Category: General Information

Science

We will be researching and describing the variation in depths associated with ocean features, including the continental shelf, slope, rise, the abyssal plain and the trenches.

Ocean Zones

Ocean Floor features (View from 3:42)

Vocabulary:

shore

headland

tide pool

jetty

depth

continental crust

oceanic crust

continental shelf

continental slope

continental rise

abyssal plain

sunlight zone

twilight zone

midnight zone

abyss

trenches

We move onto our next strand for the term: Probability and Statistics

This week we will focus on the following:

What is data?

Qualitative or quantitative data

Data handling cycle

Mean, median, mode and range of data

Next week we will do a class survey and revise tally charts, bar graphs, pictographs and line graphs.

We will then learn how to represent data in line plots and stem-and-leaf plots.

Numeracy

Multiplying fractions:

• Multiply a fraction by a fraction
• Multiply a fraction by a whole number

Data Management and Probability

• Construct a sample space using a tree diagram, list or chart to represent all possible outcomes.

Science

Students will be doing an experiment in groups to answer a testable question. They will follow the scientific process and record their findings.

Testable question: Will salt water affect the boiling temperature of water?

Numeracy

• Finish with adding and subtracting like and unlike fractions / mixed numbers (Monday)
• Multiplying whole numbers by fractions, fractions by fractions and mixed numbers by fractions (Tuesday – Friday)

Science

• How does Ocean Water move? Waves, currents and tides
• Class discussion on pages 442 to 450 in the textbook (Monday)
• Open book test on the above pages (Tuesday)

Each student has their own username for the Maths website Mathletics. I have provided them with their login cards and it should be pasted in their agenda books. We have used the website many times during our Lab period and students are accustomed to using it. I will let you know via the blog and their agenda when I have assigned a task for them.

The students may access the website on a PC or you can download the app from your relevant app store.

Visit the following website:

Download the app:

All results are recorded for me to see and students can attempt the activity as many times as they want in one sitting. Let me know if you would like me to reassign the task for your child. If they get stuck, there is an “I” button at the top right of the page and it will explain the concept to them.

There is also an abundance of fun, interactive Maths games for them to play on the website.

Numeracy

We will continue with adding and subtracting mixed numbers as well as solving word problems with fractions in our Ready Maths books.

On Tuesday, we will do a short class quiz.

Science

This week we will carry on with the experiment we did last week.

We will focus on how we record our results from an experiment and write a conclusion based on our findings.

Science

This term we are focusing on the ocean in the following three characteristics – physical, geological and ecological.

For the past few weeks, we have focused on the physical characteristics of the ocean as follows:

• Composition of the ocean water
• Salinity of the water and what causes it to be salty
• Currents, tides, buoyancy, temperature, density and waves

Last week we did an experiment to answer the following question: Is salt water denser than tap water?

We revised the scientific method and spent a lot of time discussing independent, dependent and controlled variables in an experiment.

Numeracy

Over the past few weeks the school has been focusing on fractions. In Grade 5, we have covered the following:

NOTE: Each provided link is to Math’s is Fun.At the bottom of each page there are practice questions if you would like extra practice for your child.

Equivalent fractions

• You can make equivalent fractions by multiplying or dividing both top and bottom by the same amount.
• You only multiply or divide, never add or subtract, to get an equivalent fraction.
• Only divide when the top and bottom stay as whole numbers.

Comparing and ordering fractions

• There are two main ways to compare fractions:using decimals, or usingthe same denominator.
• We have to convert the fractions to the same denominator in order to compare.

Proper and Improper fractions, mixed numbers and simplification of fractions

Proper fraction – has a top number less than its bottom number

Improper fraction – has a top number larger than (or equal to) the bottom number.

Mixed numbers – a whole number and a proper fraction combined.

Simplification of fractions – To simplify a fraction, divide the top and bottom by the highest number that can divide into both numbers exactly.

Adding and subtracting like and unlike fractions

• When we add or subtract fractions, the denominators must be the same.
• First add or subtract the whole numbers, then if required, convert mixed number to improper fraction.
• Our final answer must be simplified.
• All working out must be shown.

Dear Parents,

Dear Grade 5 Parents,