Numeracy and Science: Objectives (09/30 – 10/04)

Numeracy

Learning objectives:

1. Read, write, and identify the place and value of each digit in a nine-digit whole number;
2. Compare and order whole numbers expressed through millions; and
3. Round whole numbers expressed through millions to the nearest thousand, ten thousand, and hundred thousand.

Focus in class:

• Comparing numbers according to their place value
• Ordering numbers: least to greatest(ascending order), greatest to least (descending order)
• Rounding off whole numbers to the nearest thousand, ten thousand, and hundred thousand.

Practice questions at the bottom of the web page:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/compare-numbers.html

Practice questions at the bottom of the web page:

https://www.mathsisfun.com/rounding-numbers.html

 

Games:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/BPOrder1000.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/placevalue/FSCompareNumbers.htm

SCIENCE

Learning Objectives:

1. The survival of plants and animals depends on photosynthesis;
2. Plants and animals have different structures and processes for obtaining energy; and
3. Plants and animals have different structures and processes for creating offspring.

Focus in class:

• Pollination process
• Compare and contrast plant characteristics used for attracting pollinators
• Abiotic and Biotic factors
• Review of Photosynthesis from last year