5.1 and 6.1 Math Review

5.1 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcADzGz3bSI

 https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-divide/arith-review-remainders/v/long-division-with-remainder-example

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Rj9gGnaNc

6.1

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-decimals/arith-review-add-decimals/v/adding-decimals-example-1 https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-decimals/arith-review-sub-decimals/v/subtracting-decimals https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra-basics/basic-alg-foundations/alg-basics-operations-with-decimals/v/multiplying-decimals https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-decimals/arith-review-dividing-decimals/v/dividing-decimals

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/fraction-arithmetic/arith-review-dividing-fractions/v/conceptual-understanding-of-dividing-fractions-by-fractions

Keep, Change, Flip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMZJKGyu-Kk

Update for Sept. 3

          Dear Parents,

          We are well into our school year already!  Your students did a fantastic job researching their Turn of the Century topic (Inventions, Immigration, Cattle Trails, Growing Cities, or Building the Panama Canal/Spanish American War) and creating impressive power point presentations in partners.  Now we have begun our exploration of Electricity in Science and will be doing our Immigration Simulation this Wednesday, 9/5 from 7:45 to 9:15.

          In Writing, we have been creating anchor charts of Narrative writing techniques and reading other writer's writing to learn how they use the techniques effectively.  The students came up with ideas for several seed stories and now are focused on one narrative story which they will work on through next week, improving their craft daily by trying to integrate the techniques we discuss in our mini-lesson at the beginning of class.

      In ROAR, we are creating t-charts of quotes from the text and inferences we are making, showing evidence for our inferences from the dialogue, actions, inner thoughts of the characters, and descriptions in the text.

    In 5.1 math, we are finishing up Order of Operations (PEMDAS) and are working on multi-digit multiplication using both the box and traditional method.  Students in 6.1 math are finishing up the factors and multiples section of Unit 1 and are working on multi-digit division. Below are our current math standards and some math review links for our math groups...  :)

     Thank you for all of your support!!

     Jenny M-G

Standards:

5.1
MGSE.5.NBT.5 Fluently multiply multidigit whole numbers using the standard algorithm (or other strategies demonstrating understanding of multiplication) up to a 3 digit by 2 digit factor

6.1

MGSE6.NS.2 Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. MGSE6.NS.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.

5.1 Math Practice

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/pre-algebra/pre-algebra-arith-prop/pre-algebra-order-of-operations/v/more-complicated-order-of-operations-example

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-divide/arith-review-multi-digit-mult/v/multiplying-2-digit-numbers

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-divide/arith-review-multi-digit-mult/e/multiplication_3

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-divide/arith-review-multi-digit-mult/v/multiplication-6-multiple-digit-numbers

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-divide/arith-review-multi-digit-mult/e/multiplication_4

6.1 Math Practice
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic-home/multiply-divide/mult-digit-div-2/v/level-4-division

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic-home/multiply-divide/mult-digit-div-2/v/dividing-2-digits-no-remainder

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic-home/multiply-divide/mult-digit-div-2/e/division_3

Update for August 2018

Dear Parents,

     It was so good to meet everyone who was able to some to Sneak Peek and I'm excited that our school year is off to a good start!  In math, we have been learning the Order of Operations (PEMDAS) in our 5.1 group and reviewing Factors & Multiples in our 6.1 group.  Please let me know if you aren't getting my Remind text updates with homework.  We will be having our first quiz in 6.1 math on Factors and Multiples on Friday, 8/24.

         The students have begun their in-class research on one of the Turn of the Century topics (Cattle trails, Immigration, Building the Panama Canal, Growing Cities, Inventions) and we will be presenting their power point presentations through Office 365 on Thursday and Friday next week.  We will have a Turn of the Century quiz on Tuesday, 8/28.  They are doing a wonderful job working in partners and helping each other get information and decide what to include on each slide as well as sharing graphic techniques!

        In Writing, we have begun discussing strategies for improving our narrative writing and I am LOVING the enthusiasm our students are showing.  We are already growing and building our tool box of strategies!!

            One reminder for our class is that's very important that all students bring their own headphones so they aren't distracted by my small group discussions with other students when they are working on technology.   

Did you know that EVERY Friday is Spirit Day this year! Woo hoo! Students and staff can wear jeans and Spalding shirts every Friday!

Finally, our two fantastic class moms, Jenn Lott and Cassie Templeton, are helping us organize the overnight trip to Rock Eagle this year on October 1st and 2nd!  Ms. Oliver and I met to select the classes for the field trip and Jenn and Cassie have been hard at work designing our class t-shirt.  The students voted yesterday for our class motto "Step Aside While We Rock the Scene, We are the Class of 2019!!" to be on our Rock Eagle t-shirts.  Congrats to Ayla and Brielle Ringelberg for coming up with the winning entry!

        Every year the 5th graders have a fantastic time on this trip and we don't want ANY kids missing it so there are some scholarships available as well - please don't be shy about reaching out to me about that.

     As always, email me at magisgraves@fultonschools.org with any questions or concerns and
remember to keep a look out for my biweekly e-mails.  Thank you for all of your support!

       Mrs. M-G

Field Day update

     Due to the weather, our field day this Friday, 5/18 will be indoors, but still lots of fun!  Students will not need a change of clothes, but should wear their team colors. 

