Numeracy Resources

Hello!

This space will be continuously updated with numeracy resources. From videos, games, helpful articles/websites, and relevant to class topics. Enjoy!

Websites

  1. Education.com: Games, practice problems, activities. https://www.education.com 
  2. Nrich: Go to ‘Primary pupils’, there are articles for students to read, investigative activities, games, and online games. https://nrich.maths.org 
  3. Topmarks: games for individuals and groups. https://www.topmarks.co.uk
  4. Jeopardy labs: Great way for fun review with friends at home or family. There are premade jeopardy games for a variety of topics and subjects. https://jeopardylabs.com
  5. Quizizz: Variety of free quizzes and levels to practice with different subjects and topics, all premade. https://quizizz.com
  6. We Are Teachers: Articles, games, activities. https://www.weareteachers.com
  7. Mathletics: www.mathletics.com , go to ‘Explore’ and students can attempt problem solving activities or games.

Websites for additional Practice

These site will contain a variety of practice problems in all areas of numeracy.

  1. Common Core: www.commoncoreworksheets.com  a variety of topics for numeracy for extra practice, studying, and subjects! (social studies, science, language arts, and writing)
  2. Worksheets to use as reference for studying: https://www.dadsworksheets.com this is a great site just to look up additional problems to practice.
  3. Education.com: Games, practice problems, activities. https://www.education.com 
  4. Math Aids: Has many practice problems in all numeracy topics. http://www.math-aids.com
  5. Numeracy and Literacy worksheets for review and additional practice.  https://www.superteacherworksheets.com

Number Sense

Place Value


Place Value review: https://youtu.be/T5Qf0qSSJFI

Decimal place value: https://youtu.be/KG6ILNOiMgM

Rounding decimals: https://youtu.be/m41qWPjSUdw

Comparing and Ordering Fractions and Decimals 


Comparing Fractions: https://youtu.be/KNdUJQ_qd4U

Mixed numbers to improper fractions: https://youtu.be/shpf9krdXQQ

Improper fractions to mixed numbers: https://youtu.be/shpf9krdXQQ

Fractions


Games

  1. https://www.weareteachers.com/fraction-games/

Adding and Subtracting unlike denominators

  1. https://youtu.be/pZEmFSP3Z0I – MathAntics

Multiplying Fractions

  1. https://youtu.be/qmfXyR7Z6Lk  – MathAntics
  2. https://youtu.be/CcDGRLosAf0 – Numberock

Simplifying Fractions

  1. https://youtu.be/AtBUQH8Tkqc   – MathAntics

Adding and Subtracting Mixed numbers

  1. https://youtu.be/pynfj2bYRms

Division


Long division: https://youtu.be/KGMf314LUc0   (Math Antics – complete lesson)

Long division with remainders: https://youtu.be/HdU_rf7eMTI (Math Antics – complete lesson)

Long division: https://youtu.be/CcGB39f66RY (Numberock, fun song)

Computation and Estimation 

Practical Problems 


Method: U.P.S.C

U = Understand

  • Do I know what the problem is asking?
  • What are the key numbers and words?

P = Plan

  • What strategies or methods can I use? (Do I need to make a chart or draw a model to help?)

S = Solve

  • Take your plan and solve
  • Show your work

C = Check

  • Does your answer make sense?
  • Can you explain it?
  • Are your calculations complete?

Single step practical problems: https://youtu.be/5g3idxkYipU – a good way to review our method *slightly different terms but same explanation like our UPSC method!

Multistep practical problems: https://youtu.be/N_8srGGX0kk – more detailed and looking at how to break down a problem with multiple steps. Same channel from Single step practical problems, so slightly different terms but explains it the same way we discuss our method of UPSC.

