Christmas Auction

image, a photo by kevans123 on Flickr.

I have been shopping all autumn long and the students have been saving their class cash for the Christmas Auction. Over the next two days they will bid on these prizes. We will have another auction in the spring.

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Class News, Word De Jour, Spelling List and Sample Decimal Test

Hello all!
We are coming to the middle of the second quarter already!   Midterm reports are being sent home this week.  If you have questions, comments or concerns please email me.  We are also fast approaching the end of everything decimals.  Our big decimal test is on Monday, December 16th.  A study guide will be sent home on Friday.

Vocab List #9

Find the definition in the Thesaurus/Dictionary along with a synonym and an antonym.

1.     Colleague :

Antonym –

Synonym –

2.     Competitor:

Antonym –

Synonym –

3.     Vacant:

Antonym –

Synonym –

4.     Void:

Antonym –

Synonym –

Spelling List #9

1.     attention

2.     education

3.     director

4.     direct

5.     purpose

6.     common

7.     diamond

8.     together

9.     convention

10.             increase

Bonus Word   Ennui   (on-wee)

WORD DE JOUR

Deja vu - having the distinct feeling of having lived that moment before

MATH STUDY GUIDE

Decimals test

Name _____________________                                        Date:_____________________

Solve the following problems


1. In the number 4.143289, which digit is in the thousandths place? ____________



2. In the number 4.1546, what is the value of the digit 5? ____________



3. Which number represents one hundred and twenty five ten thousandths? ____________



A. 100.0025      B. 100.025      C. 100.00025     D. 100.02005     



4. Write the following number in numerals: six and fourty three hundredths_____________________



5. Write the following numerals with words: 36.017 _____________________



6. 0.025 rounded to the nearest tenths is ___________







7. Round 2.458974374 to the nearest millionths ___________







8. Add 0.48 + 9 + 1.5 + 0.7 ___________



9.





10. After Subtracting 38.45 from 64.12 and rounding to the nearest tenths, the answer is ___________







11.





12. What is the product of 21.014 and 101? ___________



13.





14. What is the product of 0.01 and 1000? ___________



15. How many times 0.02 goes into 16.2 (Hint: divide 16.2 by 0.02)

16. Use Partial Quotient and Standard Algorithm to Solve

8/9.84                                      41/2.05



17. Joseph sells hot dogs for a living on Monday through Friday. This week, he sold for 340.25, 180.41, 210.789, 74.13, and 150 dollars. Mark spent 541.23 dollars to make those ice cream What is Mark's profit? ___________



18. Peter received 73.96 dollars for 8 hours of work. What is Peter's pay per hour? ___________



19. A large commercial air plane traveled 750 miles in 5 hours. How many miles did the plane travel in 15 hours? Use a ratio table to solve___________

20. Which division gives the biggest quotient? A division of 0.02 by 10 or a division of 0.01 by 5? ___________

Class Party, Word De Jour, Partial Quotient, Spelling/Vocab test Friday

CLASS PARTY
Our class has earned enough points for a class party.  After voting, the students chose a PJ/gaming party.  Student will be allowed to wear PJ's to school on Friday at no cost.  Please see the handbook for  questions regarding dress code.  The last 40 minutes of the day, the students will be allowed to play board games and the class Wii will be set up for the Wii Dance Party.
Questions?
 Please email me: karaevans@visioncsd.org

WORD DE JOUR
This weeks word is ennui (on-wee).  It is French in origin meaning lack of interest or boredom.


PARTIAL QUOTIENT
This is another math strategy that students will be adding to their math "tool belt".  Below is a link to walk you through the steps to solve a division problem using Partial Quotient.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLrM1jBsSHo
The neat thing about Partial Quotient is that you do not need to have the "exact numbers" in order to solve the problem as you do in Standard Algorithm.  You get to pick "friendly numbers" or numbers you are comfortable working with.  Students that struggle with memorizing larger fact families or have difficulty remembering the steps to Long Division, find Partial Quotient easier to work with.


***************Spelling and Vocab test is still on for this Friday.**************************

NOVEMBER READING CALENDARS DUE TUESDAY

DON"T FORGET NOVEMBER READING CALENDARS ARE DUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd FOR FULL CREDIT!  LATE CALENDARS LOSE 10 POINTS EACH DAY!

                                        Spelling and Vocab for the week of December 2nd - 6th

Vocab List #8

Find the definition in the Thesaurus/Dictionary

1.     epitome :

2.     insidious:

3.     mantra:

4.     panacea:

Spelling List #8

1.      prefer

2.     preference

3.     illustrate

4.     illustration

5.     differ

6.     different

7.     provide

8.     provision

9.     already

10.             according

Bonus Word -  quid pro quo

Our Thanksgiving feast/Crazy Hair Day

kevans123's photostream on Flickr.

I am very thankful to have such a wonderful class and very supportive parents. Happy Thanksgiving!

Water Color Leaves

kevans123's photostream on Flickr.

This was our first attempt at water colors and blending. The students did a fantastic job!

kevans123's photostream

kevans123's photostream on Flickr.

Check out our tile pumpkin art!