Reflection by Ria Sardesai - March 4th (Friday)

On Friday, we did so much!! We learned about T.V.’s, and how they work. We also learned how different T.V.’s do different procedures to get the same effect. Like a LCD TV uses a back-light to produce a picture, whereas a Plasma TV uses ionized gases to produce a picture. Also we learned a bit about analogies, and how they are similar to equivalent ratios. We also discussed how our short holiday went. Most people had great holidays, including me. We discussed how movies are associated with our unit: Technology. So we watched a movie, but not just any movie, a 3-D movie! We integrated fun with work, and got an awesome result. In the end, I realized that we use all sorts of things, but we never think about how they work.

We also reviewed what we learned about phones. I found it fascinating how the antenna can search about 10 miles away from where it is, just to find a base station! It is amazing how much technology we use in our life without really realizing it. It was also interesting to find out about analogies, and how they apply to our everyday life. Well, this about wraps it up, so see you fifth graders on Monday!

- Ria Sardesai

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22nd February homework

This is the homework given yesterday in the class. It is due on 24th February if tomorrow is a holiday. Otherwise it will be due on 25th (Friday)

IISH - Grade 5 - HW notes - 21st February, 2011 – Due on 24th February 21, 2011
Math: Create a story problem with fractions. It must include all four basic operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Use the previous math worksheets for reference. Also solve the problem with the help of either pictures or manipulative (paper strips, sticks, blocks, etc.)

English: Read Chapters 5, 6 and 7 of the novel. Update your dictionary. Write a summary of the entire chapter (altogether) in your novel study notebook.

English/UOI: Etymology: Create a Crossword puzzle of at least 15-20 words. The clues must be the origin of the words. Make it as challenging as possible. Use the place at the bottom and the flip side.

UOI: Unit reflection - At least four pages – To be typed (Font: Arial, Size: 12). They will be printed in school. Comment on:
* Your "big understanding" from the unit

* Few of your discoveries

* Your inquiry process in the unit - How did you learn whatever you learnt?

* Likes and dislikes in the unit.

* What would you want to further inquire about?

* How did you use the IB Learner Profile and the attitudes in the unit? (Listed in the Scool diary)

* What action would you like to take to take as a result of your learning?
Organize you text by using topics/subtopics.
** The student folders were not sent home the previous week due to Indus Day rehearsal. They will be sent home this weekend. Reminder: Bring back the ACER trial assessments for Math and English



Websites for online crossword puzzles:


http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/create.html
http://www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/index.htm

Videos watched in class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0K1k54t6A

Websites for finding word origins:

http://dictionary.reference.com/etymology
www.dictionary.com
http://www.myetymology.com/

Weekend homework - February 4th

The day ended quite haphazardly today. The students were not able to complete filing their worksheets. They will complete the same on Monday and the parents may send feedback on Tuesday.

Also, many students were unable to write the homework in their diaries. To avoid any confusion, kindly use this as reference:

Weekend homework:

Math: Worksheets given

UOI: Read the notes given on Egyptian, Aztec and Greek civilization. This will help in the 'Fun Quiz' at the end of the unit.

English: Use the facts you have gathered so far on Roman Civilization and write the 'Story of Rome' (a narrative passage). Include the events (As many as possible) that occured in Rome. Write this in your writing note book. Make a flow chart of events before the passage.

Spell test: Revise word # 46 to #90 - for Monday (List already given last week):

46. lawyer

47. daughter

48. fought

49. stalk

50. laughter

51. planet

52. arithmetic

53. number

54. gymnastics

55. restaurant

56. tornado

57. cereal (H)

58. plywood

59. typhoon

60. mermaid

61. widow

62. reached

63. chicken

64. church

65. ditch

66. sharks

67. selfish

68. scald

69. field

70. scheme

71. athlete

72. paradise

73. personal

74. birchbark

75. earth

76. garbage

77. mirror

78. slowly

79. scarf

80. stubborn

81. stomach

82. raccoon

83. future

84. canoe

85. dozen

86. squeezed

87. museum

88. kennel

89. freckles

90. picnicking


Extension (Optional): Make a presentation on any civilization of your choice (apart from the ones done in the class)

Websites for research on Ancient Civilizations

Egyptian:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/worldhistory/ramesses/



http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/


http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Egypt.html


http://egypt.mrdonn.org/math.html


http://www.touregypt.net/kids/life.htm


Greek:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/


http://www.touregypt.net/kids/life.htm


http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Greece.html


http://greece.mrdonn.org/


Roman:


http://www.rome.mrdonn.org/


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/


Aztec and Inca


http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/


http://www.mrdonn.org/ancienthistory.html


http://www.aztec-indians.com/aztec-culture.html


http://incas.mrdonn.org/quickhistory.html


http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/16-history/255-ancient-inca.html

January 4th to 6th - Week 1

We worked for only three days in the first week of the second term.