Decimals


Multiplying – Beginning steps with regrouping: https://youtu.be/LWaNIb6r868

Multiplying – More depth, found at minute 3:46: https://youtu.be/kwh4SD1ToFc  *Covers all decimal arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division)

Multiplying song for steps – https://youtu.be/nHg4RVqQ12E

Division – Step by step, mentioned in previous Math Antics video, found at minute 7:54 : https://youtu.be/kwh4SD1ToFc

Division – Another option, step by step: https://youtu.be/HlEx1TN-dqY

Order of Operation 


Measurement and Geometry


Time

  1. www.roomrecess.com – Play ‘Time Hunter’
  2. https://www.mathgames.com/time – Grade 4 and Grade 7
  3. https://www.math-play.com/time-games.html 

Length, Mass, Liquid Volume – Metric Units

  1. Numerock – Reminder of Metric Units

https://youtu.be/djTNUp4XIRo

2. https://www.mathgames.com/grade5  – Geometry and Measurement sections

Diameter, Radius, Chord, and Circumference of a circle

  1. Diameter and Radius of a circle

2. Chord in a circle

 

Weekly Objectives and Homework: November 4th – 8th

Welcome back, hope you were able to rest after such an eventful Reading Week.  Thank you for participating with character dress up day, the library evening, and encouraging your children to read!

Another week ahead, check it out (:

Literacy 

Reading – we continue on with The Bridge Home – we will finish this book next week and begin our first book report for the year.

Writing – The class will be completing their second expository essay this week on their chosen animal.

Grammar – This week we will study singular and plural Possessive nouns.

Numeracy

  • We will be reviewing our topics on comparing and ordering fractions and decimals for our test on Tuesday. 

Science

  • Students will be conducting an experiment on how weathering, erosion, and deposition affect Earth’s surface.
  • We will also learn how fossils provide evidence of Earth’s change.
  • We will be reviewing rock cycles, weathering, and deposition for our                                  test on Wednesday. 

Social Studies 

  • We will explore the various rocks that make up the Cayman Islands.  Also continue on with types of maps and map reading.

Homework

Monday:

Numeracy/Science

  • If your child has not completed the Quizizz assignment from last week, I’ve re-assigned it as a way to study and prepare for their upcoming tests. Below are the new codes.

          For each quiz go to: joinmyquiz.com

Math: 795728 (Monday)

Science: 168053 (Tuesday)

  • Students should be using their composition books to study terms, methods, and examples.
  • Unfinished science work

Tuesday: 

  • Science: Study for test on Wednesday. Use composition book, study guide, and quizizz for reference and practice.
  • Grammar: Page 29-30

Thursday:

  • Grammar:Page 31-32

Assessments

*Numeracy and Science tests will be graded and given the next day. Students will bring home to be signed. Please sign and return.

  1. Tuesday: Numeracy test
  2. Wednesday: Science test

Reminders/Events

 1. Friday, 1st November: Dress Down for Breast Cancer awareness, bring $1 and wear pink to support!

2. Monday, 11th November: NO SCHOOL for Remembrance Day (public holiday).

14th – 17th October: Objectives and Homework

Literacy:

I was so impressed with the Biography projects and dioramas – the students did a great job presenting to each other. Well Done Grade 5! – Mrs. Nyyssonen 

  • Reading: This week in reading Grade 5 will continue on with The Bridge Home – exploring character – how the author will ‘show not tell’ and the major themes. The new list of vocabulary words were given out today (Monday 14th ) – they will study for a test on Thursday.
  • Writing: The students are continuing on with their second expository essay on their chosen family. They will follow a research plan and structure in class.
  • Grammar: As we continue on with Nouns – Unit 2 – Grade 5 will use common and proper nouns and effectively use nouns in compound sentences.

We will also complete the DRA reading assessment.

Numeracy

  •  Students will be focusing on comparing and ordering numbers using fractions and decimals.
  • We will learn methods of how to convert fractions from improper to mixed and vice versa.

Science

  • Students will be finishing part of their study on Rock Cycles, by completing a Venn diagram of their research on origins of rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic).
  • They will also begin learning how these rocks are affected over time through weathering, erosion, and disposition.

Social Studies

  • Grade 5 will be completing a poster on India. They will also complete their work on settler life in Cayman.

Bible

  • 5A: For Bible this week we will finish our study on Joseph and prepare for an assessment on Thursday.
  • 5B: For Bible this week we look at the life of Moses and prepare for an assessment on Thursday.

Homework

Grammar: p. 14, due Wednesday

Spelling: p. 20-22, due Thursday

Numeracy:

Students will be given their Science test results on Tuesday. Please review and return signed by Wednesday.

  • Monday: Unfinished class work
  • Tuesday: Unfinished class work (Math Connect)
  • Wednesday: Comparing and Ordering worksheet

Mid term work  ( due on Monday October 28th )

Read to the end of Chapter 22 – write a summary of the main events from this section of the novel.

