New Year Updates!

This is for since we have returned from winter break.  Apologies, we're back to once a week updates on Friday.

In Math we have:

• Finished our PERCENT unit.

1. Gingerbread & Decorating Percent
2. Percent of a Number 4.3
3. Combining Percent 4.4
4. You should have finished the Understanding Percent Foldable.

• Started our Integers unit.

1. Song; Don't be Negative about a Negative Sign.
2. Notes for the song (Lyrics).
3. Matching Activity.
4. Addition Review.
5. Get ready work.

• Worked on Mathletics.
• Got new Math Minute Duo Tangs!

In Science we have:

• Worked on vocabulary for Mechanical Systems.  Be sure to use the vocabulary blank sheet provided to complete it.
• Identified simple and complex machines in Movies (Solo:  A Star Wars story).  Did a journal entry.
• Made playdough, built models of simple machines, labeled them, took a picture.
• Talked about Mechanical Advantage and Speed Ratio.  Why do they not have UNITS?
• Completed Fill in the blank notes, questions, and activities for Machines Make Work Easier (2.1) and The Science of Work (2.2)

Other Stuff:

• Updated Iris; Understanding myself as a learner, goals, strategies.  You are encouraged to add an artifact of your learning, for example a picture of the simple machines you built.

• Updated Journal Prompts List is Coming Soon!

• Good news!  The pink basket is back!  There is also a blue basket for unclaimed work that is ready to be handed back.

• Reminder:  Text books can not, for any reason, leave the classroom.  You can use them in the classroom, or acess it on BrightSpace/D2L