In UOI, we continued with the unit on civilizations. The students did Map work and located the different continents and the states of India on a world and an Indian map respectively. The students did the progressive mind maps and analyzed the meaning of a 'civilization' using the story boards. We began with the Indus Valley Civilization. Students were divided into groups based on the different aspects of a civilization: Culture, systems, inventions and discoveries and other interesting facts.

In English, we continued with story writing. The students wrote the stories for their story boards in their writing books. We also looked into direct and indirect speech and their interconversion.

In math, we first had revision for the mid term assessment. All the concepts covered in the first term were revised in the class. We then began with the unit on fractions. We had the pre unit assessment. The students were asked to estimate fractions on straight lines. They were then asked to calculate the correct answer and find the errors. We also had some extension activities.

Math homework - 7th January

As we had a break today and we have a weekend ahead, here is some math homework for the students. This will help them with the Math mid term assessment to be held on Monday. The concept of BODMAS needed some extra practice and hence more problems on this concept have been given. Part 1 and 2 needs to be done by all, part 3 and 4 are extension. All the problems can be solve in the math notebook or can be copied and printed out.


PART 1 (FOR ALL) -


1. (740 ÷ 5) - (2 + 3)
2. 732 ÷ 6 × 1 + 4
3. (880 ÷ 5) + 5 - 2
4. (9 + 1 × 5 + 2) ÷ (8 × 1)
5. 624 ÷ 8 × 2 + 1 × 3 - 4
6. (234 ÷ 2) + (944 ÷ 8)
7.  8 + 306 ÷ 9
9. (180 ÷ 3) × (1 + 1) × 2
10. (6 + 5 × 2 + 2) ÷ (8 - 2 × 1)
11. (385 ÷ 5) - (3 + 2 + 5 × 4)
12. 868 ÷ 7 × 4 + 2 + 3
13. (5 × 2) - 4 + 3 × (660 ÷ 5)


PART 2 (For all):

Complete.



1. Tyler and Christina are playing a game in which each player either wins, loses, or draws (ties) at each turn. The winner of a turn is awarded 5 points, and the loser loses 5 points. If it is a draw, 0 points are awarded. For the first eight rounds Tyler had the following results: lose, win, lose, win, win, lose, win, draw. What was Christina's point total for the rounds?

2. During an electronics experiment in your laboratory, you measure the voltage at terminal A on your newly designed circuit. You measure -12 volts. You check the same terminal after making a small change to the circuit and this time you measure -18 volts. What was the voltage difference between the two readings? 


4. Mr. Waffle is a circus clown. He starts the day with sixty-eight pieces of candy. At the end of the day he has given away 383 pieces of candy. How many more pieces of candy did he have to get, in addition to his original sixty-eight, to be able to give away that many pieces?

5. Tasha finished the first draft of her history essay. The teacher said it had to be at least six hundred words long. She counted the words in her draft and found she had 369. How many more words does she need to meet the minimum word count for the assignment?

6. Courtney is very interested in cryogenics (the science of very low temperatures). With the help of her science teacher she is doing an experiment on the affect of low temperatures on bacteria. She cools one sample of bacteria to a temperature of -58°C and another to -85°C. What was the temperature difference in the two experiments?


Part 3 (Extension):
Here are a few tricky word problems. Give it a shot!


1. If 2 cds and 3 tapes cost £51, and 2 cds and 5 tapes cost £65, what is the cost of 1 tape?



2. If a shirt and tie cost £45, a shirt and jacket cost £155, and a jacket and a tie cost £120, what is the cost of the shirt?


3. If 2 cheese and tomato pizzas and one garlic bread cost £10.60, and one cheese and tomato pizza and 2 garlic breads cost £6.50, what is the total cost of 1 cheese and tomato pizza and 1 garlic bread?


4. 8 bolts and 6 nuts weigh 138 grams. 3 bolts and 5 nuts weigh 71 grams. Work out the weight of the following:-


(a) 4 bolts and 3 nuts


(b) 11 bolts and 11 nuts


(c) 3 bolts and 3 nuts


(d) 1 bolt
5. The numbers ½ , x, y, ¾ are in increasing order of size. The difference between successive numbers in this list are all the same. What is the value of y?


6. The last part of a telephone number has four digits, e.g.


7814 1487 2103 2772


The last part of the telephone number can start with any digit apart from zero.


The other three digits can be any number. How many four digit numbers are there?


7. If 100 dice show a total score of 361, what is the total of the 100 numbers which are hidden underneath each of these dice?


8. A train leaves London at 11 am and travels at a speed of 60km/hr to Reading, which is 60km from London. Another train leaves Reading at 11:30 am on the same day, and travels on a parallel track towards London at the same speed of 60km/hr. At what time do the trains pass each other?


9. In a directory of names of members of a club, 25 names are listed on each page, beginning with page 1. On what page is the 730th name listed?


10. Find the cost of 1 1/4 kg of carrots at £1.88 per kg.



PART 4 (Extension):
BODMAS -


EASY
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/docs/LJ_bracketsworksheet.doc
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/docs/JS_bracket_calcs.doc
MEDIUM:
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/docs/bodmas_revision_y6.doc
HARD:
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/docs/missing_numbers_bodmas.doc