Reminders

  • Spelling Bee, Thursday @ 8:15 in the gym. Congratulations for students who will be participating, we hope parents can make it to help cheer them on!
  • Thursday, 1/2 day and finished by 12:30. NO ASC.
  • Midterm break! 18th – 25th, enjoy. We’ll see you on Monday, 28th! (:

Weekly Bible Verse

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left. – 2 Kings 22:2

October 7th- 11th: Objectives and Homework

Lots going on this week, check it out!

Literacy

Reading – Students will continue on with Chapters 8 – 15 of The Bridge Home. We enjoyed a google hangout with our partner class in Winnipeg this week and connected via a Padlet to explain the similarities and differences between the Cayman Islands, Winnipeg and India – the setting of the novel. Next we will explore description in the book and write our own description of a favourite food item.

Grammar – Students  have completed their Unit 1 Grammar test on sentence structure , imperatives, subjects, predicates and correcting run-on sentences. We will  begin unit 2 – Nouns. This week we will start with identifying, capitalizing and proofreading common and proper nouns.   

Writing – Students continue on with learning the structure of an expository essay and writing a second assessment – their biography projects and dioramas will be presented in class on Friday. If students have a rough draft to bring in they will be able to work on the editing in class.

Numeracy:

Students will review fractions, models, and decimals. Then find equivalents between them using models and without.

Science: 

Students will continue our new topic of rock cycles by completing their own diagram and beginning an in class project on comparing and contrasting igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Their final notes will be put into a venn diagram.

Social Studies:

Grade 5 will explore what life was like in Cayman for the early settlers – comparing aspects of early life with life today.

We will also begin a research unit on India – to compliment our Global read Aloud novel. 

Bible:

 5A will finish their study on Joseph, while 5B we will begin looking at the Life of Moses – and discussing Spiritual Gifts and how we can use the talents that God has given to us.

Homework and Assessments/Projects

Literacy:

  • Vocabulary words to study and definitions: ALL WEEK.
  • Tuesday: Grammar workbook p.19
  • Thursday: Grammar workbook p.21

Numeracy:

  • Tuesday: Math Connects worksheet
  • Wednesday: Mathletics
  • Thursday: Math Connects worksheet

Science:

  • Wednesday: Students will be given a study guide for test on Thursday. If not finished in class, they will take home to complete.

Assessments and Projects

  • Tuesday: 5B Bible test on Joseph
  • Thursday: Earth’s structure for science – involves knowing the 4 main structures of Earth, plate boundaries and their affects on earth’s surface. (study composition book and study guide)
  • Friday: Vocabulary test
  • Friday: DUE – The Biography of A Remarkable Person and diorama

Reminders

  1. FIELD TRIP! Wednesday and Friday. Cost in total is $6 per student. Waiting on final count from Fruity Friday to know if we can use some towards this trip. If possible money will be returned to each student. We will be visiting UCCI to participate in their STEM Conference.
  2. 1/2 day, 17th October NO ASC
  3. Midterm break: 18th – 25th (:

Weekly Bible Verse

‘The God we serve is able to deliver us.” Daniel 3:17 (taken from the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego)

September 23rd – 27th: Objectives and Homework

Check out what we’ll be covering this week!

Literacy:

  • Reading – students will draw conclusions, make inferences and examine character and motives through the short story  ‘Chang and the Bamboo Flute’.
  • Writing – the students will engage in the writing process, develop ideas and use precise vocabulary to complete the revision of their expository essay.
  • Grammar –we will use conjunctions, and work on single sentences and compound sentences.

Next week we are excited to begin Global Read Aloud and begin our first class novel – The Bridge Home

Numeracy:

  • Students will be finishing our review of decimals in place value through rounding, comparing, and computations.
  • Students will review how to find equivalents in decimals and fractions. They will use this information to show in models and then compare and list.

Science:

  • Students will learn the movements of plate tectonics and how those movements change the surface of the earth.
  • Students will also review the scientific method.

Bible:

  • Students will be looking into the life of Joseph.

