Math Tests returned, Complex Sentences in more depth, and some review items for Homework

This type of question is a 2 digit by 2 digit question and something that is at the Grade 5 level.  We will have one final look at old school multiplication, when we look at 3 digit by 2 digit multiplication.  This type of question is at the Grade 6 level.

A few students are still have some difficulty with this approach to multiplying and it may require some review.  For now, I am going to go step-by-step through it to help out those who may need a review:

IT TOTALLY HELPS TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PLACE VALUE WORKS.  WORKING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, WE BEGIN WITH THE UNITS (known to many as the Ones), AND MOVE TO THE TENS, HUNDREDS, AND THOUSANDS.

34 = 30+4
56 = 50 + 6


1.  6 is multiplied first by 4 to give us 24.
2. 6 is then multiplied by the 3o to give us 180.  Remember it is not a 3, but a thirty.

Now we move to the 5, which is really a 50.

3.  50 is multiplied first by 4 to give us 200.
4.  50 is now multiplied by 30 to give us 1500.

All of the totals are added up to give us our answer.

There will be a short review on the 3 digit x 2 digit before we swing into a new strand:  Patterning and Algebra.

In Language, we have been having a comprehensive review of Complex sentences.  Here are a few images with some review points that may help a few students:

This point is actually true.  We are planning on doing a series of sentence collages and it is important  that the students understand how Complex sentences work, before we begin.  

This is from Tuesday's homework.  Working from a worksheet they had, the students had to select 5 Independent clauses and convert them into Complex sentences.  It is homemade was a clause that needed to be identified as an independent clause on the homework sheet with an "IN."  an independent clause, just to review, is a complete thought.  

I wanted the students to then change that clause and add a dependent clause to it, in order to make it a Complex Sentence.  The students needed to add a subordinating conjunction (which they could reference from the handout given out this week...posted earlier in the week on this blog).  

I added the subordinating conjunction "unless" and changed it up a little.  The cool thing about Complex sentences like this is their flipability.  Check it out:  I will not eat it, unless it is homemade.  I just switched the order of the clauses around.

Here is that list of conjunctions I was talking about:

Here is a fun video -- at least I think so -- that looks at these conjunctions in a more animated way:

homework

Please read for 30 minutes everyday.

Be prepared to share something for Community Circle on Tuesday about something from your Long Weekend.  

For some of you who scored less than 10 on the test, doing a Math Rewrites would be wise.  They are due on Monday.

Review the videos and items posted on the blog over the past week.  Pay special attention to the videos and photographs that have been uploaded.  Hopefully, they help you understand some of the things we have done in class.