     Our class team assignments are:

 RED TEAM: Marien, Sa’nii, Nehemiah, Ella Bea, Max, Marielle, Jian

BLUE TEAM:  Juliana, Jameson, Cauwaine, Kaylie, Remy, Abby, Nazihir

GREEN TEAM:  Christopher, Alexis, Vrishabh, Seth, Cat, Jack, Oviya, Demi

Update on in-class projects for May

Dear Parents,

We have so many fun projects coming up (in addition to other 5^th grade activities) that I wanted to send a specific email, solely about the projects:

1. The Math project will be due on Tuesday, May 15^th. This involved your student planning a “fake” end of the year party. They were given measurements of tables, a budget, an opportunity to buy food, etc.  This is strictly an in-class project and everything they need to make the proper calculations is included in the project packet. This will be considered a test grade for Math.
2. The Nations Project, also known as, “It’s a Small, Small World” is coming up as well.  I will attach a rubric and exemplar PowerPoint. This will be a test grade for Literacy Centers.  Students have been placed into small groups and they are researching one country. All work is due May 15^th and the students will present their information on May 15^th, 16^th, 17^th.  Each group will present at one table and pretend that they are travel agents representing their country. Each group should have 1 flag taped to the front of their table. This could be a flag that is drawn on poster board or the actual flag. Also, I have encouraged them to be as creative as possible. Some have decided to wear matching “uniforms” and have a welcome name tag and a fictitious name that is popular in that country.  Some have decided to create a commercial and have that ready to present when guests come by their table.  One thing to note is that we do not have access to technology in class right now. We should have our tablets back next week, but, in case we don’t, students may need to do a good amount of research AT HOME, which means you might need to coordinate with the parents of your students’ groups so that they can get together in the evenings and on weekends.  I will also attach a list with the groups and countries that each student have been assigned.  While we don’t have technology, the students are being encouraged to work on their script, work on the flag, basically work on any aspect that they don’t need to look something up to complete. It might help if they do some research and print out things to bring in and work on.  The final item that they’re turning in is a “travel guide” with all of the components on the rubric. I told them that it could be done by stapling paper together, placing all of the components on poster board, or by creating a power point. The only issue with making a power point is that we don’t know what the technology situation will be like on those days. They may be safer to actually make a booklet to turn in. There will not be any supplies provided by the classroom. Please buy everything that you would like your student to have included at their travel table.
3. The students have alsao been assigned a Civil War project. They are allowed to work alone or in a group of up to 4. They may pick any topic within the Civil War and present it in any way that they would like (small skit, poster board, power point, song). It should fully explain whatever topic they pick, for example, if they choose “Lincoln-Douglas Debates”, the audience should know what those are, what they entailed, and why they connect to the Civil War, by the end of their presentations. The presentations should be 5 minutes or less and we will start presenting them on Friday, May 11. These will count as a test grade.

This concludes the presentations for the rest of the year.  Please email if you have any questions.

Update for 04/30

          Dear Parents,

          The weeks are flying by and are packed FULL of events!  The highlights for this week are:  quiz on the Civil War this WED, middle school visits this THURS, and our Electricity and Magnetism test will be next MON, 5/7.  The quiz this week will be open book so students can use their notes and textbook to help them.  For the middle school visits, please make sure your child is in uniform and remind them to be on their best behavior so they represent Spalding well.  Science textbooks are coming home today so that students can work on the Chapter 4 Review (pages 226 & 227) to get prepared for Monday's test.

         As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

:)  Jenny M-G

Standard     SS5H1 The student will explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil War. Element   SS5H1 e. Describe the effects of war on the North and South.

S5P2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to investigate electricity.
a. Obtain and combine information from multiple sources to explain the difference between naturally occurring electricity (static) and human-harnessed
electricity.
b. Design a complete, simple electric circuit, and explain all necessary components.
c. Investigate and test common materials to determine if they are insulators or conductors of electricity.
S5P3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about magnetism and its relationship to electricity.
a. Construct an argument based on experimental evidence to communicate the differences in function and purpose of an electromagnet and magnet.
(Clarification statement: Function is limited to understanding temporary and permanent magnetism.)
b. Plan and carry out an investigation to observe the interaction between a magnet and a magnetic object on opposite sides of various materials such as
wood, paper, glass, metal, and rocks.

Update for April 16

       Dear Parents,

      Thank you in advance for sending your students to school well rested and having had a good breakfast for the Milestones this Monday and Wednesday and next week on Monday and Tuesday!

       I'm sure you have seen the many field trip forms coming home.  The 5th grade will  be visiting Georgia State University on April 25th from about 8:45 to 1:00.  Our Sandy Springs Charter Middle School and Ridgeview Charter Middle School field trips will be on May 3rd.  If you have not already, please check your student's backpack and return the forms this week.  :)

      In math, we have been reviewing standards from throughout the year with a good bit of attention focused on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing DECIMALS.  These skills are not only important for Milestones, but the 6th grade math teachers have let us know that students need to be strong in these concepts going into 6th grade math.

      In Science and Social Studies, we are finishing up our Electricity/Magnetism and 1975 to Present units.  Please let me know if you have any questions about the information I have sent out on Remind!

        Thank you for your support!

        Jenny M-G

MGSE5.OA.1 — Parentheses MGSE5.NBT.1 — Place Value MGSE5.NBT.2 — Multiplying/Dividing by 10 MGSE4.NBT.5 — Four digit multiplication MGSE5.NBT.6 — Multi-digit divisors MGSE5.NBT.7 — Operations on Decimals S5P2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to investigate electricity. a. Obtain and combine information from multiple sources to explain the difference between naturally occurring electricity (static) and human-harnessed electricity. b. Design a complete, simple electric circuit, and explain all necessary components. c. Plan and carry out investigations on common materials to determine if they are insulators or conductors of electricity. SS5H7 Trace important developments in America from 1975 to 2001. a.          Describe the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the role of Ronald Reagan. b.         Describe the events of September 11, 2001, and analyze their impact on American life. c.          Explain the impact of the personal computer and the Internet on American life.