Social Studies:

  • Students will work on Aztecs, Incas and the early settlers

  • Also – Directions on a map – cardinal and intermediate

Reminders

  1. Friday, 27th September: 1/2 day, NO ASC.
  2. Continue Charleston Wrap, signing up and selling! ends Friday, 27th September.
  3. STEM competition, due September 30th – See ‘Competitions!’ post

Homework

Grammar: Due the next day

  1. Tuesday: Page 13
  2. Thursday: Page 15

English Workbook: Lesson 3, Words with Variant Vowels

  1. Pages 12 – 14, Due Friday

Numeracy: Due Friday

  1. Mathletics – Wednesday and Thursday. Students will receive their updates usernames and passwords
  2. If there is any unfinished classwork, they will take it home to complete

Assessments

  1. STAR Math during LAB
  2. Decimals quiz on Wednesday

Weekly Bible Verse

“For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end.” Daniel 6:26

Competitions!

Turtle Release Competition 

Pirates Week Turtle Release School Competition 

Create a poster by THURSDAY, 7th November for the Sea Turtle Release! 

I will be posting different community competitions or school ones that you can enter. Please be aware of the details for due dates, expectations, and submission places. Best of luck and I hope everyone gives it a try (: 

STEM Competition – September

https://fbcs.edu.ky/grade5/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-18-at-1.22.33-PM.png 

VLOG Competition 

  • DUE DATE: September 30th 
  • 2 Min VLOG
  • Submit to agayle@ucci.edu.ky 

If you are unsure how to convert your video to an MP4, use this website where you just drag and drop, it does it for you! Then you can submit for the competition. 

https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/media-converter 

Charleston Wrap

A huge thanks to those of you who have already purchased and encouraged your friends and coworkers to do the same. You are our trailblazers and we truly appreciate you.

Even if you’re a little late to the party we can still make this year a record breaking year and based on how amazing you’ve been so far I know that you are the absolute best group of parents to pull this off.

So what now?

Here’s all you need to do

  1. Register your student online by clicking here enter our School ID [z- 11554]
  2. Invite friends and family to shop and support our students. Send emails, share on social media, and text the fundraising link to your friends & family to quickly spread the word!
  3. Look out for the catalog packets coming home with your student today. Our Campaign runs through until September 27th, 2019!

Thank you for your support!

September 9 – 13th Objectives and Homework

One week down and we are now beginning to dig into our curriculum! Here’s the rundown for the week. We know there have been some delays on emails reaching you, so we apologize for that inconvenience and hope you still check in on the blog till that is fixed. For those that ARE reading, please keep close attention for a question you’ll be asked, which you’ll answer to Mrs. Nyyssonen. That tells us who has been keeping themselves updated! 😉 …. On another note, I (Mrs. Jorge) just wanted to remind you of the email sent from Mrs. Durksen and appreciate your prayers at this time. I will see you all on Monday. <3 

Literacy: 

  • Spelling words with short vowel patterns and vocabulary words from our short story.
  • Reading – a short story titled ‘Rope Burn’ and extracts from Roald Dahl – James and the Giant Peach
  • Focus Skill – Plot – Conflict and Resolution
  • Writing – we will begin to plan and discuss a layout for an Expository piece of writing using a 5 paragraph structure, also students will write a paragraph from a daily prompt
  • Grammar skills  – Four kinds of sentences and a review of subjects and predicates

Numeracy:

  • This week we will review our knowledge of place value from grade 4 and move on to rounding numbers with decimals to the nearest whole number, tenths or hundreths. 
  • Students will also review equivalent fractions and use that information to compare and list least to greatest and greatest to least. 

Science:

  • We will begin our first topic, Earth Science! We will begin with understanding the Earth’s core and it’s layers. Then learn how the Earth’s movement is affected by tectonic plates. 

Social Studies:

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  • Students will complete a Cayman Islands Fact File and look at the explorers that discovered the ‘New World’.
  • Students will also begin to examine various types of maps.

Bible:

  • Abraham Trust and Obeys – we will examine Abraham’s journey and see how the life of Isaac foreshadows the life of Jesus.

Are you paying attention?! …

Name a conflict and resolution you’ve read in a story or saw in a movie. * share with Mrs. Nyyssonen at school!

