Our next unit in Language will be focusing on reading persuasive texts and writing a persuasive essay, which will be in the form of a movie review. Here is a Blendspace unit that goes over the main points of what we will learn.
Thursday 30 April 2015
Tuesday 28 April 2015
More Measurement!
As we continue on in our measurement unit, we have been learning how to find the area of parallelograms and triangles. We will also be learning about finding the volume of triangular prisms and the surface area of triangular prisms.
Often students have difficulty with these latter concepts. They can be quite difficult, especially finding surface area of triangular prisms. I highly encourage students to continue working in Prodigy and to try the activities in the Blendspace units below to assist them in mastering these concepts.
Towards the end of our measurement unit, we will be looking at capacity and volume and measuring mass, along with metric conversions for these units.
EQAO is coming soon (May 25-29), so the final unit we will complete before the testing will be on transformational geometry, which is the movement of shapes on a grid. These involve flips (reflections), slides (translations) and turn (rotations). I will post a Blendspace lesson on these when we begin the unit.
In the meantime, here are some Blendspace lessons for area of parallelograms and triangles, as well as volume and surface area of triangular prisms.
Area Triangles:
Area of Parallelograms:
Volume of Triangular Prism:
Surface Area of Triangular Prism:
ShowMe explaining Surface Area
IXL practice for surface area and volume
Often students have difficulty with these latter concepts. They can be quite difficult, especially finding surface area of triangular prisms. I highly encourage students to continue working in Prodigy and to try the activities in the Blendspace units below to assist them in mastering these concepts.
Towards the end of our measurement unit, we will be looking at capacity and volume and measuring mass, along with metric conversions for these units.
EQAO is coming soon (May 25-29), so the final unit we will complete before the testing will be on transformational geometry, which is the movement of shapes on a grid. These involve flips (reflections), slides (translations) and turn (rotations). I will post a Blendspace lesson on these when we begin the unit.
In the meantime, here are some Blendspace lessons for area of parallelograms and triangles, as well as volume and surface area of triangular prisms.
Area Triangles:
Area of Parallelograms:
Volume of Triangular Prism:
Surface Area of Triangular Prism:
ShowMe explaining Surface Area
IXL practice for surface area and volume
Tuesday 14 April 2015
Surface area of Rectangular Prisms
We are learning how to find the surface area of rectangular prisms. Here is a blendspace lesson to help review what we have learned.
Thursday 2 April 2015
Permission Forms for Transition Day sent home today...and T-shirts too!
Students were sent home with notes for attending Transition Day at Holy Trinity next Wednesday, the 8th of April. If your child misplaces his/her note, here is a copy that can be printed off as well. It is also fine to simply have a note written in the agenda detailing that it is ok for your child to attend.
T-shirts that were ordered before the March Break also arrived, and were handed out today! Enjoy!
Have a Happy Easter! God Bless.
T-shirts that were ordered before the March Break also arrived, and were handed out today! Enjoy!
Have a Happy Easter! God Bless.
Wednesday 1 April 2015
Reminder for Confirmation Forms
Just a reminder that if you are planning to have your child confirmed this year, the forms are due to the school by April 15th. You can find the forms here if they have been misplaced. There are also 2 meetings that must be attended by parents wishing to confirm their children. The dates for the meetings are:
- April 29th at 7:30PM at St. Patrick's Parish
- May 27th at 7:30PM at St. Patrick's Parish
The dates for Confirmation are June 1 & 2. If you have any questions about Confirmation, please feel free to contact myself at school or Father Simon at St. Patrick's Parish.
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