showing the class some 3D images from my computer, using the projector. They looked fantastic on my computer screen, but the students were commenting that they weren't seeing the images in 3D. After a little investigating, I discovered that the likely cause is that the colours on the projectors (I tried another projector in the school, just to confirm, and it didn't work either) have not been properly calibrated for colour. A close friend of mine is an audio-video buff, so he is going to lend me a home theatre colour-correction DVD. I'm going to use it on our projector, and hopefully, it does the trick. We'll keep you posted...
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