Homework 

Spelling: pages 4 -6, due Friday 

Grammar: Workbook 

  • Page 2, due Wednesday
  • Page 3, due Friday

Reading: Each day for 20 Minutes 

Numeracy: Practice time tables 5 – 10 min a night.                           Mathletics will be available for homework by next week

  • Drills independently or with family
  • Multiplication.com 
  • Mathgames.com 

Reminders

Friday:

  • Dress Down $1 – Bahama’s relief fund through Samaritans Purse 
  • Fruity Friday, if you’d like a snack, bring some extra change!
  • Roald Dahl Day – be on the look out for some interesting characters!

Weekly Bible Verse

When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, ‘The Lord – He is God! The Lord – He is God!’ 1 Kings 18:39 

Welcome to Grade 5 2019-2020

Welcome parents and students to a new school year and grade 5! We have listed a few reminders for the week, schedules, and our bio’s from orientation. Please keep a look out for our weekly updates which will include homework, weekly bible verse, objectives, and future dates to note.

Schedules

5A


5B

Reminders and Events

13th September 

  • Dress down and Fruity Friday, bring $1 and some change for goodies
  • Roald Dahl Day! 13th September (Student do not have character dress)

  September 27th

  •  1/2 day – Dismissal after lunch @ 12:30.
  • There will be NO ASC that day. 

Homework 

Numeracy/Science: No homework 

Literacy: due Friday

  •  Brown Bag activity – students are to put 5 small items or pictures of items in the bag that represents themselves – their interests, things they like – they can then decorate the outside of the bag. They will present this in class on Friday.

Reading: Begin your 20 minutes of reading each night! 

Objectives

Numeracy: We will complete a baseline assessment and do review of place value and multiplication. 

Science: We will get an introduction to what we will study this year.

Literacy: We will be reading extracts from various Roald Dahl books. We will complete some writing activities on the BFG. 

Bible Verse: Bible verses are memorized each week and said on Friday’s. 

“Keeping your eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.” Hebrews 12:2

Letter to the Parents – 14/10/2016

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday !
Here is what we have been doing in class this week –
We have read Chapters 6 – 10 of our novel ‘Pax’. The students have competed reading response pages – that include ‘juicy’ words, a summary and important quotes from the novel.  They are also commenting on what they have read at jnyyssonen.edublogs.org
In grammar they have studied how to write good sentences and how to avoid run-on sentences.
In Social Studies they have completed the first unit on ‘Coming to the New World’ with an open book test. For the next few weeks we will spend one Social Studies lesson a week continuing on with our Cayman curriculum and one lesson a week studying Spain.
If you would like to ask your child questions over the weekend, here are a couple –

1. The name Pax means peace – why does the author choose this name for one of her main characters ?
2. How can you combine two sentences into a compound sentence ?
3. What makes a hero ? Why is Joseph a hero ?
The Biography project is due next Wednesday – 19th October.
Teacher / Parent conferences will be after mid term – on Tuesday 1st November in the gym between 5 and 7pm. I will be in touch with further reminders.
Have a great weekend !

Letter to the Parents – 7/10/2016

Dear Grade 5 Parents,

Happy Friday !
We will still have our brief meting today in the Grade 5 classroom from 3 until 3.30pm for any parents that can make it and are interested in helping / give ideas –  for the International Night in November. Viva Espana !
In Literacy this week we have carried on with Chapters 1 to 5 of our new novel Pax. Please see our class blog for further information on the Global Read Aloud and the novel ‘Pax’. Today we will do a ‘mystery skype’ as the Grade 5 class try to guess where in the world our connecting class is ?
We have also studied subjects in imperative sentences and conjunctions.
In Social Studies we had fun making some Cassava Starch as we studied early settler life and what life was like back then in Cayman, in contrast to life today.
Here are 3 questions in case you want to connect with your child over the weekend about what they are learning in class –
1. What is the subject in an imperative sentence?
2. Give some contrasts between early settler life and life today in Cayman.
3. What has happened in the first 5 Chapters of Pax ? Who is Pax ?
Next week Friday ( 14th October ) we will be going on a field trip to the Stem conference – please sign the permission slip and let me know if you would like to join us.
This Sunday is Education Sunday and I won’t be going to my usual Church ( Sunrise Community Church ) – I will be coming here to FBC – all are invited and I hope to see you there. The students will be singing so if they can arrive about 10.20am – that would be great !