Stanley Cup Starts Tonight!

It doesn't seem right to be talking about hockey when the weather is so nice, but the Final starts tonight!  Hopefully it is a good series.  

We continued our work on probability today, discussing combinations of items.  Here is a lesson, demonstration, and some follow-up questions.  Please note, the first question under "Try It!" involves paints and a canvas.  The answer they are looking for does not match the visual, so skip to Try It 2.  It has visuals of pastas, sauces, and toppings which allow the student to solve the question.  Here is the link:

Combinations

We are just finishing a story we have been writing about a character who is "coming out of their comfort zone", someone who tries new things and challenges themselves throughout life.  Here is a book that we heard in class, called Miss Rumphius, that goes perfectly with this subject.  

Miss Rumphius

Have a good night!

Probability

We're in the last month of the year, but we're not slowing down at all!  The final stretch will be a busy one. Here is a website that has a lesson, demonstration, and activity to help students further learn the concepts of probability:

Study Jams - Probability as a Fraction

As well, here are a few quizzes:

Quiz One

Quiz Two

Quiz Three

Have a good night!

Probability of the Weekend Being Here - Certain!!

Happy Friday!  Here are a couple of reminders:

• On Monday, the local Crabby Joe's is donating 20% of the total of your non-alcohol order to our school.  This is a great excuse for going out on a Monday night.  Thanks to Crabby Joes for their support for our school.  Make sure you bring your certificate with you, or mention to your server you are a Pine River family
• Next Friday, June 5th is a PA day - no school for the students.

In English, we work on parts of speech from time to time.  We focus on nouns, verbs, and adjectives.  Here are a couple of websites to have fun with:

Parts of Speech Asteroids (pick nouns, verbs, adjectives)

Parts of Speech Quest - a fun adventure style game.  Write down your code each time you exit so you can continue the next time you play.

In math, we are continuing probability.  This weekend, play a board, dice, or card game to work on predicting probabilities.  Yahtzee is one of my favourites!

Online Yahtzee

Have a great weekend!

Probability Lesson

In math class, we are working on using the following words to describe probabilities: CERTAIN, LIKELY, UNLIKELY, IMPOSSIBLE.  This is a difficult concept for some of the students to grasp.  During board or card games, it would help your child better understand the ideas by stopping every once in a while to ask what the chances of an event happening next would be.  For example, when rolling a die, ask "What are the chances you will roll a six?" or "What are the chances you will roll less than a 3?"

Here is a site with a quick lesson and some practice to help.

Probabililty

Have a good night.  

One month left!!

Hard to believe, but there is only one month left of the school year.  The weather feels like June already, and it feels strange on those days when you can't wear your shorts and sandals.

We have moved on to one of the funnest math units of the year - probability.  We are working on using appropriate terms to express probabilities, as well as fractions.  Here are a few sites to help you practice at home:

Toads and Vines - this site is based on the game Snakes and Ladders.  The language is a little dense, so you will probably need to sit with your child to help them read the questions.

Bamzooki - a fun game, it asks students to express probabilities in fractions, decimals, and percents.  This is one for the probability experts!!

Ball Picking Machine - this one focuses on probability basics, so it is a good starter.

In literacy, we have finished our poetry portfolios.  Now, we are working on our movie poster media projects, as well as writing a story about characters who demonstrate resiliency.  

Have a good night!

Comparing Fractions

We are continuing our unit on fractions, and today we worked on comparing to see which one is bigger.

Here is the site we played today:

Fraction Soccer Game

We also used this site to help compare:

Fraction Tiles


A very fun site we have been visiting lately is called Fuel the Brain.  It contains a lot of fun games, mostly for math but some literacy, aimed at grades 3-4 and below.  Check it out!

Fuel the Brain

Have a good night!

Jelly Golf!!!!

A very fun site to help practice identifying fractions

Jelly Golf