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JT

The final math assessment is coming this Friday on Probability, Ratios and Rates. Make sure you take home all your materials to study this week. Remember, if you need to practice any of the skills below, take a look at your Skills Link practice booklet. The following skills will be assessed in Unit 12:

*understand and use tree diagrams to solve problems

*compute the probability of outcomes when choices are equally likely

*use the multiplication counting principle to find the total number of possible outcomes for a sequence of choices

*find the greatest common factor of two numbers

*find the least common multiple of two numbers

*solve ration and rate number stories

*find the factors of numbers

*find the prime factorizations of numbers

Mr. T

Dear Parents,

The Grade 5 students will soon begin their adolescence unit.  We have invited Dr. Bristol to speak with all Grade 5 students on June 2^nd.   Dr. Bristol is an Attending Pediatrician as well as the Chief Medical Officer from Shanghai United Family Hospital.  The title of the presentation is “My Mind and Body are Changing: What Gives?”  Some of the topics Dr. Bristol will talk about include:

-       Normal adolescent growth and development, including physical changes

-       Normal weight and height ranges for teens

-       Acne and other rashes

-       Internet safety

-       How to avoid risky behaviors

-       Ways to deal with peer pressure

-       Career planning for the adolescent

This is a great opportunity for our students.  If you have further questions or concerns, please contact me.

Regards,

Sharon Pantoja

School Nurse

Email: Sharon.pantoja@saschina.org

Tel no: 6221 – 1445 ext 3309

Thanks to Kenny and Ritu for their answers to the Brain Teaser.

Here are the answers.

(a) Surface Area = 2 * Area A + 2 * Area B + Area (top) + Area (bottom)
= 2(8*5) + 2(8*12.8) + 2(5*12.8)
= 412.8

(b) Volume = l x w x h
= (12.8)(5)(8)
= 512

The answer to the word teaser is – Repeat After Me.

Mr. T

We will be doing the Unit 11 test next Tuesday (18th May). Make sure you take all your materials that you need to study with over the weekend. The following skills will be assessed:

*understand the relationship between the volume of pyramids and prisms and the volume of cones and cylinders
*find the surface area of prisms
*understand how to find the surface area of cylinders
*understand the concept of and calculate capacity
*use formulas to find the volume of prisms and cylinders
*use formulas to find the area of polygons and circles
*know the properties of geometric solids

Mr. T

Ms. Canar’s class have completed this activity and now it is your turn. If you do not finish it during class please complete it for homework over the weekend.

Inventors are experts at problem solving and overcoming obstacles. A need is often the spark that drives the invention process.   I would like you to read about 3 kid inventors at this website (Click on the face of the inventor to read about them). Think about why they invented and what problem (or frustration) led them to their invention.

THEN – think about yourself.

You are about to embark on a solution-seeking mission! What frustrating, annoying problem do you face? How would you like to solve this problem? Would a new product or tool help you? Are there tools or products that don’t work as well as you would like them to? If you could invent something to make your life easier, what would you invent?

Blog your thinking and title the post, “How Inventions Happen”.  Write about your need/frustration/problem.  Push your thinking to create a solution.  What is your solution? How would this solve your need/frustration/problem?

Mr. T